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Big Brother Amazon Remotely Deletes Purchased Copies of 1984 and Animal Farm From Thousands of Kindles 1

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 [...]

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Friday July 17, 2009 9:06 pm – 9:06 pm
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By David

Why the Kindle continues to baffle me 0

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.
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Tuesday June 23, 2009 9:43 am – 9:43 am
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By David

Some ideas on improving the Kindle 0

Here are some winnerish ideas on the Kindle.  A few select ideas:
5. Let anyone become a publisher with just a few clicks.
6. Demolish the textbook market as soon as possible by publishing open source textbooks for free. It’s only natural that profit-minded professors will work to replace this by using #5.
8. Allow all-you-can-eat subscriptions if [...]

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Monday March 2, 2009 9:22 am – 9:22 am
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By David

Jon Stewart is not a fan of the Kindle either 1

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c
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I love Jon’s reaction to the price. The look is priceless. And Bezo’s laugh is a little scary.

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Tuesday February 24, 2009 11:16 am – 11:16 am
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By David

Amazon launches Kindle 2 – makes is shiney 0

Amazon rolled out v2 of the Kindle last week.  I am not impressed.  As before, it really is not the game changer that the iPod was to music.  There are reasons for this beyond the Kindle’s short comings but the Kindle as a whole gets some updates.  The new Kindle looks better.  It has an [...]

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Published:
Monday February 16, 2009 12:52 pm – 12:52 pm
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By David