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Kudos to cnet. Re: lost Kindles there has been a bit of furore lately over companies like Amazon/Apple not wanting to help people who have had a kindle/iphone stolen/lost.
They could apparently 'brick' devices which had been reported stolen, and some people even had the genius idea that you could report your device stolen and upon turning it on it simply says 'return to this address or an Apple store for a reward'. Then Apple or Amazon could pay the person (no questions asked) and the original owner gets it back by paying the reward cost (like a $25 gift certificate).
Kindle/iPhone has network connectivity and serial numbers so the bricking could be done easily. But the compnies are somewhat hesitant, and this is likely to be because they want people to buy a new one after theirs was lost or stolen.
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