Google Editions due in June

• Google's e-books entry unlikely to lower pricesGoogle will open an online bookstore, Editions, in July.

  SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Google Inc.'s entry into the electronic book market is not completely unexpected, as it has been scanning and sparring over digital rights over out-of-print books with publishers and authors for years.
  But with Google now confirming it plans to join the e-book frenzy with Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and others, via a new service this summer called Google Editions, one wonders what advantages will it really have versus its entrenched rivals. See Google news here.
  
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Apple iPad 3G: Review Roundup

Reviewers are quick to offer tips and workarounds for early buyers of the newest iPad.

The reviews are in: here are our favorite bloggers' early reactions to Apple'smouthfullishly-named iPad with Wi-Fi+3G. In IT Blogwatch, your humble blogwatcher summarizes their verdicts for your reading pleasure. Not to mention an impossible helicopter...

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