We already knew Barnes & Noble was looking to spin off their digital book/ereader device business from an announcement made earlier this year. What we didn’t see happening was Microsoft becoming a key player seeing as how they’ve been pretty litigious with Barnes & Noble over their use of Android and various cases of patent infringement. But that’s all water under the bridge now as Microsoft has announced a $300 million dollar investment in...

The new Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader isn’t quite the beast of a device that many thought it would be. Instead, B&N took the sensible route in releasing a smaller, cheaper, and much more efficient device. Specs include: 6-inch Pearl display, 7.5oz weight, 800MHz TI OMAP 3 processor, 2 GB of internal storage, and Android 2.1. But the really impressive feature — 2-month battery life. The Nook Touch makes use of a new proprietary flashing technology...

More update blues in the news: The recently launched Nook Color update that turns your once humble e-reader into a full fledged Android tablet appears to have a nasty bug. Reports are circulating that the latest Nook Color update is causing devices to randomly reset. From there users are asked to re-register their devices. However, they’re also unable to connect up to WiFi networks leaving users stuck in a “registration mode” of sorts. The issue is...

Today, Barnes and Noble officially released the “NOOK Kids” iPad app, targeting reading in young children. The app comes with a complimentary copy of both “Richard Scarry’s Colors” and “Elephant’s Child” as well as a robust set of parental controls for protecting youngsters’ eyes from not so age appropriate reading material. Overall, there are over 230 interactive books at your disposal with some supporting text-to-speech as...

It never ceases to amaze me the sense of entitlement and ownership a company believes they have over your gadget after you’ve purchased it and taken it home. With that said, a thread over at XDA highlights a potentially unsettling issue. Apparently, some rooted Nook Color users are experiencing a random forced wipe and factory default reset. At first, it was suggest that B&N was pushing out an update to reset rooted Nook Color devices. But if you work your way...