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Subject: Project Gutenberg Newsletter
From: "Michael S. Hart" <hart@prairienet.org>
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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:28:42 -0500 (CDT)
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continue to grow, we will have to eventually go to a shorter format. . .
So far all responses have been to go to a weekly format, so I will work
on getting into that format, with one extra for monthly progress report.
Here is a list of the Etexts posted since last Wednesday.
These have be REreleased as version 11 with significant improvements.
Jan 2001 Under Western Eyes, Joseph Conrad[Joseph Conrad25][wstysxxx.xxx]2480
Oct 1993 Frankenstein/Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [frank10x.xxx] 84
And these are new Etexts we have posted in the last week.
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Sep 2002 The Koran/The Q'uran, by Mohammed/Mohammad . . . [koranxxx.xxx]3434
Sep 2002 The Q'uran, by Muhamad/Muhammad/Mohomet . . . [koranxxx.xxx]3434
[This is version 10a from a completely different edition than our Etext 2800]
[We will be releasing another version with much more complete footnoting]
Sep 2002 Epical Songs, by Pencho Slaveykov[P. Slaveykov #2][epsngxxx.xxx]3433
[This Bulgarian Etext uses the Cyrillic Windows 1251 character set]
Sep 2002 Quotations From the Works of Mark Twain, by Widger[dwqmtxxx.xxx]3432
[Authors Full Name: David Widger. . .#1 in our series of Widger's Quotations]
[Your suggestions and comments on this are encouraged for future editions.]
Sep 2002 [ xxx.xxx]3431
to RESERVED
Sep 2002 [ xxx.xxx]3427
Sep 2002 On Books and The Housing of Them by W.E. Gladstone[obhotxxx.xxx]3426
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Sep 2002 RESERVED FOR SAMANTHA AT SARATOGA [ xxx.xxx]3425
Sep 2002 For the Term of His Natural Life, by Marcus Clarke[fthnlxxx.xxx]3424
Sep 2002 The Strolling Saint, by Rafael Sabatini[Rafael#13][strstxxx.xxx]3423
Sep 2002 The Life of the Fly, by J. Henri Fabre [Fabre #4][tlflyxxx.xxx]3422
Sep 2002 Bramble-Bees and Others, by J. Henri Fabre [JHF#3][brmbbxxx.xxx]3421
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Sep 2002 Vindication of Rights of Woman/Mary Wollstonecraft[vorowxxx.xxx]3420
[Full Title: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, by Mary Wollstonecraft]
[Alternate: Vindication of Rights of Women, by Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin]
Sep 2002 Rebecca Mary, by Annie Hamilton Donnell [rbmryxxx.xxx]3419
TRANSITION TO DIGITAL TV IS SLOW, SLOW, SLOW
Only 1.1 million digital TV sets (about 1% of all TV sets in U.S.
households) have been sold as of January 2001, far fewer than Congress
anticipated four years ago when it gave the nation's 1600 TV channels new
blocks of airwaves for digital programming. So far, only 186 of those
stations are broadcasting in digital format, covering 64 U.S. cities. To
speed up the process, President Bush's budget proposal includes a plan that
would levy a US$200 million yearly fee on broadcasters that continue to
broadcast in analog after 2006, thereby blocking the reassignment of radio
spectrum for uses, such as next-generation wireless phone services. (San
Jose Mercury News 13 Apr 2001)
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/digtv041301.htm
INTEL CHIP CUTS MAY LEAD TO PRICE WAR WITH AMD
Intel thinks that economic factors have begun to stabilize, and is
reporting that the company has slightly beat its lowered earnings
forecasts. Intel is about to introduce its next-generation 1.7
gigahertz Pentium 4 chip, possibly for as low as $350, and research
analyst Eric M. Thomas says that "if it debuts at $350, that's a big,
big drop," likely to lead to a price war between Intel and Advanced
Micro Devices. (New York Times 18 Apr 2001)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/18/technology/18CHIP.html
LAPTOP PRICES FALLING
A number of computer laptop models are being priced close to the
$1,000 level, which is thought to be the magical number required to
cause significantly increased consumer purchases of low-end devices.
The lowest price so far is offered by Dell, with its Inspiron 2500
starting at $1,049. IDC industry analyst Alan Promisel is predicting
that Dell is "really going to hit a sweet spot in the consumer
market." (USA Today 17 Apr 2001)
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/zd/zd8.htm
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