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engadget.com - 2/28/2009

The Engadget Interview: Paul Aiken, Executive Director of the Authors Guild

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As you're no doubt aware, this week's launch of the Kindle 2 came complete with copyright controversy -- the Authors Guild says that Amazon's text-to-speech features will damage the lucrative audiobook market . To be perfectly frank, we're of two minds on on this debate: on one hand, we're ...

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ifixit.com - 2/24/2009

Kindle 2 First Look

— ifixit.com — That's a standard mini-PCIe WWAN (EVDO) card - perhaps one could scope the AT commands being sent... to the card, then insert the card into PC and send the same AT commands for unlimited (free) data... Also, there's a missing SIM holder below the WWAN ... (more) Kindle 2 First Look

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blog.fsck.com - 3/4/2009

Tethering your Kindle 2

— blog.fsck.com — As I mentioned in my previous post, I've spent far too much of the past week playing... with my lovely new Kindle 2.As I've been exploring the device, I ran across igorsk's blog post about the debugging commands on the first Kindle. They're still ... (more) Tethering your Kindle 2

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engadget.com - 2/24/2009

Kindle 2 unboxing and hands-on

— engadget.com — We've already gotten a chance to play with the Kindle 2 , but there's nothing like getting... one delivered to your door and cracking it open. As with the first version, Amazon has done a masterful job with presentation and packaging. We're going to ... (more) Kindle 2 unboxing and hands-on

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Authors Guild successfully kills Kindle 2 text-to-speech feature, it’s now optional for publishers
CrunchGear — ... for publishers. The guild had been tenaciously fighting this feature, arguing that it had the potential to turn the Kindle 2 into a de-facto audiobook player. Right or wrong, Amazon has caved, and now publishers will be able to dictate whether or not the Kindle 2 is able to read aloud their books. ...