2600 Magazine: The Hacker Quarterly [Kindle Edition]

by 2600 Enterprises

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Product Description

The color Kindle edition of 2600 Magazine: The Hacker Quarterly is now available on the Kindle Reading App for your iPad, iPhone and Android devices. Download issues at no extra cost from Archived Items.

2600 Magazine is the world's foremost journal on computer hacking and technological manipulation and control. Published by hackers since 1984, 2600 is a true window into the minds of some of today's most creative and intelligent people. The de facto voice of a new generation, this publication has its finger on the pulse of the ever-changing digital landscape. Available for the first time in a digital edition, 2600 continues to bring unique voices to an ever growing international community interested in privacy issues, computer security, and the digital underground.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• Publisher: 2600 Enterprises (December 23, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004GB1WF6
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #1 in Kindle Store > Kindle Magazines > Internet & Technology
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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Kindle Edition IMPORTANT NOTE!!, November 1, 2011

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Bruce Carlley "Esoteric Mysterium Collector" (Las Vegas, Nevada United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2600 Magazine: The Hacker Quarterly (Kindle Edition)

Everyone should be aware of the following line for the Kindle edition:

""The seven most recent issues delivered are saved on your Kindle. Older issues are automatically deleted for your convenience.""

Make sure you understand line 2, ""Older issues are automatically deleted for your convenience.""

NOT very convenient.

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2600 in my Pants, January 10, 2011

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Bradley A. Carter (Albany, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2600 Magazine: The Hacker Quarterly (Kindle Edition)

I'm generally not a fan of the magazine format since I discovered the convenience of RSS feeds years ago, but 2600 is something that I still find I need and want. I've been reading 2600 for 16 years now and it's a magazine that gets better with each passing year. 2600 is full of information, not advertisements, and the articles are always entertaining and useful. Best of all, 2600 actually lowered the price of their Kindle subscriptions, compared to the price of their paper edition. Most other publishers think we should pay the same price even though they no longer have to pay for printing or delivery of the paper versions, so thanks for being honest, 2600, and not just pocketing the extra money for yourselves. 2600 will be the only magazine I'll ever subscribe to on my Kindle, which should tell you how awesome they are.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2600 Transitions to Digital Very Well, April 25, 2011

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thehailo "http://mi80.com/" (US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 2600 Magazine: The Hacker Quarterly (Kindle Edition)

I've been a reader of 2600 and attendee to my local meeting for years. I assume most people coming to this page already know what 2600 is at its core, so I'll only briefly mention that.

2600 is The Hacker Quarterly, meaning four times a year you get a nice collection of brief articles covering a wide range of hacker related topics, from computer security to telephone systems and "hacking the human brain" to political freedom issues, and everything in between. It's primarily user written content, so while the editors keep the quality up, the topics change drastically from issue to issue. You may find one issue fantastic cover to cover, to only skim through a few articles in the next issue. That said, if you're into technology in general it's the best periodical out there.

Now, specifically to address the Kindle release, I'm very pleasantly surprised. The text transitions well as you may expect, as does the general layout, probably due to the physical size of the magazine being more inline with the Kindle's screen size than most magazines. 2600 also includes the entirety of each issue in the Kindle edition, rather than a subset of content as some other Kindle magazines do. They've also priced the Kindle subscription very reasonably, under half what you'll pay grabbing it from your local book store or even subscribing to the physical magazine.

The only sore point I can bring up is the graphics. This isn't a huge problem as 2600 has never been big in that area. You'll lose the color of the front cover, telephone shots, etc., and occasionally the random logo or diagram, while readable, will lose some fidelity. I haven't seen 2600 on the Kindle for PC/iPad etc. apps, so I can't comment on their quality there. Source core is faithfully reproduced though, which is a much larger part of 2600's appeal, at least to me.

In the end, 2600 has made a very smooth transition into the digital realm. The content is complete and formatted well, the pricing is very fair, and overall as much as I like the physical copy in my hand, going forward I'm going digital.