- PayPal retreats from ban on ‘obscene’ e-books. 
- Google begins scaling back its scanning of books from university libraries. No reason given.
- Poetry is a lifelong passion of mine and it is always wonderful to see poetry books for children arrive. Here are five recent entries for kids 3-8.
- Making e-books even more kid-friendly: the Storia reading app from Scholastic.
- Right pricing e-books: Is the government actually discouraging competition?
- Legal help for British Columbians is now a Wiki at Clicklaw Wiki.
- Oh no! Encyclopaedia Britannica no longer in book form. Okay I just dated myself but we always had a full set growing up. And no need to worry Encyclopaedia Britannica is still here.
- Looking at the flip side of copyright: How To Kill Patent Trolls.
- For the price of a high end iPad I am beginning to wonder why not go for light but with more power ie ultra books. Here are the top five.
- New iPad aka the iPad with no name: boom or bust?
- Learning digital technology: just jump in and fiddle. The value of dedicated playing.
- Here is a quick lesson …..and there will be a test: What was the dominant internet social program in the mid 1990s? RIP AIM Is (Unofficially) Dead.
- This Is Your Life: Timeline, Facebook’s latest bid to keep you in its grasp, is unsettling — and unexpectedly beautiful.
- And here is the funny bit this week: Grandpa’s iPad (I’m a Grandpappy so don’t call me age-ist).
This is not the first time PayPal has meddled in what it thinks is appropriate. E.g., http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111019/11202916417/paypal-freezes-diasporas-account.shtml