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10 reasons businesses should buy e-readers
Insight commentary E-readers could be about to open a new chapter in enterprise efficiency, says TechRepublic's Jack Wallen.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Development/design, Storage, Employee, e-reader, Amazon.com Inc., computer monitor, E-book, printer, ease of use
Amazon goes global with new Kindle
News New edition of the e-book reader that can wirelessly download books in more than 100 countries. Also: a price cut for U.S. consumers.
Tags: Handhelds, Forrester Research Inc., e-reader, e-reader sale, eReader, Sony Reader, U.S., Amazon.com Inc., Sales, online retail company
Ancestry.com hopes to stand test of time
News Analysts wonder if buying into the latest dot-com IPO makes sense for investors.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business plans, Facebook, Social Networking, Family Tree, Paul Allen, Business plans, Ancestry.com, Amazon.com Inc., Business Strategies & Functions
Scholars living in glasshouses
Blogs This is not about Alice in Wonderland but about a Singapore government scholar by the name of Eng Kai Er. It seems Eng, ...
Amazon apologizes for deleting Kindle e-books and offers replacement
News Kindle owners whose lawfully purchased copies of two George Orwell novels were deleted from their devices will be entitled to a replacement copy or US$30.
Tags: Data Management, E-commerce, Copy, E-mail, gift certificate, George Orwell, E-commerce, Amazon.com Inc., CBS Interactive Inc., e-book
Shuttleworth: Amazon will win cloud battle
News EC2 is the only strong contender to eventually emerge as the leading cloud platform because it has open-source implementations, according to the Canonical chief.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web 2.0, Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Web 2.0, Amazon EC2, British Telecommunications, Savvis Communications
Google brings e-books to browser
News Google to launch online e-book store, challenging e-readers by taking e-books directly to browser.
Tags: Handhelds, Google Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., e-reader, Amazon.com Inc., E-book Reader, Web Browser, E-book, handheld, online store
Amazon, Facebook, and Google back FCC on Net neutrality
News Some of the biggest names on the Internet are throwing their support behind the FCC's plan to form new Internet openness regulation.
Tags: Facebook, Google Inc., Rule, CEO, network, Amazon.com Inc., cable company, Wireless, Cable, Net Neutrality
Internet Archive's BookServer could 'dominate' Amazon
News A new initiative from the nonprofit Internet Archive aims to make all books, commercial or public domain, available for digital distribution. If it works, Amazon could be in serious trouble.
Tags: Handhelds, Publisher, Google Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., search engine, e-reader, BookServer, Amazon.com Inc., public domain, Amazon Kindle
Amazon sets up payments on smartphones
News New Amazon service will let developers build in one-click payment buttons into mobile applications on smartphones and other devices.
Tags: Mobile commerce, E-commerce, Smart phones, Phone, mobile, Amazon.com Inc., handset, Amazon Payments, Smart Phone, Google Checkout
M-Commerce's big moment
News Mobile commerce is gaining momentum as consumers get comfortable with ordering all sorts of products by cell phone and companies such as Papa John's watch sales climb.
Tags: Mobile commerce, Starbucks Corp., Phone, M-commerce Driver, Papa John, cell phone, mobile, Amazon.com Inc., Sales, M-commerce
Red Hat builds one API for many clouds
News Deltacloud project aims to provide "cloud broker" API that will allow applications, scripts and tools to be created once and then used across public and private clouds.
Tags: Business applications, Cloud computing, Cloud, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Rackspace, VMWare ESX, Web portal, Cloud computing, Business applications
Windows 7 to come in 'Steve Ballmer' edition
News The "signature edition" of Windows 7 Ultimate is going to those hosting house parties. It bears a resemblance to the Bill Gates version of Vista.
Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, CompUSA Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
Ubuntu's new Linux tries getting cloud-friendly
News Canonical's newest versions of Linux are due Thursday. Notable features: synchronization for PCs and a built-in replica of Amazon Web Services for servers.
Tags: Linux, Operating System, Chrome OS, Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, EC2, software, Amazon.com Inc., Ubuntu, Web Service, Amazon Web Services
Amazon's in-cloud database gets MySQL option
News Net retailer's cloud-computing effort is getting more sophisticated with the arrival of a database service with which more people will be familiar.
Tags: Databases, Web services, Database, Google Inc., Information Technology, Amazon.com Inc., Web Service, Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, Server
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