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Plenty of free e-books in Mobipocket format show up fine on Kindle.
The Kindle has a built in cell receiver so that you can wirelessly browse, preview and purchase books using one-click.
The Kindle supports Mobipocket files directly. You don't need to write a script to do that.
We've known for some time already that Amazon's AZW files are actually Mobi files, but Amazon didn't share Kindle's Mobi PID which would allow one to buy encrypted Mobi books for Kindle.
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Meet Spark, the €200 slate packing Linux-based Plasma Active UX
As we all know, the Kindle Fire's hot , Apple's selling bushels of iPads , and there's plenty of Honeycomb slates out there for you to choose from, but what if you want a tablet free from corporate influence? Enter Spark, a seven-inch slate that comes running the Plasma Active UX, an open-source OS based on Linux kernel, KDE's multi-platform Plasma environment and a dash of Qt for good measure ... ...Linux Is Reaching New Heights in Enterprises, Study Finds
Cloud computing and 'Big Data' are driving business use of Linux at the expense of Windows and Unix, according to new data from the Linux Foundation. ...Open source Linux tablet showcases KDE Plasma Active technology
Members of the KDE Plasma Active community announced an open source tablet platform that runs the mobile-oriented version of KDE's Plasma UI layer on a MeeGo Linux-based "Mer" operating system. ...New Open Tablet Will Come with Linux and KDE Preinstalled
Priced at about $260, the 7-inch 'Spark' tablet will offer unlocked hardware and an open content store. ... ~O-O~
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