Because Samsung's e-book is not backlit, the power consumption is lower than that of other portable display devices.

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Last month, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates visited Shenzhen in southern China to unveil the company's "Venus project, " software and hardware that allows VCD players and other consumer devices to display Chinese Internet content on TVs.

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On his most recent trip, he stopped in Shenzhen to confirm that he had lined up nearly every major Chinese computer manufacturer behind his company's "Venus project, " a combination of software and hardware that lets VCD players and other, similar devices display Chinese-language Internet content on an ordinary TV set.

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And a dozen other digital reading devices were on display at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, in January, providing more competition for the Kindle.

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Along with an examination chair with stirrups facing the jury box, a sonogram machine and other medical devices are on permanent display in the center of the courtroom.

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Before Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney Edward Cameron delivered his closing arguments, an examination chair with stirrups, a sonogram machine and other medical devices that were on permanent display in the center of the courtroom during the trial were returned to their place facing the jury box.

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The company makes chips that enable the display of graphics on televisions, computer monitors, cell phones and other devices.

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Unlike other e-book devices, Samsung's E6 and E101 enables handwriting directly onto the display, allowing users to annotate their reading selections, calendars and to-do lists with a built-in electromagnetic resonance (EMR) stylus pen.

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