Stories about: Simon & Schuster

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    Microsoft shuts down book search 27/05/2008 08:12:31

    Microsoft plans to shutter its book-scanning operation this week, the company said on Friday.
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    Are enterprises ready for e-readers? 21/02/2008 10:54:39

    More than a decade after the first clunky electronic books appeared, a new push is underway to get readers to curl up with digital versions of their favorite best-sellers. But despite backing from heavyweights such as Sony, Amazon and a handful of publishers, the idea has yet to catch fire with consumers.
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    Happy birthday, Sputnik! (Thanks for the Internet) 02/10/2007 06:00:11

    Quick, what's the most influential piece of hardware from the early days of computing? The IBM 360 mainframe? The DEC PDP-1 minicomputer? Maybe earlier computers such as Binac, ENIAC or Univac? Or, going way back to the 1800s, is it the Babbage Difference Engine?
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    Google-UC contract fuels copyright brawl 06/09/2006 14:53:00

    The book-scanning contract between Google and the University of California has made the Association of American Publishers (AAP) even more distressed over Google's project to digitize millions of volumes from libraries.
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    Google to offer book downloads 30/08/2006 10:24:44

    Google has expanded its controversial book search service to allow people to download whole copies of books in PDF format to their computers, with the ability to print them out.
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    Aggregation tool cuts wait for BI data at publisher 23/08/2006 15:09:15

    Until a few months ago, users at publisher Simon & Schuster had to wait as long as a half-hour for results from business intelligence queries about sales figures.
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    Google hit with second lawsuit over Library project 20/10/2005 08:34:42

    The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed suit against Google over the search company's Google Print Library Project, the organization announced Wednesday. The project, which involves scanning library books without seeking copyright holders' permission, has proved controversial with publishers. This is the second suit to be filed against Google by a US body representing writers and publishers.
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    Gateway weighs in on digital music debate 31/03/2003 20:00:49

    Labeling the record industry's stance toward the digital music market as anticonsumer, PC maker Gateway has launched a new marketing and consumer education campaign in the US to express its own views, dubbed "RipBurnRespect."
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    Yahoo Shopping hits the e-books 06/09/2001 08:00:00

    Saying that it expects an increasing demand in the so far lumbering e-books market, portal powerhouse Yahoo Inc. launched a new e-books category for its Yahoo Shopping online commerce destination Wednesday, boasting titles from four major publishing houses.
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    Judging E-Books by Their Printers 05/10/2000 13:42:47

    By now, anyone who follows the creeping pace of e-publishing has realised something about the nominees for the Frankfurt e-book awards: There's not a whole lot of "e" in them.
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    E-Book industry warned of piracy threat 26/09/2000 16:09:52

    The electronic-book industry must be diligent and energetic in its efforts to avoid the copyright problems the music industry has experienced due to the widespread use of file-sharing technologies, a Microsoft executive said Monday at an e-book conference.
 
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