amazon kindle fact bits
The Kindle DRM wasn't hacked to REMOVE the DRM from Kindle purchases, but added to other books so that they too could be read on the Kindle.
The Kindle only allows the reading of Amazon DRM-protected content.
There are converters available from Amazon and/or Mobi for pdf and doc files.
Non-DRM Mobi books, like free e-books found online in Mobi format, or files you convert to Mobi files, are already supported on Kindle.
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Amazon 2012: What the Future May Hold for the Web's Largest Retailer
For Amazon, it's going to be hard to top 2011. After all, this was the year the gargantuan online retailer launched a cloud storage service, opened the doors on its own Appstore, and released a tablet, the Kindle Fire, that happens to be selling like crazy. ...

$99 HP TouchPad back ... on eBay
If Amazon's Kindle Fire hasn't tempted you yet, and no Android tablets have really caught your eye, you may have another chance to snap up a $99 HP TouchPad. ...

Amazon Kindle sales top 1 million for third week in a row
Amazon's Kindle lineup is doing very well this holiday season with over 1 million sold each week for the last three weeks. The Kindle Fire leads the pack of four new generation Kindle models. ...

eBay and StubHub Acquire Zvents
eBay acquired StubHub back in early 2007. Now StubHub has acquired Zvents. So, essentially, eBay has acquired Zvents. Zvents has over 3 million events, generated from 140,000 local marketers in its catalog. It gets 14 million monthly unique visitors. eBay's … ...

Non-Apple Tablet Makers Continue Slashing Prices
How well are tablets selling these days? If the tablets in question are anything other than Apple's iPad (or Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com's e-reader tablets), the answer is "Not good." According to an NPD Group report, all tablets in the U.S. put together -- other than those three -- sold only 1.2 million units from January to October of last year, compared to Apple expert John Gruber's ... ...
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