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2600 Magazine now available on the Kindle — in subscription form

We first saw 2600 Magazine come available for the Kindle a few months back, in early-November to be specific. Though at the time the quarterly magazine was only available for purchase as individual issues. Well, flash forward till today and you can still buy the magazine on an issue by issue basis for $3.95 each, more »

2600 Magazine experiments with DRM-free “Hacker Digest” year end compilation issue

Up until recently, 2600 The Hacker Quarterly was one of the few paper print magazines that I was still willing to subscribe. However things may be changing as they have not only recently began releasing Kindle and Nook versions of the quarterly issues, but they have also just announced another offering — The Hacker Digest more »

2600 Magazine now available on the Nook, but it is selling better on the Kindle

The hacker magazine, 2600 The Hacker Quarterly is continuing to go digital. Last week we mentioned that the magazine was available for Kindle users and now it looks like it has come to the Nook. Similar to the deal with the Kindle, at present there is not an option to subscribe and those interested will more »

2600 Magazine now available on the Kindle

The hacker magazine, 2600 The Hacker Quarterly has made a leap to digital and is now available for Kindle (and Kindle app) users. The Autumn 2010 edition of the magazine is now available by way of the Amazon website and as perk — it is available for slightly less than the regular print edition. Hey, more »

2600 Magazine releases 888 page “best of” book

For those who have read, or currently read 2600 Magazine this may be considered a must have book. Although its a little hard to truly say that, as I have yet to be able to grab a copy for myself, it just sounds logical. The very large book, which comes in at 888 pages includes a “best of” dating back 24 years and continues up to present date.

“Hackers invariably find the one hole in an otherwise perfect system or will spend inordinate amounts of time to get around a barrier previously thought to be impenetrable. But the one thing hackers do more than anything else is share information with those who are interested. This book is a gateway into this mysterious yet familiar world of endless technology and security experimenting.”

Nokia offers up the low-end 2600 Classic, 1209

Nokia has just announced two new handsets designed for those in “emerging markets.” The new handsets include to the 2600 Classic and the 1209, both of which seem a little dated even before the actual release, of course they are still very useful phones that offer a decent set of features at a more than fair price.

The Nokia 2600 Classic offers dual band GSM with GPRS support, VGA camera, Bluetooth, FM Radio, email, MP3 ringtones, a 128 x 160 resolution screen with 65,000 colors and runs the S40 operating system.

The Nokia 1209 offers dual band support, has a 96×68 pixel screen with 65,000 colors, a pre-paid tracker, a cost-tracking application, a multiple phonebook that allows up to five people have an address book and runs the S30 operating system. The Nokia 1209 is said to be aimed at “first time buyers.”