Back at the end of January, we told you about the expected announcement today of the Kindle 2, the next-gen e-book reader.This morning, Amazon.com confirmed the news at a media event at the Morgan Library and Museum in Manhattan. The upgrades on the Amazon Kindle 2 include:• slimmer design – .36 inches thick, weighing less than 10 ounces• 25 percent more life in the battery• faster page turns• more than seven times more storage (2 GB memory, so those Stephen King or Norman Mailer novels