Month: August 2009
Dealing With a Stolen Kindle
Ars Technica has an article about how Amazon deals with stolen Kindles. Apparently, if you contact Amazon about a Kindle that has been stolen, they will de-register your account from…
Asus is Also Releasing an eReader
Asus has announced plans to release their own eReader device. Details are scarce at the moment, but the reader will be part of the eee line and will, at the…
David Byrne Reviews the Kindle DX
Reviews for the Kindle seem to pop up from some of the most unexpected people. One new response to the Kindle DX comes from David Byrne, the front man of…
iRex Reader Will Also Use Barnes & Noble’s Platform
It looks like Plastic Logic won’t be only company taking advantage of Barnes & Noble’s online book store. iRex Technologies has announced that their upcoming device will also be able…
Modding the Kindle For European Wireless
iReaderReview reports interesting piece of news. Someone has started a project to hack the Kindle for use with European wireless networks. It looks like they’ve already managed to switch the modem…
Kindle May Have Newspaper Trouble in Australia
Fairfax Media, one of Australia’s large media companies, has rejected the Kindle and decided to look elsewhere for e-delivery. Even worse for Amazon, this announcement comes on the heels of…
Sheet Music on the Kindle
The Kindle DX has a nice, big screen. For the most part, the extra large screen is used to make newspapers and magazines easier to read. But one of the…
Digital Textbooks Continue to be Implemented at More Colleges
Flat World Knowledge, a provider of cheap digital textbooks, has grown dramatically over the summer. This fall semester, over 40,000 college students will use Flat World’s textbooks. This is 40…
Using text files from lib.ru etc made easier and more
I’ve published the script that I’ve been using personally for quite some time to make plain text files that were preformatted to specific page width nicely reflowable on Kindle and…
How Green is the Kindle?
Pretty green, according to a new report by the Cleantech Group. For every Kindle currently in use, there are about 22.5 less books that are sold each year. In terms…