I don't own a Kindle, but I would surely like to. I am the type of person that owns shelves of books. Many of them are reference books. I like to be able to find knowledge and I like to have it at my fingertips. The internet is a great resource for that (although caution is recommended). I would love to be able to carry a library around in my satchel. It would be nice to be able to grab a newspaper or blog wherever I am and read it, too. A number of obstacles has always prevented ebook readers from success. One is that people don't like reading lots of content on screens. Another is the availability of materials in the device format can be a problem. Amazon has seemingly addressed both of those concerns. The Kindle screen is supposedly very reader friendly. And the volume of titles Amazon can make available to the reader is something they should have no problem providing. Amazon has already started to digitize many of the books they make available for purchase on their site. This is merely another step in that direction. [read more...]

Kid Digg was playing a destructive round of network Quake when Ranger Ed walked in. Anthony looked up to see the disgusted look on his face. The screen went blank. Ed started, “I’ve got a hook on this guy who got into the database at the Technical University. He is at it again.” He continued, “he is using a derivative of crack and trying to find passwords. I want to get a trace on who it is and find out their access point. Get with Cheadle at the University and see what his logs will tell you. Then run traceroutes and see if they lead us anywhere. Let’s move on this guy while we still have time.” [read more...]

The Ghost

Meanwhile in an average neighborhood in and average suburb west of Columbus Ohio, the Ghost was penetrating a firewall like ether in the optic fibers of the network. He loved being the Ghost. His daily routine was being Al Manning an employee at Electronics Superstore. He sells pcs during the day, but just to cover his real occupation. Stealing credit information. [read more...]