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Monday, 19th November 2007

Briefs: What's A FishPhone? The Kindle eBook Reader from Amazon.com is Here; Google and Yahoo Sued for Hosting Content That Allegedly Infringes Trademarks-

+ Amazon Releases Kindle eBook Reader ||| News Story ||| News Release

See Also: Amazon Unveils New Book Reader (via Publisher's Weekly)
See Also: More Coverage from Last Week

+ Google and Yahoo Sued for Hosting Content That Allegedly Infringes Trademarks--(ISC)2 v. Degraphenreed (via Eric Goldman)

+ Senators Urge FTC To Review Google-DoubleClick Deal Closely (via Dow Jones)
The story reports on a letter sent from Sen. Herb Kohl and Sen. Orrin Hatch to the head of the FTC. Here's a copy of the 2 page letter (PDF).

+ don't 4get ur pills: Text Messaging for Health (via Wall St. Journal)

For FishPhone, the text service used by Ms. Hemond, the Massachusetts nanny, the process is pretty simple: Users send a text to the number 30644 with the message "FISH" and the species, and then get back a message. Ms. Hemond opted for wild Alaskan salmon over farmed because of its healthier profile, according to FishPhone, which was launched last month through Blue Ocean Institute, a nonprofit marine conservation organization that also offers information via email and on the Web.


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