Leaked! Images of Large Screen Kindle ‘DX’

"Yesterday we found out a bigger screen Kindle is coming on Wednesday, today pictures and details regarding the new Kindle DX have surfaced. Amazon's new e-book reader will have a 9.7-inch display and sports new features such as a built-in PDF reader. Dubbed as the DX, the Kindle 2 successor will also have the ability to make notes and highlights on your documents while the 9.7-inch screen (3.7-inch larger than on the Kindle 2) will be optimal for viewing newspapers, magazines and textbooks in a format similar to their paper predecessor."

Future of Online News may be 'Hyperlocal'

"With many newspapers ailing, there's been a steady drumbeat of layoffs at major news organizations -- nearly 25,000 jobs have been lost at papers since 2008, according to Paper Cuts, a blog that tracks the layoffs. But a relatively new crop of 'hyperlocal' news sites is growing into the void left by failing news organizations. Most of the hyperlocal sites focus exclusively on a community in a tight geographic area. Some are trying to find new ways to fund the news, since nearly all online information is free. They're also experimenting with unconventional ways of gathering the news: Several nonprofit news sites publish reports from volunteer reporters who are active in the neighborhoods they cover."

Amazon to Unveil Kindle for Periodicals

"Online retailer Amazon plans to unveil a large-screen version of its Kindle electronic reader this week tailored for displaying newspapers and magazines, The New York Times reported on Monday. Amazon has invited media outlets to a press conference in New York on Wednesday but has declined to reveal what it plans to announce at the event. The Times, however, said Amazon will show off an e-reader that 'could present much of the editorial and advertising content of traditional periodicals in generally the same format as they appear in print.'"

iPod Touch Usage Growing Faster Than the iPhone

"The iPod Touch has a faster growing share of overall browsing than the iPhone. From November 2008 to April 2009, the iPod Touch share of overall usage has increased from .05% to .15% (300%), while iPhone share has increased from .37% to .55% (49%)."

Linux Use Reaches 1%

"Linux usage share on client devices has surpassed 1% for the first time in our tracking. Linux has been successful primarily as a server operating system, but client usage share has not kept pace with server share. Linux has reached this important milestone on the client as Linux-based systems have become more functional, easier to use, and pre-installed on computers from vendors like Dell."

India Changes Course, Orders 250,000 Laptops From One Laptop Per Child Program

"After disparaging Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child program as too expensive, the Indian government has caved in. Following the embarassment over its own $10 laptop — which turned out to be a computing device with a hard disk for storage — the nation signed an agreement to buy 250,000 OLPC laptops for distribution across the country reported efytimes.com."

Internet Sieges on the Rise

"Attacks on the Internet infrastructure are on the rise, security experts say. The Washington Post reported Friday 'distributed denial of service' attacks use robot networks to flood their targets with so much junk online traffic that they can't accommodate legitimate visitors."