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Tablets and e-readers were a popular gift over the holidays, so much so that the number of people who own them nearly doubled between mid-December and January, a new study finds. A report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project set to be released Monday found that 29 percent of Americans owned at least one tablet or e-reader as of the beginning of this month. That's up from 18 percent who said the same in December.

If you're were thinking of ordering one of Amazon's brand-new Kindle e-readers, get in line. Just five days after announcing the new Kindle 3G Kindle WiFi models, both devices are sold out, and anyone who pre-orders now won't get one until Sept. 4, a week after the original ship date.

A new study says it takes longer to read books on Apple's iPad or Amazon's Kindle than printed books. Product development consultant Jakob Nielsen of California's Nielsen Norman Group says reading speeds dropped 6.2% on the iPad and 10.7% on the Kindle compared to print. The study couldn't tell...

Apple is considering reducing the price of the iPad. This might strike you as strange because iPad has not yet hit the market. You cannot even preorder it today. So what's the deal? What is probably playing out far from the eyes of the consumers is a significant game of business maneuvers and...