Weekend Update 11.21.09–The House of Cards Edition

In tough economic times like these, even the biggest businesses get the urge to restructure, reorg and reshuffle. Kara reported on several big breakups (of the tech variety), including the separation of AOL from Time Warner. Even ICQ got into the mix.
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Intel Makes Leap in Device to Aid Impaired Readers

Walt Mossberg reviews the Intel Reader, a book-sized device aimed at assisting people with impaired vision or language-related disabilities.
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Intel Offers an E-Reader, With a Difference

Electronic gadgets that help people enjoy digitized books are all the rage. Most share one assumption–that their users can read. Not so the latest offering from Intel. The company Tuesday announced the Intel Reader, a device about the size of a paperback book that is designed to digitize printed text and read it aloud to users.