CNET News Daily Podcast: Can Kindle DX rekindle publishing industry?

by Jennifer Guevin May 6, 2009 1:06 PM PDT Follow @jenguevin

Amazon hopes that its new, large-screen Kindle DX will revive the newspaper industry and maybe lighten the load for students lugging around heavy textbooks. Reporter Caroline McCarthy talks to Michelle Meyers about what real impact the new e-book reader could really have.

Also in today's podcast: Americans look to prepaid cellular plans as a way to save money; which PCs and laptops won't support Windows 7's XP mode; and how long before piles of e-waste start to get smaller?
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Amazon's big-screen Kindle DX makes its debut

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