Big Brother Amazon Remotely Deletes Purchased Copies of 1984 and Animal Farm From Thousands of Kindles – Kindle – Gizmodo.
This is on a few sites but basically tells me I will NEVER EVER buy a Kindle. GRRRR…and to think the book was 1984 as well.
I have read most of it is over copyrights (thanks Disney..wikipedia [...]
Categories: Books, Technology
Tagged: amazon, animal farm, big brother, can you believe this, dumb, kindle, Mickey Mouse, wikipedia
Here’s to hoping!!
MAN – I know what my kids are getting.
Dreams Do Come True: The Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Ready For The Holidays? – Star Wars – io9.
Tagged: can you believe this, coolness, could be bullshit, star wars
According to the Wall Street Journal, Steve Jobs had a liver transplant while on his 6 month leave of absense for health reasons from Apple. We will see but he is scheduled to return at the end of the month and Apple seems to have done alright without his day to day oversight.
UPDATE: [...]
Categories: News, Technology
Tagged: can you believe this, could be bullshit
Ok – the title below is dumb – KindleGate – but the read is interesting on how unreasonable the methods of DRM and eBooks are and will continue to be. DRM is making pirates out of all of us, just to use what we own.
KindleGate: Confusion Abounds Regarding Kindle Download Policy | Gear Diary.
Summary from the blog [...]
Categories: Books, Technology
Tagged: Books, can you believe this, could be bullshit, Geek, kindle, Technology
In a world where marketing guys think through their asshole, they have decided to rename the Sci Fi channel to SyFy. That’s right – spelled in a made up way and yet said exactly the same. This is to try and shed the geek/nerd image. So keeping the same name pronounciation and gave it [...]
Categories: Geek
Tagged: can you believe this, Geek, television
Duma Key by Stephen King
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Caught Stealing (Hank Thompson Series #1) by Charlie Huston
