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Ebooks outsold paper books over the holidays according to Amazon.com
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Welcome to the Planet 100 for January 4, 2010. Here's what we're covering today:
WATCH VIDEO: Watch Video: Ebooks Outsell Paper and Microsoft Earth Visualizes Climate Change
Ebooks Outsell Paper
According to online retailer Amazon.com, December 25, 2009 was the historic day digital books outsold their physical counterparts.
The company also reports that the Kindle was the most gifted item in Amazon's history—so given the likelihood that owners of the new e-reader would spend Christmas Day downloading e-books—this might account for the somewhat inflated figure for digital book sales.
Via: UPI
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Microsoft Earth
Move over Google Earth, here comes Microsoft with an Environmental Atlas of Europe that aims to change the way we understand and visualize climate change.
Launched at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, the Atlas uses satellite images to highlight the impact climate change has on the environment—from diminishing reindeer herds in Finland to plankton blooms off the coast of Ireland.
Via: MSDN
Photo: Karl Burkart
Breaking News: Yellow River Oil Spill
Chinese officials confirmed this weekend that an oil pipeline in China ruptured and spilled over 40,000 gallons of diesel into the Yellow River, threatening water supplies for millions of people in Henan province.
Via: Yahoo
Photo: AP
