传统电子阅读器注定是悲剧

    * 巴诺书店（Barnes and Noble）有可能剥离Nook电子阅读器业务。消息一出，不少人都感到有些意外。该公司已大幅削减其2012年财务指引，现在已将销售收入从预计的73亿美元下调到了71亿美元。原因何在？皆因Nook Simple Touch电子阅读器的销量低于预期。【美国有线新闻网财经频道（CNNMoney）】

    * 记者马特•亚历山大在美国创新人才求职网站The Loop上撰文指出，Kindle和Nook等基于电子墨水的电子阅读器注定是个悲剧。亚历山大认为，尽管这些产品可能无与伦比，但它们真正的使命其实在于“缝合”平板电脑目前尚无法“从技术上缝合的裂缝”。（创新人才求职网站The Loop）

    * 雅虎公司（Yahoo）首席执行官斯科特•汤姆逊新发布的一系列业务指令中，其中一条可能会决定是否支持一宗名为“分流现金（cash rich split-off）”的税收交易。尽管通过这笔交易，雅虎有望省下40亿美元的税款，但它很可能不符合美国国内收入署（IRS）的规定。【《华尔街日报》（The Wall Street Journal）】

    * 华纳兄弟公司（Warner Brothers）刚刚与在线影碟租赁公司Netflix、红盒子DVD租赁公司（Redbox）、以及百视通（Blockbuster）等公司达成协议。根据协议，上述三家公司推出华纳影片的DVD碟片的期限延长了一倍。也就是说，这三家公司必须静候56天（以前是28天），方可开始对外出租华纳兄弟制作的影片的DVD碟片。（科技新闻网站All Things D）

    * 得益于盖世（Galaxy）手机和硬盘业务的良好销售业绩，三星公司（Samsung）上季度利润逼近45亿美元，创下历史新高。【《彭博新闻社》（Bloomberg）】

    * iPhone 4S用户使用的数据量几乎是iPhone 4用户的两倍。造成该现象的一个主要原因是4S上安装了苹果的个人语音助理Siri。（《彭博新闻社》）

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    * Barnes and Noble (BKS) may spin off its Nook e-reader business, news that came as a surprise to many. The company slashed its fiscal 2012 guidance and now expects sales of $7.1 billion instead of the $7.3 billion forecast. The reason? Lower-than-expected sales of its Nook Simple Touch. (CNNMoney)

    * Over at The Loop, writer Matt Alexander argues that e-ink-based e-readers like the Kindle and Nook are doomed. Wonderful they may be, but he sees their real purpose as patching "a gap that cannot be patched technologically" yet by many tablets. (The Loop)

    * One of Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's first orders of business may be dealing with whether to back a tax deal called a "cash rich split-off." While Yahoo would stand to save up to $4 billion in taxes, such a deal might not fly with the IRS. (The Wall Street Journal)

    * Warner Brothers just clinched a deal with Netflix (NFLX), Redbox and Blockbuster that doubles the window for DVD releases of its movies. In other words, each of the three services will have to wait 56 days intend of 28 days before they can offer up Warner Brothers DVDs for rental. (All Things D)

    * Samsung reported record quarterly profit of nearly $4.5 billion thanks to sales of its Galaxy phones and the sale of its hard-disk business. (Bloomberg)

    * iPhone 4S users consume almost twice as much data as users of the iPhone 4, due in large part to Siri, Apple's personal voice assistant. (Bloomberg)