<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>(Please forgive the cross posting...)</div><div><br></div><div>This is surprising: Blio founder Ray Kurzweil publicly jabs Apple's approach to e-books:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/06/18/ray.kurzweil.touts.blio.over.ibooks/">http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/06/18/ray.kurzweil.touts.blio.over.ibooks/</a></div><div><a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/ray-kurzweil-vows-to-right-e-reader-wrongs/">http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/ray-kurzweil-vows-to-right-e-reader-wrongs/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Buried in the NY Times article is this tease regarding Blio's release date:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; ">The Blio <a href="http://www.blioreader.com/" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: underline; ">free software</a> should become more widely available to consumers over the next two months, Mr. Kurzweil said, as large PC makers and retailers like <a class="tickerized" title="More information about Wal-Mart Stores Inc" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/wal_mart_stores_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org" style="color: rgb(0, 66, 118); text-decoration: underline; ">Wal-Mart</a> begin to offer it on their own devices.</span></div><div><br></div><div><div>
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