amazon kindle fact bits
DRM is not to prevent other files from being readable on the Kindle.
If you read some of the Kindle discussion groups, you'll see people complaining about "no backlighting", and then a few days/weeks later they will be lauding the fact that it has no backlighting.
The Kindle has a built in cell receiver so that you can wirelessly browse, preview and purchase books using one-click.
A cheap casioppeia allows me to read ebooks around 2001.
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How the Kindle replaced my iPad...for book reading
(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) There's a case to be made for convergence devices, and for merging every product down to just one. The iPad, in many ways, has been that device for me: I travel light, I read or watch movies or play games or surf the Web on it. It's a security blanket and a thin catchall. Still...I bought a Kindle. The $79, no-touch, ad-supported version caught my eye the moment it ... ...

Viruses learn new tricks, in real time: my story in tomorrow's New York Times | The Loom
Charles Darwin recognized that natural selection can make eyes sharper, muscles stronger, and fur thicker. But evolution does more than just improve what's already there. It also gives rise to entirely new things—like eyes and muscles and fur. To study how new things evolve, biologists usually have to rely on ancient clues left behind for hundreds of millions of years. But in a study published ... ...
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