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The Origins of the US Dollar

Digg - Business & Finance  Sat, 10/31/2009 - 12:51

Philosopher Ayn Rand once pointed out that it was Americans who coined the phrase to make money. Rather than seeing wealth as something looted or distributed,


 

Amazon Can Delete Books From Your Kindle

DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Sat, 07/18/2009 - 16:24

Some users discovered last week that Amazon has the capability to remove books from their Kindle electronic reading devices, even though they were bought, paid for, downloaded, and in the users' possession.

Ironically, among the books with which this was discovered was George Orwell's 1984, which postulated a society where history could be changed by rewriting it.

Orwell's Animal Farm was also affected, as were Harry Potter books and books by Ayn Rand, users reported. Amazon said the company took this action when it discovered that the company that had uploaded the text of the books to the...