Posts tagged Digital rights management
Two weeks with an Astak 5”: Preconceptions
October 13, 2009 | 8:40 pm
Last night, Paul Biba startled me with an offer: he had received a review unit of Astak’s 5” Pocket PRO EZ Reader, but did not have the time to review it. Did I want to?
Did I ever‽ This will make a great opportunity to compare this competing e-book reader to what I remember of the Sony. With that in mind, I am starting a new series of columns: Two weeks with an Astak 5”.
I actually expect to have this reader longer than two weeks—Paul believed it was mine to keep, though I will try not to get too attached...
Ex-eReader employee on the past and future of e-books
February 2, 2009 | 10:52 pm
Ars Technica today has a great (and long—it goes on for seven pages) feature editorial about the past and future of e-books by Ars columnist John Siracusa. Siracusa, who took a job at the company that would eventually become eReader back when it was still called Palm Digital Media, has some fascinating insights and opinions about how e-books got started, what they are now, and what they might become.
Siracusa holds several opinions about e-books that may seem controversial. For example, he feels that people still don't "get" e-books even now—which is why e-books have been so slow to catch...


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