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American book retailing giant, Barnes & Noble, has released its very own brand of e-reader, dubbed the "Nook".  Whilst currently only available in the US, running on Google's Android operating system and using AT&T for web access, launching the reader internationally should be technically possible.The new device will certainly put up a fight against competitors Sony and Amazon. Analysts have called it a potential "Kindle Killer".

The device, measuring 7.7 x 4.9 x .5 inches (19.6 x 12.4 x 1.3 centimetres) uses a 16-level e-ink display for text from Vizplex, like the Kindle. But here's the thing -unlike the majority of other e-readers on the market, it has a separate 3.5 inch (8.9 cm) colour touch screen permitting the user to scroll through their virtual library or pull up a soft pad keyboard in order to search through the text. The 2GB of onboard memory has the potential to be increased as the device sports a Micro SD expansion slot for adding up to 16GB of additional memory. The Nook also boasts 3G wireless - but then again, so does the Kindle. The device has WiFi capability. But. And there is a big but - no Web browser. So essentially The Nook only uses the net to download books and periodicals from the book retailer's online store for the moment. Analysts expect a Wifi-only Web browser to appear on this device before long- but if Barnes & Noble doesn't do it - then someone else will soon.

After Google announced its bid to provide free WiFi in San Francisco last Friday (see, for example, this article), there has been some discussion about what that means to telecom firms and internet service providers. That Google's move could actually be a threat to local newspapers is an interesting perspective, brought in by Preston Gralla, former editor-in-chief of a local newspaper chain, on networkingpipeline. He writes, "the key to local newspapers' survival is their ability to get money from small local advertisers... Local classified ads are a sizable source of revenue as well ... Papers get those ads because the papers cover local news, and so attract local readers. Advertisers don't have to spend money trying to reach people who can't buy their goods. But Google's WiFi service can make that kind of local targeting look crude. It will be able to deliver ads literally on a block-by-block basis... It could deliver localized classified ads, as well, which are the financial mainstay of many local papers."

After Google announced its bid to provide free WiFi in San Francisco last Friday (see, for example, this article), there has been some discussion about what that means to telecom firms and internet service providers. That Google's move could actually be a threat to local newspapers is an interesting perspective, brought in by Preston Gralla, former editor-in-chief of a local newspaper chain, on networkingpipeline. He writes, "the key to local newspapers' survival is their ability to get money from small local advertisers... Local classified ads are a sizable source of revenue as well ... Papers get those ads because the papers cover local news, and so attract local readers. Advertisers don't have to spend money trying to reach people who can't buy their goods. But Google's WiFi service can make that kind of local targeting look crude. It will be able to deliver ads literally on a block-by-block basis... It could deliver localized classified ads, as well, which are the financial mainstay of many local papers."

After Google announced its bid to provide free WiFi in San Francisco last Friday (see, for example, this article), there has been some discussion about what that means to telecom firms and internet service providers. That Google's move could actually be a threat to local newspapers is an interesting perspective, brought in by Preston Gralla, former editor-in-chief of a local newspaper chain, on networkingpipeline. He writes, "the key to local newspapers' survival is their ability to get money from small local advertisers... Local classified ads are a sizable source of revenue as well ... Papers get those ads because the papers cover local news, and so attract local readers. Advertisers don't have to spend money trying to reach people who can't buy their goods. But Google's WiFi service can make that kind of local targeting look crude. It will be able to deliver ads literally on a block-by-block basis... It could deliver localized classified ads, as well, which are the financial mainstay of many local papers."