TechBytes: eBook Tipping Point

Digital movie lockers, Limbo review, Guinness gaming record

July 20, 2010— -- Electronic books appear to have reached a tipping point. Amazon says eBooks for the Kindle outsold hardcover books over the last three months. Over that time, Amazon sold 143 Kindle books for every 100 hardcovers, and that pace has picked up in the last four weeks. Sales of the Kindle have tripled since Amazon cut the price in late June.

Digital Movie Lockers

Limbo Review

Guinness Gaming Record

Think your kids spend too much time playing video games? A group of six Dutch guys broke the Guinness World Record for non-stop gaming over the weekend. They played Red Dead Redemption for 50 hours straight, breaking the old record by almost 10 hours. They were allowed a 0-minute break for every hour played as well as coffee, but no energy drinks.

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