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Amazon Kindle Paperwhite can be jailbroken

The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite may have a new high resolution E Ink display and light that can illuminate the screen. But the hardware and Linux-based operating system are close enough to those for last year’s Amazon Kindle Touch that it didn’t take long for hackers to find a way to jailbreak the Kindle Paperwhite. Members of […]

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B&N NOOK with GlowLight gets a $20 price cut to keep up with Kindle Paperwhite

Barnes & Noble is slashing $20 off the price of the NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight eReader. When the company introduced the eReader with a built-in booklight in April, B&N set the price at $139. Now you can pick one up for $119. That’s the same price as the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite. Like B&N’s […]

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Cheapskate’s guide to using an Amazon Kindle (How to find free eBooks)

Amazon’s newest Kindle eReaders are now available, with starting prices as low as $69. That’s a pretty great price for a portable device with an E Ink display, a 2 month battery, and the ability to store a thousand digital books. A Kindle isn’t much use unless you also have a few books to read. […]

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KindleBerry Pi: mobile PC that’s 1 part Kindle, 1 part Raspberry Pi

Low power laptops are a dime a dozen these days (OK, not quite, but you can pick up a refurbished HP Mini 311 for just $170). But looking for something even lower power, one developer decided to take an Amazon Kindle and a Raspberry Pi on a recent trip. And he used them together like […]

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Amazon kills text-to-speech with new Kindle Paperwhite

For the last few years Amazon has been been offering a text-to-speech option in some Kindle eReaders. This lets you listen to books by plugging in a set of headphones or by using the speakers in a Kindle Keyboard or Kindle Touch. What’s cool is that this works with almost any eBook because the Kindle […]

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Amazon’s new Kindle, Kindle Fire models up for order for $69 and up

Amazon is now taking orders on its new line of Kindle eReaders and tablets. Prices start at $69 for an eReader with an E Ink display, and $159 for an Android tablet with a full color display. All of those starting prices are for models with “special offers,” or ads on the home screen or […]

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Amazon introduces $119 Kindle paperwhite: front-lit eReader

Amazon has unveiled its next Kindle eReader, the Kindle paperwhite. It’s the first device to  use a new type of E Ink display which makes the background look more white than gray. It also has a higher resolution display than earlier Kindle models, and an adjustable side-light which lets you read even when you’re in […]