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Kindle Colorsoft now has a colored display model for kids

Usama Jawad — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:20:01 +0000

Amazon has announced two new variants of the Kindle Colorsoft, one is a cheaper version with significant downgrades, and the other is kid-friendly. Read more...

Microsoft Education is adding more AI features, including updates to Reading Coach and more

John Callaham — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:20:01 +0000

The Microsoft Education division has announced more new generative AI features are being added to its services for students and educators. That includes new AI features for Reading Coach Read more...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates shares five of his all-time favourite books

Paul Hill — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 23:26:36 +0000

Bill Gates has published a list of five of the best books he has ever read. The list covers a wide range of topics, from the life of Bono and Abraham Lincoln to the periodic table. Read more...

Woman settles 'Windows' brand dispute with mighty Microsoft over a reading tool

Sayan Sen — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:40:01 +0000

A businesswoman based in the U.K. has settled a brand dispute with Microsoft over the "Windows" branding. The said woman, Kate Mckenzie, had built a reading tool dubbed "Word Windows". Read more...

6 great websites to find public domain ebooks and audiobooks

Paul Hill — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 18:00:01 +0000

In this article, I go over some of the best websites to find public domain ebooks and audiobooks. Public domain books are those that are free to download legally as the copyright has expired. Read more...

Save 97% off this Become a Super-Learner & Speed Reading Bundle

News Staff — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:46:02 +0000

Learn the best speed reading techniques and triple your learning rate with 15-hours of content on memory mastery, brain fitness, memory training and more with today's highlighted deal. Read more...

Virgin Media extends its Gig1 Fibre broadband to Reading, UK

Paul Hill — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:44:01 +0000

Virgin Media has announced that it's expanding Gig1 Fibre broadband to Reading, UK and surrounding areas. The announcement comes just months after Gig1 Fibre was first unveiled in September. Read more...

Learning Tools for OneNote enters general availability, supports more languages

Boyd Chan — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 09:10:01 +0000

After six months in preview, Microsoft has made generally available a new add-in for OneNote designed to improve reading comprehension and writing skills for people of all skill levels. Read more...

Microsoft previews Learning Tools for OneNote with helpful features for those with dyslexia

Andy Weir — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched a preview of its new Learning Tools for OneNote, which won a company hackathon last year, and is designed to improve reading and writing experiences for a wide range of people. Read more...

Microsoft's job page reveals plans for "groundbreaking" reading app

John Callaham — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 23:42:25 +0000

A new listing on the Microsoft Careers website shows that the company is hiring for people to work on an upcoming Windows "groundbreaking interactive reading app" for books, magazines and comics. Read more...

Microsoft talks about reading with Word 2013

John Callaham — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:33:54 +0000

In a new blog post, Microsoft gives some more information about how they have tried to make the reading experience better when using the upcoming Word 2013 program. Read more...

Office 2013 reading features in Word detailed

John Callaham — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:35:47 +0000

A new post on the Office Next blog talks about how Microsoft has added new reading features in the new Word version included in the Office 2013 software productivity suite. Read more...

Nokia Reading app launching this week for Lumia phones

John Callaham — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:26:44 +0000

Nokia has announced that its Windows Phone-based Reading app will be available to download for all phones in its Lumia family sometime this week in a number of countries. Read more...

Who's reading your mail?

Steven Parker — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:02:17 +0000

Almost 450,000 requests were made to monitor people's telephone calls, e-mails and post by secret agencies and other authorised bodies in just over a year, the spying watchdog said yesterday. In the first report of... Read more...

Vista Feature Will Enhance Online Newspaper Reading

Thu, 04 May 2006 16:47:44 +0000

Even if you're reading All the News That's Fit to Print on an ultra-mobile computer, it may soon look and feel the same way it does spread out with your morning coffee — minus the... Read more...

Woman sentenced for reading e-mail of husband's ex-wife

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:02:06 +0000

A judge sentenced an Arizona woman to 60 days home detention for intercepting her husband's ex-wife's e-mail, saying the penalty is a warning to others who might be tempted to do the same. ... Read more...

Early Afternoon Reading

Ross Dundas — Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:00:32 +0000

Greetings neowinians :rambo:, I decided to take break from fraggin' the n00bs in AVP2 :evil: to play with my buldging sack of love instead. This sack is a glorious thing full of the... Read more...