Gadgets
Kindle 2 Gets PDF and EPUB eBook Converter
12:20PM Wilson Rothman | While it’s not the grand opening of the Kindle app store or anything, a developer decided to write an app for Kindle 2 that converts .pdf and .epub docs to Kindle’s beloved .mobi format. More »
Software
Gmail Gets a Built-in PDF Reader, Lets You Avoid Acrobat Reader
6:40AM Adam Frucci | I’ve always found PDFs to be supremely annoying thanks to Acrobat Reader’s slow, crashy behaviour. Now, Gmail is allowing users to skip the Reader altogether. More »
Gadgets
DIY Papercraft Steve Jobs: Enact Your “One more thing…” Fantasy
7:49PM Gizmodo US Edition | Courtesy of Joe Chiang you too can have a tiny printout-paper Steve on your desk in a matter of minutes, ready to act out this afternoon’s action— just swap out the picture of the iPhone for your fantasy iPhone 2. Check out Joe’s other creations too, from Mario to R2-D2. [Toy-a-Day via Technabob]
Adobe Digital Editions 1.0 Released; Maybe eBooks Aren’t Dead After All
2:00AM Seamus Byrne | Adobe rolled out its Digital Editions 1.0 reading software today, and it’s now available for a free download. In beta for the past six months, the software is able to handle PDF, flash and XML files, and also supports the new IDP Open Publication Standard (OPS) used for eBooks. So that means it’s already going to work with the 150,000 eBook files that are currently rotting on shelves and hard drives the world over. It’s able to do some new tricks, too. galleryPost('adobedigitaleditions', 4, 'Digital Editions 1.0'); More »
