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    frigg: I'm no lawyer, but as I understand it, it's the opposite of what's stated: the authors DO have a legal leg to stand on, it's just that the technology ... more »
    jgirkin: Does that make the blind/visually impaired people that Amazon has been marketing too idiots? more »
    fulltext: "seems to need Amazon more than Amazon needs them"? then who is going to write the books? You? Why is everyone jumping all over this thing? It is quit... more »
    Damon Dimmick: Does that mean I can return the Kindle? Frankly, that was one of the major bonuses I took to heart when deciding to buy it. more »
  • #kindle2

    Amazon Caves to Snippy Authors: Kindle's Text-to-Voice Feature Now Optional

    We reported the Author's Guild's litigious anger about the Kindle 2's text-to-voice feature, claiming it violates audio book copyrights. It's an arguable position, but Amazon has gone ahead and caved to the literate man. More »
  • #iphone

    How to Re-Enable Unlock and Jailbreak in Mac OS X 10.5.6

    The Mac OS X 10.5.6 update broke pwnage, the unlocking/jailbreaking program for the iPhone. Fortunately, there's now an easy solution to fix this problem. You just need an Automator script and these simple instructions.
  • #discount

    Black Friday Technology Deals Start Now

    If you can't wait until Black Friday to hunt for deals for the holidays, or you just need to upgrade your gear now in these times of economic uncertainty—why save if everything is going to hell? Spend!—here's a round up with the lastest deals we have found on the Web, from an unlocked Nokia N82 for $389 (originally $650) and a $14.99 Motorola Bluetooth headset, to a $199 Insignia Blu-ray player (originally $230) and a $799 high definition 42-inch Samsung plasma to match. And that's just the beginning, there are MP3 players, GPS, and more TVs: More »
  • #netneutrality

    EFF Nails Comcast, Shows You How to Bust Your ISP, Too

    You may recall Comcast getting busted for interfering with peer-to-peer file sharing communications, especially picking on its users who use BitTorrent. Now the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released a detailed report (PDF) that comes close to proving that Comcast was "forging traffic." The EFF describes exactly how its experts used Wireshark, open-source packet sniffing software, to show that Comcast was injecting forged RST packets into their communications, effectively telling both ends to hang up. More »
  • #nsfw

    How to Build Your Own Sex Doll

    Feel like doing it yourself? Fleshbot points us to a tutorial on how to build yourself a "realistic" sex doll out of spare parts you have lying around. We're not sure how many of us have mannequin parts lying around to make a sex doll out of, but a can of Pringles and the end of a lightsaber we definitely do. More »
  • #cellphones

    AT&T Launches Pay-Per-Use Push-To-Talk Dash-Dash

    Great news for inconsiderate people as AT&T/Cingular's rolling out push-to-talk on their network on a pay-per-use basis. That means if you're not sure you want to commit to a $9.99 (or $19.99 for families) unlimited use plan to annoy people month after month, you now have a pay-as-you-go option as well. More »