4 posts and columns on Daily Edition

Highlighting Text in E-Books and IE8 Accelerators on a Mac

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 20, 2010 at 3:01 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on e-books, Internet Explorer and the best laptop to buy for law school.

Sony’s E-Reader Opens New Chapter in Kindle Rivalry

in Personal Technology on January 13, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

The wireless Reader Daily Edition is a much-improved model that could make it more competitive with Kindle, but its interface takes some mastering, says Walt Mossberg.

Plastic Logic (Finally) Shows Off The Que, Its (Very Expensive) Kindle Competitor

in Media on January 7, 2010 at 8:27 am PT

After promising to deliver its take on Amazon’s Kindle for a couple of years, Plastic Logic is finally delivering: Here comes the Que, which the company promises is “more than an eReader.” It had better be: The first two versions of the gadget will cost $649 and $799.
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Sony’s New Reader, Plus Free Library Books, Passes My “Dad Test.” Is That Enough?

in Media on August 25, 2009 at 10:22 am PT

Sony started selling e-book readers long before Amazon, but blew its lead. So how can it catch up with its new device, which looks and works much like the Kindle, but costs $100 more? Maybe Sony can do it with the help of free books from your local library. After Sony unveiled its new line of readers this morning, I posed that question to Sony executive Steve Haber, who immediately pointed out that his “Daily Edition” machine has a slightly bigger screen than the Kindle 2 and boasts a touchscreen.
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