Plastic Logic's e-reader may yet live as an educational tool in Russia, just as Apple and Microsoft bid for millions of tablet PCs destined for Turkish schools. The e-education game is getting serious. Plastic Logic has just landed $150 million in investments from a state fund in Russia to bring its ill-fated soft-screened e-reader to the nation's schools.
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