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Kindle Newspaper Reading

amazon's kindle store (which by the way must have the least bookmarkable URI on the planet) still boasts a russia-like collection of 11 newspapers and 8 magazines. however, since they do have the New York Times ($13.99/month) and the Frankfurter... Read more →

Newspapers on the Kindle

one of the interesting things about the kindle is that you can get newspapers and magazines for it. for the Sony reader, it is possible to use some third-party software to do this, but the results are not too great.... Read more →

Amazon Time Warp

it turns out i was way too optimistic when i expected to get my amazon kindle very soon. i ordered it on monday (11/19), and amazon happily added $20 to my bill for overnight shipping. when it hadn't shown up... Read more →

Kindling Tomorrow!

i just ordered my amazon kindle, it should arrive tomorrow! it sure is ugly as hell, but it has electronic ink, so i am really curious to see it. i hope it has the newer e-ink vizplex imaging film and... Read more →

Amazon Kindle Coming Soon

gizmodo reports that the amazon kindle will be released next week (11/19 is what various sites are reporting now), but i am still skeptic about that. if this is true, i just hope that the picture on the gizmodo site... Read more →

Amazon Kindle Delayed

the amazon kindle was expected to be released in october, but apparently nothing happened, and today's new york time reports that we have to wait until the end of the year. given that sony's new PRS-505 reader does not provide... Read more →

New Sony Reader

sony will soon replace the PRS-500 reader with an updated model, the PRS-505 (this probably was the main reason for the desperate ads in july/august). but as it turns out, the most radical change of the device seems to be... Read more →

E-Books for the XO Laptop

it is getting close! orders for the One Laptop Per Child computer, now officially called the XO Laptop, will start soon. from november 12 to november 26 you can order two laptops, one will go to somewhere where it is... Read more →

The Daily E-Times

after discovering how to read the new york times on my sony reader, i wanted to find out how well that really works. technically, it works fine, the libprs500 beta GUI has a simple button for initiating the download, works... Read more →

New York Times as E-Book

wow! today i found out that it is possible to read the new york times on the sony reader! libprs500 is a reverse-engineered replacement of the incredibly crappy CONNECT Reader software that sony provides as the only way to manipulate... Read more →