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• Today in Tech: News around the Web

  Every day, the Fortune staff spends hours poring over tech stories, posts, and reviews from all over the Web to keep tabs on the companies that matter. We've assembled the day's most newsworthy bits below.

  Photo: Google

  ABC, CBS and NBC are blocking TV programming on their web sites from being viewable on the newly-launched Google TV. (IT World)
  HP is finally releasing a tablet, the Windows 7-loaded MORE

  JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Oct 22, 2010 8:13 AM ET
  Posted in: ABC, Amazon, Apple, Barack Obama, Barnes and Noble, CBS, ereader, Facebook, Google TV, HP, Hulu, NBC, President Obama, Steve Jobs, Zynga

• Amazon's Kindle 3 gets a sleek new look

  The market leading e-reader gets refreshed with a Wi-Fi only option and a zippier screen.

  Amazon today introduced a new version of the Kindle eReader -- Kindle 3 -- that shows it's not backing down from selling dedicated electronic reading devices.

  The new Kindle, code-named Shasta, doesn't have a color display or a touch screen, both long-rumored to be in the works, but it is smaller and lighter, and has a longer battery life MORE

  Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Jul 28, 2010 10:33 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, Apple, ereader, iPad, iPod, Kindle, kindle 3, Mobile Computing, Tablets

• Barnes and Noble's Nook comes to Android

  The Android-powered Nook now comes as an application on other Android devices.

  Joining Kindle on Android, the Nook app looks to expand Barnes and Nobles' reach to millions more devices.  Strange because the Nook device is Android powered itself – except that you can't install apps on it.

  I noticed when reviewing the Samsung Galaxy S phones from T-Mobile (Vibrant)  and AT&T (Captivate) that reading was so much easier on the Super MORE

  Seth Weintraub - Jul 23, 2010 12:43 AM ET
  Posted in: Android, ereader, Kindle, Nook

• Tablets will change everything. (Including mobile video.)

  Meet the next new platform for ads, services and apps.

  By Nickhil Jakatdar; CEO and co-founder, VuClip

  Jakatdar: Tablets will be a new canvas for marketers, designers, engineers.

  There has been no shortage of talk about tablets. New offerings from HP (HP) and Lenovo were hot topics at CES, and you may have heard about a little get together that Apple (AAPL) is hosting tomorrow. While consumers (and tech blogs) are MORE

  Jan 26, 2010 2:16 PM ET
  Posted in: Apple, ereader, HP, iPhone, Lenovo

• Gunning for the Kindle

  CNNMoney contributor Jonathan Blum reports on the latest offerings in e-readers as part of our team coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show.

  Ben Baer, Senior Producer - Jan 7, 2010 10:16 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, ebook, ereader, iPod tablet, Kindle, Kindle 2, notebooks, Tablets

• Sony fires latest salvo in e-reader war

  Sony Reader

  In what is fast shaping up to be a war in the e-reader marketplace, Sony (SNE) has launched the latest salvo, a sub-$300 touch-screen "Reader Touch Edition" and the $199 "Reader Pocket Edition," which features a 5-inch display. The company is also lowering prices of ebooks. New releases and best-sellers will all be $9.99, matching Amazon's (AMZN) price point for the first time.

  In addition to lowering prices, adding MORE

  Jeffrey M. O'Brien - Aug 4, 2009 7:37 PM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, ebook, ereader, Kindle, Sony

• Barnes & Noble unveils largest ebookstore

  Book retailer partners with Plastic Logic and Google to take on rival Amazon.

  The world's largest bookseller has taken the wraps off the world's largest e-bookstore. Barnes & Noble (BN) announced yesterday the availability of more than 700,000 digital e-books, along with free e-reader software for the iPhone, BlackBerry, Mac and PC platforms. "It's a unique every-device strategy," said William Lynch, president of BN.com in a conference call.

  The strategy is MORE

  Jeffrey M. O'Brien - Jul 21, 2009 8:00 AM ET
  Posted in: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, ebook, ereader, Google, iPhone, Kindle