Filed under: Features, Misc. GadgetsEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment.
Naming a product "Kindle" might be a bit unusual for a company named after a giant waterway. Did Amazon have visions of Farenheit 451 for its electronic book reader? Perhaps, at $399, the product is aimed at those who have the kind of paper to burn that is legal tender for all debts, public or private and