Month: September 2009
Recently Lose a Kindle in New York? CNET Might Have It
If you were visiting or live in New York and recently forgot your Kindle in a taxicab, one of the editors at CNET may have it. The Kindle belongs to…
Steve Jobs Continues to Dismiss eReaders
Steve Jobs had some harsh words to say about the Kindle, and eReaders in general, in a recent interview with David Pogue. Jobs had previously stated his view that eReaders…
Embracing the Wide Sky, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #19
I’ve discoved “Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across the Horizons of the Mind” by Daniel Tammet entirely by chance. As I was touring the UK in a car, my…
Mini-comparison to Sony PRS-505
It so happened that I purchased Sony PRS-505 for my Dad. I chose Sony eReader because my Dad living outside WhisperNet coverage and having very little knowledge of English language…
Make Your Own Kindle Case That Doubles as a Stand
Spent the money on a new Kindle? Want to protect your investment, but don’t have the funds leftover to buy a fancy cover? Or worried the fancy case will break…
More Details on New Asus Readers
Asus has released more details about its upcoming eReaders. Not too surprisingly, Asus will be selling two separate models: a high end device and a budget reader. The budget reader…
A Briefer History Of Time and The Elegant Universe, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #18
Rather that going over authors that caught my attention (which after 17 posts has drained my imagination considerably) I’m going to change the format of these series and instead write…
Amazon Orwell Book Deletion Controversy May Be Reaching Some Closure
George Orwell’s 1984 is making its way back on to customers’ Kindles. After the controversy this summer revolving around Amazon’s remote deletion of Orwell’s works, Amazon is now returning the…
Coolerbooks Gets a Boost From Google Books
Coolerbooks, Interead’s bookstore meant to correspond with the COOL-ER Reader, has gained 1 million public domain titles from Google Books. The COOL-ER Reader hasn’t received a whole lot of attention…
Kindle 2 Hacked to Run Ubuntu
Jesse Vincent who is responsible for a number of Kindle hacks in the past (such as Savory and tethering Kindle 2) managed to get Ubuntu Linux running on the Kindle 2. …