Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) As part of the commemoration of World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, the Tompkins-Cortland Community College Gay-Straight Alliance, with support of the College Entertainment Board, will host five sections of the internationally celebrated AIDS Memorial Quilt....more...Amazon's Kindle, Microsoft's PBX, Dell's XPS One, Product of the Week (E-Commerce Times) Last week was a short week, and while you know the outcome of Black Friday, that is still in my future. We did have two big announcements, though. Amazon made a run at the eBook market with what is the best eBook in the world; in addition, the Dell XPS One, which follows the Gateway One to market, is an impressive piece of work and probably makes Apple wish it had updated the iMac more ......more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) The Tompkins County League of Women Voters will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Beverly Livesay Room at the Human Services Building on Seneca Street to discuss affordable housing in Tompkins County....more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) The Tompkins County League of Women Voters will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26 in the Beverly Livesay Room at the Human Services Building on Seneca Street to discuss affordable housing in Tompkins County....more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit has announced changes to the bus schedule for the Thanksgiving holiday....more... Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal) The monthly pet loss support group for all humans who grieve the loss of a pet or other animal companion due to death, disappearance, or other circumstance will meet 7-9 p.m. today in the Centennial Room at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals. A joint project of the Colonial Veterinary Hospital and Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, the group provides education about coping with ......more... Amazon unveils e-book device (AFP via Yahoo! News) Internet retailer Amazon.com on Monday unveiled a 400-dollar e-book reader that downloads books, magazines and newspapers to readable "electronic paper," the company said....more... ?Digital book? unveiled by Amazon (The West Australian) Internet retailer Amazon.com today unveiled a $US400 ($450) e-book reader that downloads books, magazines and newspapers to readable ?electronic paper,? the company said....more... Amazon unveils e-book device (iafrica.com) Internet retailer Amazon.com on Monday unveiled a $400 e-book reader that downloads books, magazines and newspapers to readable electronic paper, the company said....more... |