The Punch List 07/08/09 – SpokeUp.com


* Greenpeace unfurls banner on Mount Rushmore – Nothing says Guerilla Marketing like a really boring place to visit in South Dakota www.cnn.com “America honors leaders not politicians: stop global warming,” reads the 2275-square-foot sign. * Letterman makes more fun of Palin – of course he does… he hasnt had an original idea in over a decade. www.boston.com Doubts About Economy Leave Stocks Flat – Doubts? You mean the stimulus package didnt work? Inconceivable! People in the Stock Market keep hearing that Amityville Horror…. Get Out! NSFW www.youtube.com www.washingtonpost.com * Internet Radio Saved for Now, But is the Deal Fair? – Ummm… if it involves a licensing fee, Im betting Nope. www.pcworld.com Most Distant Supernovae Found – its really far away… heres a Space Travel Question… if you sent an astronaut into space… and he went the speed of light… how far would he get before we pay off the national debt? news.nationalgeographic.com * Amazon Drops Kindle 2 Price – Perhaps people arent reading anymore. We do know that Congress isnt reading the legislation they vote on anymore. www.crn.com * Pickens Pulls Up Stakes – T. Boone Pickens gives up on his Wind Farm. And the flurry of critics calling him a quitter will be… oh, theyre still railing on Palin. Anyway… T. Boone Pickens quit on the environment. All because it wasnt profitable. Thats just ludicrous. www.businessweek.com

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90 Second Tech: Episode 17


In which Dizzle sounds off on the Amazon Kindle 2 review that we finally, finally posted. (4/24/09)

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Authors Guild Protest


On April 7, 2009, the NFB and the Reading Rights Coalition protested the Authors Guild for lobbying to disable text-to-speech on the Kindle 2. This video reports live from the protest in New York City.

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Access to e-books for People with Disabilities


NSCIA Joins Reading Rights Coalition in Urging Authors to Allow Everyone Access to E-books Informational Protest to be Held at Authors Guild Headquarters New York City (March 30, 2009): The Reading Rights Coalition, which represents people who cannot read print, will protest the threatened removal of the text-to-speech function from e-books for the Amazon Kindle 2 outside the Authors Guild headquarters in New York City at 31 East 32nd Street on April 7, 2009, from noon to 2:00 pm The coalition includes the blind, people with dyslexia, people with learning or processing issues, seniors losing vision, people with spinal cord injuries and disease, people recovering from strokes, and many others for whom the addition of text-to-speech on the Kindle 2 promised for the first time easy, mainstream access to over 255000 books.

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A Very Funny iPhone App Game Face Fighter


== wirelessreader.info == I love all kind of wireless device for business and fun. Like iPhone, Kindle DX and Mobile Phone…

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