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The Amazon Rainforest is More Important than Electric Cars

Levi Novey | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Rainforests, Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Deforestation, Rainforest, Deforestation, Amazon, Ecuador, Peru, Electric Cars, Neil Young, Guyana, Brazil, Green News
Levi Novey

Since the Amazon Rainforest is so important, we must ask ourselves: "Why have we (or at least the media) become so bored of discussing the Amazon and deforestation?"

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Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Supreme Court, Movie Industry, Consumer-Electronics-Association, Copyright, Riaa, Content Creation, Innovation, Creative Commons, Dvr, Apple, Dell, Qualcomm, Jfk, Cea, Ebay, Sony Betamax, Amazon, Vcr, Fair Use, Google, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Gary Shapiro, mp3s, Congress, Hollywood, Facebook, Tivo, Mark Helprin, Cisco, Piracy, Music Industry, Texas Instruments, Zillow, Hp, Patents, Business News
Gary Shapiro

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

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AmazonEncore's First Novel Acquired

Publishers Weekly | Rachel Deahl | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business

Read More: AmazonEncore, Self-Published, Amazon, AmazonEncore Legacy, Legacy, Business News

In its most significant foray into publishing, Amazon has acquired world English rights to a self-published novel by a midwestern teenager called Lega...

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Cuomo: Is Chevron Misleading Shareholders?

Michael Brune | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Spills, Shareholders, Andrew Cuomo, Chevron, Climate Change, Oil, Rainforests, Oil Companies, Amazon, Green News
Michael Brune

For nearly 16 years, Chevron has been fighting a landmark oil pollution lawsuit brought by more than 30,000 residents from rainforest communities in Ecuador.

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KINDLE DX: Product Poses Profitability Challenge To Publishers

InformationWeek | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Kindle Dx Books, Kindle Dx Publishers, Amazon, Kindle DX, Media News

The biggest challenge for textbook publishers joining several universities in testing the usefulness of Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN)'s new Kindle DX will be in...

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Twitter Not For Sale!?: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer May 7, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Janet Mcgregor, bit.ly, David Rehr, Nielsen Media Research, Twitter, Shelly Palmer, Kindle DX, Tinyurl, News Corp, New York Times, Media News, Nab, Mediabytes, Rupert Murdoch, Amazon, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Twitter has switched default URL shorteners from Tinyurl to Bit.LY, Amazon unveiled the big screen Kindle DX, News Corp operating income fell 72% during the first quarter, and more.

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Amazon Introduces Big-Screen Kindle

New York Times | BRAD STONE and MOTOKO RICH | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Kindle DX, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Amazon, Media News

On Wednesday, Amazon introduced a larger version of the Kindle, pitching it as a new way for people to read textbooks, newspapers and documents. ...

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Live from the Kindle DX Launch

Jack Hidary | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Iphone, Case Western, Bezos, Sulzberger, Kindle, Paperless, New York Times, Kindle DX, E-Reader, Ebook, Amazon Kindle, Amazon, Media News
Jack Hidary

The DX makes it easy to read 8.5" by 11" docs with a larger screen and includes more memory -- enough for 3,500 books. Is this the paperless revolution that was supposed to come a decade ago?

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Worst Job in the World: Defending Chevron

Michael Brune | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Tar Sands, Chevron, Ecuador, Oil, Climate Change, Rainforests, Oil Companies, Amazon, Green News
Michael Brune

An unlikely transnational coalition is putting Chevron on the defensive for exploiting the Ecuadorian people.

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How Amazon, as Apple, Can Succeed in a World of Piracy

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 06.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Piracy, Apple, Ebook Piracy, Kindle, Amazon, Business News
Martin Varsavsky

While books themselves are not pirated mainly because the cost of printing in bulk beats the cost of printing at home, digital books are incredibly easy to pirate.

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Cheney and Lesbians!?: Tag Teaming Amazon in Response to Sales Ranking Censorship

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Amazon.com, Lgbt, Gay Glitch, Amazon Glitch, Amazon-Sales-Rankings, Books, Amazon Sales Rankings, Amazon Censorship, Censorship, Amazon, Media News
Lisa Derrick

The first book that pops up on Amazon when searching the word "homosexuality" is A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Unlike Heather Has Two Mommies, this book has a sales ranking.

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Amazon Claims 'Glitch' Caused Site To Strip Sales Rankings From Gay/Lesbian Books

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Amazon Gay Lesbian Books, Amazon Shamed by Twitter, Amazon Sales Rankings, Amazon Glitch, Gay Lesbian Book Sales Rankings, Amazon, Media News

NEW YORK — A "glitch" on Amazon.com has caused the sales rank to be removed from gay- and/or lesbian-themed books by James Baldwin, Gore Vidal a...

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Amazon Challenges Apple In Download War By Slashing Prices Of Songs

Daily Mail | Caroline Grant | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Amazon and Apple, Itunes, Apple, Amazon Cuts Download Prices, Amazon, Business News

Cash-strapped music fans are enjoying the spoils of a major online price war after Amazon slashed the price of its downloads to 29p. The online retai...

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Jeff Bezos, Factory Worker

Lexington Herald-Leader | Jim Jordan | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Jeff Bezos Factory Worker, Jeff Bezos Lexington Kentucky, Herald-Leader, Jeff Bezos, Lexington Newspaper, Amazon Ceo Factory Worker, Factory Worker Jeff Bezos, Herald Leader, Lexington Herald Leader, Amazon Ceo, Jeff Bezos Kentucky, Kentucky Jeff Bezos, Lexicnton Herald-Leader, Amazon, lexingtonheraldleader.com, Business News

Bezos, one of the world's wealthiest entrepreneurs, happens to look a little like a friendly leprechaun. He arrived unannounced in Lexington to wor...

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U.S. Plane Drops Engine Parts On Brazil

AP | TALES AZZONI | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Brazil, Arrow Cargo Company, Amazon, Engine Parts Fall on Brazil, DC-10 Airplane, Airplane Engine, Manaus, World News

SAO PAULO — Engine pieces from a U.S. plane fell from the sky early Thursday in Brazil, hitting 22 houses and a car but sparing passengers and r...

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Discovery Sues Amazon Over Kindle Patent

AP | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Discovery, Amazon, Discovery Kindle, Media News

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Discovery Communications Inc. says the Kindle electronic book readers from Amazon.com Inc. violate a patent that Discovery ...

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Really Simple Ways To Save, So That You Can Enjoy My Luxury Service Journalism

Adam Baer | Posted 03.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Adventure, Australia, Travel, Media, Hugh Jackman, Journalism, Amazon.com, Amazon, Luxury, Blu-Ray, McDonald's, Technology, Beverly Hills, Magazines, Bentley, Mark Jacobs, Writing, Home Theater, Recession, Mad Men, Hotels, Publishing, Itunes, Organic Food, Health, Craigslist, Annie Hall, Food, Hdtv, iPod Dock, Netflix, Diddy, Comedy News
Adam Baer

Here are some of my personal budget strategies to keep enjoying the Luxury Life as defined in the glossies by Yours Truly.

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The Truth about the Lost Amazon Tribe "Hoax"

David Grann | Posted 04.08.2009 | World

Read More: Lost Amazon Tribe, Lost Amazon Tribe Hoax, Amazon Indians, Brazil, Amazon, World News
David Grann

A few days after photographs were made public, the images were labeled "fakes," and widely dismissed as part of a "hoax." Yet this perception was deeply misleading.

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Amazon to Sell E-Books for iPhone: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer March 4, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 04.04.2009 | Media

Read More: President Obama, Wnbc, Mediabytes, Amazon, Iphone, Imac, Apple, Shelly Palmer, Fcc, Media News, Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, Julius Genachowski, Ebooks, New York Nonstop, Zilliontv, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Analysts believe that Genachowski's nomination for FCC Chair will strengthen the reign of companies like Google, while also pushing for more net neutrality legislation and broadband expansion.

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Amazon To Sell E-Books For Apple Devices

New York Times | Brad Stone | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

Read More: iPod Touch, Amazon Kindle, Apple, Apple Iphone, Amazon, Media News

Shaking up the nascent market for electronic books for the second time in two months, Amazon.com will begin selling e-books for reading on Apple's pop...

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Books: The Biggest News In Publishing Since The Kindle [Updated]

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Audiobooks, Kindle, Amazon, Books, Book Publishing, Publishing, Publishing Industry, Amazon Kindle, Media News
Michael Giltz

To read the new John Grisham any way you want, you would pay about $120. Of course, no one is going to do that, but being forced to choose what way you want to read a book is crazy.

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Molly Jenson Releases Debut Album; Visits With "Bono"

Mark Joseph | Posted 04.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bono, Molly Jenson, U2, Amazon, Video, Entertainment News
Mark Joseph

Six months ago we picked this day, March 3rd, as the release date for the debut album by our artist Molly Jenson. We had no idea that a little band named U2 would choose the same day as well.

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NJ Beach Town Settles Amazon Wood Court Fight

AP | Posted 03.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Logging, Amazon, Ipe, Ocean City, Green News

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — A two-year battle over a New Jersey beach town's plan to buy boardwalk wood from the Amazon rain forest is ending. Ocean Cit...

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Jeff Bezos Promotes The Kindle 2 On The "Daily Show" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Kindle, Daily Show, Jeff Bezos, Jon Stewart, Kindle 2.0, Amazon, Media News

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos appeared on the "Daily Show" last night to showcase the new Kindle 2, which started shipping yesterday. While Bezos was, nat...

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Amazon Kindle 2 -- I Think I'll Wait

Stephanie Vaughn Hapke | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Kindle 2, Kindle, Amazon, E-Book Reader, Publishing, Amazon Kindle, E-Books, Digital Books, Technology, Reading, Media News
Stephanie Vaughn Hapke

I love the thought of owning a Kindle. However, when I look at the overall return on my investment, I'm not so sure that it is really worth it at the current price point.

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