Newsplastic: Electronic ink + flexible screens + wireless – Los Angeles Times Blogs

Thanks to Amazon.com’s Kindle, the e-book reader has gone from a niche curiosity to a mainstream, oft-cited technology in a little more than a year. But now buzz is snapping and crackling about a second wave of electronic readers coming down the pike

Drinking Games for Kids! – Momlogic.com
The Classic Game: TV/Movie Drinking Games — You know them, you’ve played them. Whether you take a drink for each missed step on “Dancing with the Stars” or toast each time a Real Housewife bares her claws, just flick on your TV and start sipping

Boston Marathon Is a Downhill Battle – Wall Street Journal
It may be the world’s most famous and historic endurance race, but there’s a little-known secret about the Boston Marathon that everyone who has braved Heartbreak Hill might not want to hear: It’s downhill. Not only that, since the 26.2 mile race

State Of Play: MSN Review – Entertainment.uk.msn.com
State Of Play ’s journey to the multiplex has not been an easy one. Loosely adapted from well regarded BBC miniseries, the movie has been four years in development and nearly fell to pieces altogether when Brad Pitt pulled out of the leading role

Obama Names National Chief Technology Officer – FOX News
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday chose two Indian-Americans to help to streamline the federal government and cut costs. Obama named Aneesh Chopra, the Harvard-educated secretary of technology for the state of Virginia, as the federal

The Media Equation – New York Times
Questions about who owns content became a jump ball last week. The struggle results from a rethinking of business models that have existed almost since the birth of print. Faced with an ad market that no longer supplies enough revenue to meet costs

Iran’s Latest Hostage – Commentary Magazine
In the Islamic world, and especially among the Iranian revolutionaries, there is much greater emphasis placed on the abject humiliation of one’s enemies than there is in the West. It is a demonstration of your power and audacity, and of your enemy

Clearing ahead – Boston Globe
ANAHEIM, Calif. — First it was a home series against the reigning American League champions. Then it was a road series against a club that won 100 regular-season games last year. One week into the 2009 baseball season, doesn’t it seem as if the