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 Send to email | The remains of the book in General |  By Rough Ty
el 30-Sep-2011 | One of the essential characteristics of the printed book, as of the scribal codex that preceded it, is its edges. Those edges, as John Updike pointed out not long before he died, manifest themselves in the physical form of bound books - "some are rough-cut, some are smooth-cut, and a few, at least at my extravagant publishing house, are even top-stained" - but they are also there aesthetically and even metaphysically, giving each book integrity as a work in itself. That doesn't mean that a book exists in isolation - its words, as written and as read, form rich connections with other books as well as with the worlds of nature and of men - but rather that a book offers a self-contained experience. The sense of self-containment is what makes a good book so satisfying to its readers, and the requirement of self-containment is what spurs the writer to the highest levels of literary achievement. The book must feel complete between its edges. The idea of edges, of separateness, is antithetical to the web, which as a hypermedium dissolves all boundaries, renders implicit connections explicit. Indeed, much of the power and usefulness of the web as a technology derives...
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| The remains of the book | | One of the essential characteristics of the printed book, as of the scribal codex that preceded it, is its edges. Those edges, as John Updike pointed out not long before he died, manifest themselves in the physical form of bound books - "some are rough-cut, some are smooth-cut, and a few, at least at my extravagant publishing house, are even top-stained" - but they are also there aesthetically and [..] Read complete article | | Published 30-Sep-2011 by Rough Ty in General
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| RBC: RIM?s turnaround remains cloudy |  While sales of Research In Motion’s brand new BlackBerry 7 devices won’t be reflected in RIM’s second-quarter earnings report next week, analysts still aren’t sold that the device launches have positioned RIM to rebound. In a note to investors on Thursday morning, RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky wrote that he expects RIM’s earnings in the fiscal second quart [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-Sep-2011 by Zach Epstein in BusinessBlackBerryBlackBerry 7Bold 9900EarningsprofitRBCrevenueRIMSalesShipmentsTorch 9850
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| BlackBerry remains top smartphone in Washington | | Research in Motion’s BlackBerry operating system has gone from being a leading smartphone platform to the struggling OS it is today. While adoption rates may be slowing with consumers and businesses, the same cannot be said for U.S. Government workers, a new report claims. The Washington Post on Tuesday reported that nearly half a million federal workers, including President Barack Obama, ar [..] Read complete article | | Published 05-Apr-2012 by Dan Graziano in MobileAndroidBlackBerryFederaliPhoneResearch in MotionRIMsecureSecuritySmartphonesu.s. government
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| Apple remains top U.S. smartphone vendor |  The NPD Group on Wednesday released the results of its monthly Mobile Phone Track service, and determined Apple was the top-selling smartphone vendor in the United States. The Cupertino-based company’s market share increased by 7% in the first quarter year-over-year and totaled 29% of all U.S. smartphones. Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone and overall mobile phone vendor, followe [..] Read complete article | | Published 03-May-2012 by Dan Graziano in MobileAndroidAppleGalaxyGalaxy S IIgoogleiOSiPhonemobileNPD GroupSalesSamsungSmartphones
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| Codemasters feasts on Swordfish remains |  Filed under: Business
There was apparently enough fat and gristle left on the bones of Swordfish Studios following yesterday's Monumental 50 Cent sale to satisfy Codemasters' appetite. The publisher today announced that it has taken [..] Read complete article | | Published 14-Nov-2008 by Jason Dobson in 50-cent50-cent-blood-on-the-sand50centcodemastersswordfish-studios
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| Romero remains head of Slipgate following layoffs | 
Parent publisher Gazillion Entertainment has confirmed that John Romero will remain with Slipgate Ironworks following a round of layoffs that struck the development studio this month, reports Joystiq sister site Big Download. As previously detail [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Oct-2009 by James Ransom-Wiley in gazillion-entertainmentjohn-romerolayoffsmmosan-mateoslipg8slipgate-ironworks
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Three tracks from metal band All That Remains will be next week's Rock Band DLC offering. The songs "Two W [..] 
For a second consecutive week, Batman: Arkham Asylum has countered the incoming blows of Wii Sports Resort, leaving the brooding hero perched at the very top spot of the UK sales [..] 
