Fast Company  Seven Mysteries Online This Week  Weird things
happen, yes--but when technology is the cause, everything seems
more confusing. Didn't we build these things? Don't we know how
they work? Here are seven quiddities topping the social news
sites this week.  Amazon Steals Back 1984  Last week, thousands
of Kindle owners turned on their devices to find that they had
been the victims of digital book theft. Under pressure from one
of its book publishers, Amazon deleted purchased ebook copies of
two George Orwell books from customers' Kindles and left a
refund in their accounts, without any explanation. Creepy?
Outrageous? Yes. But also "rare," according to a belated
statement by Amazon. Even still, the notion that the Kindle's
Whisper radio gives Amazon partial control over your device is a
little unsettling. (If you're a victim of the heist, see this
Make blog article to find out how to get your Orwell back. Image
below courtesy of Make.)   Are iPhone Owners Ready to Abandon
Ship?  This long screed by