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Gadget Watch: Bookeen Cybook Gen3 review
Photo Low-cost ebook reader There's room for improvement, however, as the eBook navigation and library functionality are not as good as those of its rivals. Considering hitting the shops at... [22 Aug 2008]
"Dmitri's law" revisited: DMCA claims first victim
News But hacking a DirecTV feed simply to avoid paying for it is not going to arouse the sympathy that you got for hacking an eBook reader that let you put it on a different machine, or making copies for... [25 Sep 2003]
Online bookstore ditches e-books
News Customers using Microsoft's eBook reader have until 9 December to access downloads purchased from the store, while Adobe Reader customers have 90 days to retrieve any outstanding files.... [10 Sep 2003]
Testimony ends in Adobe hacking trial
News ElcomSoft President Alexander Katalov testified in federal court here that his company acted in good faith in creating a product that thwarts anticopying features in Adobe Systems' eBook Reader - a... [11 Dec 2002]
Microsoft's Merlin conjures controversy
News The new handhelds will ship with instant messaging software, ebook reader and a movie player all from Microsoft, with the alternatives from AOL, Adobe and Apple nowhere to be found. Handhelds featuring... [06 Sep 2001]
Microsoft code cracker shuns publicity
News An anonymous programmer has cracked the Microsoft Reader's ebook encryption which protects the copyright of electronic books. The discovery allows the conversion of any title available on the... [31 Aug 2001]
DefCon hacker free as a bird
News Software-maker Adobe accused Skylyarov of allowing people to get past copyright protection within its eBook Reader, a technology the company developed to market books in digital form. Dmitri Skylyarov,... [07 Aug 2001]
'Free Dmitri' campaign takes case of hacker to US embassy
News Adobe originally accused Sklyarov of breaking the copyright of its eBook Reader but withdrew the charges soon after the company faced opposition from geeks around the world. Protesters are planning a... [01 Aug 2001]
FBI agents pounce on Defcon hacker
News Adobe accuses Skylyarov of allowing people to get past copyright protection within its eBook Reader, a technology the company developed to market books in digital form. A Russian programmer has been... [18 Jul 2001]
E-books to take publishing industry by storm
News In addition, Adobe has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers and InterTrust are developing eBook publishing products using its PDF-based Acrobat Reader technology. Research by Andersen Consulting predicts that... [05 Jun 2000]