Amazon Introduces Kindle Owners' Lending Library


Updated 11/03/11 11:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Free Kindle Books Through Amazon's Lending Library

Kindle owners with an Amazon Prime membership now have even more reading options as today Amazon introduced a free lending library for Prime subscribers. The virtual library boasts over 5,000 books and can only be read via actual Kindle devices, not smartphones or computers with Kindle apps. One book can be checked out per month, though unlike your city library there is no due date for when that Read more

Physical Books Dead in 5 Years: Do You Agree?


Updated 08/20/10 4:38 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 21 comments

Physical Books Dead in 5 Years?

Last week at a tech conference in Lake Tahoe, California, Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of One Laptop Per Child, said that he believes physical books will be "dead" in as little as five years. Of course, there will always be books around (I'm not giving up my library card just yet), but considering the fact that digital forms of books have already outsold hardcovers, not to mention how quickly Read more

6 Geeky Books to Load on Your Kindle


Updated 08/08/10 7:05 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 1 comment

Six Geeky Books to Load on Your New (and Less Expensive) Kindle

The price of the Kindle has been taking a nosedive recently, but some of you still aren't buying. For those of you who are taking advantage of the new sticker price, you're going to need to decide on which books to load onto your new tech toy before you take off on your next reading trip. Want some help? I have six books ripe for the picking that satisfy your need for all things geek, Read more

What Ways Are You Reading Books These Days?


Updated 12/08/08 4:24 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 40 comments

What Ways Are You Reading Books These Days?

The book publisher Random House recently announced that it will be releasing thousands more of its books in digital format over the next few months. The idea is that while the market for regular ol' words-on-paper books is struggling, electronic books have grown by leaps and bounds over the past year, thanks to Amazon's Kindle (Oprah's favorite gadget), among other things. Still, the overall Read more

Tips For Building an Effective Online Dating Profile


Updated 02/08/12 8:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Make an Online Dating Profile

In this digital age, men and women aren't just hitting bars and coffee shops to snag a date. More and more, they're heading to the Internet. In fact, 50 percent of men have met a woman online according to a recent survey. It's obvious that online dating has become the norm, and for good reason — the Internet gives you more options because you can cover a wider area of partner possibilities (as Read more

11 Things You Need to Throw Away


Updated 02/09/12 1:23 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Things to Throw Away

The first step to taking care of yourself and de-stressing is to make sure that your environment is in order. Seeing your house full of clutter can affect your mood negatively and make your personal space seem like a place you want to escape from, rather than something to look forward to coming home to. Organize a "throwing out" day every month to make sure that you don't have clutter building Read more

Geeks We Love: Susan Orlean Shares Her Tech Secrets


Updated 01/27/12 6:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Susan Orlean Geek Tech Tips and Interview

As a New Yorker staff writer, author of nonfiction books on subjects ranging from Rin Tin Tin to orchids, and woman with an all-around awesome job, Susan Orlean spends a lot of time alone writing from home on her latest reporting venture. So when she wanted to find all the camaraderie of an office no matter where her travels took her, guess where she turned for comfort . . . Twitter. In an event Read more

Udacity and 14 Other Free Sites For Online Learning


Updated 01/24/12 1:00 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 0 comments

Free Online Classes From Stanford Professor

After seeing the success of a personal experiment offering a free Stanford University-certified artificial intelligence course (23,000 people completed the class!), Sebastian Thrun left his prestigious professor position to dedicate himself to teaching on a much larger scale. His new program, Udacity will offer free university-level computer science classes to anyone interested in advancing their Read more

Fresh Start Resolution: Get Rid of the Stuff You Don't Need


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How to Sell Used Items

It's a new year and a new you! We're highlighting 12 helpful tips to start off the year right, from quitting your caffeine addiction to mastering time management. Here's another way to start afresh in 2012. Starting a new year means clearing out the old. It's a good idea to get items you don't use out of the way because they will fill up valuable space in your home. Get ready to sell your stuff Read more

Early CES Leaks to Get You Excited For Next Week


Updated 01/07/12 3:10 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

CES 2012 Rumors and Leaks

CES 2012 is coming up next week and we'll be there to bring you the latest tech news from Las Vegas! As usual though, the product leaks begin days before the show floor opens, so we'll be rounding up the juiciest of them all right here. Get excited and check out all the latest pre-CES leaks and rumors below. Polaroid Tablet and Ereader — Some lucky tipster got an early look at what could be Read more