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ZDNet Education - May 29, 2009
	If a color Kindle is years away, where does that leave e-textbooks? An old mentor of mine used to lecture to his classes and peers using 35mm slides. He created them in WordPerfect (this was along about 1996) and they consisted of black text on a white background. The didn't need images, color, or fancy transitions. Interead Cool-er: so close yet so far away A cheaper competitor to Kindle? No wireless plans to subsidize with high prices? Easy syncing with PCs and Macs? Is Interead's Cool-er finally an appealing choice for mass deployments of e-readers in schools? Most reviews seem to be focusing on the ways in which this isn't as good as the Kindle. Get Latest Headlines in RSS		NEW TECHNOLOGIES Do a salary check IT Professionals - check your salary on activeTechPros. Be a member and get instant access to salary charts and country reports. * * * * * * * * * * Business Professionals - join activeBizPros and play a part in driving the salary charts. Your input will help us build a valuable resource for you to compare salaries. Downturn has you down in the dumps? Here are 10 strategies to help lift you out of it. In this on-demand Webcast, Oracle experts came together to outline 10 strategies to help you realize your competitive advantages. These strategies serve to sharpen your perspectives and show how you can be more efficient as you navigate out of the current downturn. Register now to access! (Oracle) Enterprise Social Software Webcast Discover the true business value of enterprise social software plus hear about best practices from industry experts during this live interactive webcast. (IBM) Live Virtual Conference: Lowering datacenter costs through server refresh Discover how today's newest generation of rack servers provide extreme performance?along with dramatically reduced IT costs. (IBM) JD Edwards ROI tool and Spotlight video If you haven't yet upgraded your JDE EnterpriseOne or World ERP platform to the latest release, find out what you're missing. First, view this 10-minute, on-demand video for a demonstration of the ROI assessment tool, then try out the interactive tool for yourself! (IBM)
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