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Consumers ‘Graze’ News Online Ahead of Newspapers

The Internet is gaining momentum among news consumers — but 92 percent of Americans use multiple platforms to get their daily fix of news, sports and weather. So says a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

The survey found the Internet is the third most popular news platform, behind local and national television news and ahead of national print newspapers, local print newspapers, and radio. Reading news online fits into a broad pattern of news consumption by Americans, the survey reported, with 59 percent getting news from a combination of online and off-line sources on a typical day.

“People are not replacing traditional media sources with the Internet — at least not right now,” said Kristin Purcell, an associate director for research at the Pew project. “The Internet is just another platform they turn to. People use the combination of platforms that’s available and convenient for them.”

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New Freescale Chip Could Slash E-Reader Costs

Freescale Semiconductor on Monday announced a new processor that could help make the next generation of e-readers more affordable. Freescale’s i.MX508 applications processor relies on ARM Cortex-A8 technology and a hardware-based display controller from E Ink to drive costs down.

With the ARM core running at 800 MHz, the i.MX508 provides twice the rendering speed of Freescale’s last round of e-reader processors. That means faster page turns for consumers, more speed for value-added applications, and advanced touch solutions for manufacturers.

“DisplaySearch forecasts that the worldwide e-book/e-reader device shipment will triple that of 2009, increasing to over 14 million units in 2010,” said Dr. Jennifer Colegrove, director of display technologies at DisplaySearch. “Key to this growth will be improving the quality of the digital reading experience while simultaneously making it affordable. The results coming from the Freescale and E Ink collaboration are very encouraging.”

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