The Amazon Kindle Wikizine

Hackers have finally managed to break into the copy protection mechanism employed by Amazon Kindle eBook reader. It was broken by an Israeli hacker named Labba. He said that Kindle specific ebooks can now be viewed on other eBook readers.  

If you’re an avid reader of books and an iPhone and iPod touch user, you owe it to yourself to download Amazon’s free Kindle reader for your iPhone. The biggest advantage in my view in using the Kindle reader is that you can download sample chapters of a books from the site for free. Being able [...]  

Hackers claim victory in cracking Amazon Kindle DRM: Via Computerworld Security News. Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader is coming under assault by hackers, who say they've figured out ways to export protected content for use on other devices. Amazon sells content for the Kindle in an ".azw" format, some of which is has DRM (digital rights management) technology, which prevents a file from being transferred to an unauthorized device. But one...  

If there is one near universal gripe folks have with the Kindle, it's the DRM-laden files. It's no wonder, then, that the thing has been a lightning rod for the "information wants to be free crowd," almost since the beginning. Sure, we've seen Mobipocket, .epub, and .pdf files used on the device, but if you really want to bedevil Bezos the thing to do would be to altogether circumvent the DRM from your Amazon e-books -- and it looks like an...  

In reply to More e-Readers Compared: Convert and Read PDF and ePub on Amazon Kindle 2 with Savory http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/04/27/convert-and-read-pdf-and-epub-on-amazon-kindle-2-wi...  

An anonymous reader writes "The Register reports that the proprietary document format used by the Amazon online store and Amazon's Kindle has been successfully reverse engineered, allowing these DRM-protected documents to be converted into the open MOBI format. Users of alternative e-book readers rejoice." Here are the hacker's notes on the program he is calling "Unswindle," and here is the (translated) forum where the Kindle challenge was...  

At half the thickness of Amazon's first e-book reader, the second-generation Kindle is pretty inviting - it's a, sleek, curved tablet that you can easily hold in your hands.  

Amazon.com yesterday trumpeted that December is already its best sales month ever for its Kindle electronic readers, and tried to further juice sales with a free shipping offer on its $259 basic Kindle. But the company has also quietly run out of its other reader, the large-screen Kindle DX. The DX product page now gives a 4 to 6 week wait for ... (Read on Source)  

Kindle DX is as thin as most magazines. Just over a third of an inch in profile, you'll find Kindle DX fits perfectly in your hands. Kindle DX's large display is ideal for a broad range of reading material, including graphic-rich books, PDFs, newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Kindle DX's display is two and a half times the size of the Kindle display. Whether you're reading the latest bestseller or a financial report, text and images are...  

Lost in translation? Review  It was Amazon's Kindle that really turned the idea of an e-book reader into a true mass-market proposition. Well, in the States, at least, because the first Kindle was only ever available to US-based buyers. Now, however, you can get an "international version" of the Kindle 2 in Blighty. More accurately, you can buy it from Amazon in the US and have it shipped to you in the UK.…  

Amazon.com started out as an online book store in 1995. They now sell everything from toys to furniture, but their roots have always been in books. So when Amazon announced the Kindle, an electronic book reader, we were hardly surprised. Amazon's vision for the Kindle is to have every book ever printed, in any language, all available in under 60 seconds.The 2nd generation Kindle, the Global Wireless edition, or the K2 as it's been nicknamed by...  

I think the new lot of eReaders are very cool. I would like to have a Barnes & Noble Nook myself, but alas, the things are sold out. If you have someone on your Christmas list that wants an eReader the Amazon Kindle is the only major choice this year. Amazon announced today that it is [...]  

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Apple has always benefitted from the iPod’s “halo,” which also spurred purchases of other devices, including the iPhone and the Cupertino, Calif. company’s line of Mac computers. Can Internet bookseller Amazon do the same for ebooks? “The Kindle has definitely established itself as the iPod of the book world,” a Citigroup analyst told investors Thursday. The [...]  

Amazon touts the Kindle eBook reader as the most wished for buy Amazon customers. This would mean the chances that you are giving a great gadget gift with the Kindle are a bit better than say with the Circulation Improving Leg Wraps. Seriously, I think...