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Amazon Kindle Review: It'll Make You Smarter and Richer, Kind Of, But Not Really

Dave Burdick | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business


Dave Burdick

I could hand this to my friends or my parents and feel confident that they could read with it -- it might be easier to use than an iPod (but, importantly, it's not easier to use than a book).

I've Seen The New Kindle (And It's An iPhone)

Ron Galloway | Posted 07.22.2008 | Business


Ron Galloway

The design of the Kindle has all the grace and originality of a Glenn Frey guitar solo. So I decided to wait for Kindle Version 2.0. Well, it's here -- and it's the iPhone 2.0.

Bluetooth Sales May Spike With New Hands-Free Laws In California, Washington

Fortune | Michal Lev-Ram | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business


A flurry of new state laws making it illegal for people to drive while holding a cell phone is expected to be a bonanza for Bluetooth, a wireless tech...

Amazon.com Goes Down For More Than 2 Hours

AP | MANUEL VALDES | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business


SEATTLE — Amazon.com's Web site experienced problems in North America for more than two hours in the middle of the day Friday because of system ...

The 2008 Audie Awards: Listening Up, Reading Down

Tom Alderman | Posted 06.03.2008 | Media


Tom Alderman

Audio book production has come a long way from the early books-on-tape, flat-read days.

Happy Record Store Day, For What It's Worth

Tony Sachs | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment


Tony Sachs

Technology alone isn't to blame for record stores going the way of black-and-white TVs. You can, and should, also blame the major record labels.

Amazon Pushes Digital

New York Times | Brad Stone | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business


Over the last 14 years, Amazon.com has mastered the art of getting physical copies of books, music and movies to customers through the mail. Now it is...

Oprah's Endorsement Lifts A New Earth To Record Sales

AP | Posted 02.28.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — Even for an Oprah Winfrey book pick, "A New Earth" has been a sensation. About 3.5 million copies of Eckhart Tolle's spiritual self-h...

Justin Timberlake Superbowl Ad: Crotch-Slamming Sneak Peak

Huffington Post | YouTube | Posted 01.31.2008 | Entertainment


It's probably going to be one of the biggest ads this Superbowl, but you don't really come away with much. Sure, he kind of makes fun of his loverboy ...

Amazon Buys Audible For $300 Million

Publisher's Weekly | Jim Milliot | Posted 01.31.2008 | Business


Amazon has increased its presence in the spokenword audio market, announcing this morning that it has agreed to acquire Audible, Inc. the country's la...

Amazon Doubles Profit

New York Times | LAURIE J. FLYNN | Posted 01.31.2008 | Business


Amazon.com, the leading online retailer, had a lot of good news in its financial report Wednesday, but it was overshadowed by just a small bit of bad ...

Amazon.com Has Best Season Ever

AP | Posted 12.26.2007 | Business


Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday its 2007 holiday season was its strongest to date, with Nintendo Wii game systems and the "Harry Potter and the Order o...

Why Amazon Should Buy eBay

New York Times | Saul Hansell | Posted 12.16.2007 | Business


For years it was impossible to even suggest that Amazon buy eBay because eBay's market value was three or four times that of Amazon. And there was goo...

Turn on, Tune In, Drop Out: How The TiVo Phenomenon Rots Identity

Molly Shaw | Posted 12.04.2007 | Entertainment


Molly Shaw

When did I stop thinking for myself? The day I gave in to the temptations of collaborative filtering systems.

Amazon's Amazing New Electronic Book Reader

Philip G. Baker | Posted 11.28.2007 | Business


Philip G. Baker

Forget everything you've read or heard about electronic books; Amazon's Kindle has succeeded big time. I've been using one actively for several days and it's life changing.

The Top Six Reasons Sarcasmo the Talking Toaster Wants to Buy a Kindle

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 11.23.2007 | Living


Jacob Dickerman

The Kindle is Amazon.com's new ebook reader. Our technology correspondent, Sarcasmo the Talking Toaster, is just dying to get one in his hands. He sent in his reasons from one of your kitchens!

Kindle: Prettier Than Books (And Smarter, Too)

Bill Barol | Posted 11.19.2007 | Business


Bill Barol

I may end up lusting after the Kindle, Amazon.com's e-book. But there's something unattractive about Amazon's introductory strategy.

Amazon.com Entry Hacked For Conservative Pundit's Book

Editor & Publisher | Posted 10.27.2007 | Media


Jonah Goldberg, the conservative Los Angeles Times and syndicated columnist, has been working on a book called "Liberal Fascism" for quite some time, ...

Potter Sales Quadruple Amazon.com's Net Profit

Bloomberg | Heather Burke | Posted 10.24.2007 | Business


Amazon.com Inc., the world's biggest Internet retailer, said quarterly profit quadrupled as customers bought the final Harry Potter novel and purchase...

Amazon's Apple Helper

Shelly Palmer | Posted 09.28.2007 | Media


Shelly Palmer

I don't see Amazon as a serious challenger to iTunes, it is the clear winner. Now, for the bad news ... oh, wait -- there isn't any.

Amazon Launches Early Version Of Digital Music Download Store

Reuters | Posted 09.25.2007 | Business


Amazon.com Inc launched an early version of its highly anticipated digital music download store, which is seen as a potential rival to Apple Inc's dom...


 

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