While everyone was paying attention to Apple’s iPad, someone revolutionized the textbook, higher education, and learning itself in one crazy, bold move. Yes, Kno is a digital textbook and  yes, it’s a whole new ecosystem. The Kno packs two 14.1�� (1440 x 900) spacious panels,  touch-screen interaction with stylus support, a  fully-stocked store, video, note-taking,  sharing and a community. Kno is everything a textbook was, and will be.  It’s stunningly book-like and can display a complete textbook without scrolling. Kno even opens flat like a book or folds back on itself as a single panel slate. With this much screen space it has to be an energy vampire right? We are surprised to hear that Kno is projected to get six to eight hours of battery life, because each screen has its own battery. Oh, and if your wondering, the Kno will support HTML5 as will as Adobe Flash. Kno is expecting to be available for preorders starting in October/November 2010 and ship in the USA by the holiday season. Find out more and watch the demo video after the jump!

The Kno is serious about your studying, textbooks, course materials,notes,web links,basically your everything.

All in one place A system completely designed for learning: textbooks, professors’ materials, web-based homework systems, everything.
Versatile textbooks Write directly on the page, highlight, add sticky notes, and even display two different parts of the book at once – you’ll need to see it to believe it.
Explore The Internet and the textbook connect like never before. Look up a word, follow a link from a textbook, watch a video, even e-mail a passage with a question to your professor.
Write Revolutionary digital note-taking using natural handwriting or a keyboard. Even drag highlights or graphics from your textbook or the web directly into your notes.
Browse the web Full-featured browser supporting HTML5 and Adobe Flash.
Rich media Experience HD video, audio recording and playback, and even more.

http://www.flipboard.com/

Flipboard Revealed: Social Networking Updates Become a Magazine
In May, rumors of an under-the-radar startup called Flipboard surfaced, when sources reported it had raised funding from the well-known firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Now the company is confirming these rumors, with news of a $10.5 million Series A venture capital round. It also has other key backers like Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Dustin Moskovitz. Oh, and Ashton Kutcher's interested, so there you go.

If the investors' confidence doesn't convince you of the app's potential, though, perhaps its back-end will. Although not available in this initial version, Flipboard will soon integrate the semantic data-analysis technology from the startup Ellerdale into its application in order to app better determine the relevance of the information and updates from your various social networking connections. Ellerdale is already an expert at this, after practicing the art of semantic analysis on Twitter's "firehose" of data.

You can download the Flipboard iPad app here from iTunes.