In this age of the Internet and e-books, libraries worldwide have been forced to come up with inventive ways to lure back readers.

BBC: The Dutch beach library

E-JBank, and has also permitted NeocorTech of San Diego to come up with Tsunami and Typhoon the first Japanese-language-translation software to run on the standard (English) version of Microsoft Windows.

ECONOMIST: A gift of tongues

This whole DRM thing has come up precisely to stop people from buying a song once for 99 cents and then e-mailing it to all their friends.

NPR: Apple's Jobs Argues Against Song Protections

The Smartphone will sport the usual PDA features, like an address book that takes up to 2, 000 entries, and will also come equipped with a built-in speakerphone and e-mail retrieval by voice command.

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