Skiff looked like an ideal, if gigantic, dedicated eReader - especially as a newspaper facsimile. Dan liked it in January. News Corp has purchased the software platform from Hearst - but not the hardware. So consider it dead for now. [MediaMemo]
Skiff, The Giantest, Skinniest eReader, Is Dead
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