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September 5th, 2008 |
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Joost, the once-hyped online video startup which was a non-starter with a desktop-only client, is now killing it, Om reports. It will go browser only, and will release a small plugin that would embed itself in the browser and allow you to grab files using the P2P technologies that was [...]
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September 5th, 2008 |
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The Sony Reader is muscling into Kindle territory, and early reports on the new player in the market are positive.The Kindle is more expensive the Sony's model and the Kindle does not have "format neutrality." The Kindle is unable to read formats like Acrobat PDF unlike its Sony rival, which [...]
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September 5th, 2008 |
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Business Week's report that Amazon planned to launch a new version of its eponymous Kindle e-book reader have proved wide of the mark.Dow Jones Newswire report that Amazon spokesman Craig Berman said on the issue: "Don't believe everything you read -- there's a lot of rumor and speculation out there [...]
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September 5th, 2008 |
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Ars Technica reports: Smaller cable companies have won a big victory from the Federal Communications Commission, which ruled that they don't have to carry high definition versions of broadcast signals until February 17, 2012--three years after the digital TV (DTV) transition. The American Cable Association immediately hailed the decision. ACA [...]
Seeking Alpha |
September 5th, 2008 |
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Does John Donahoe expect US media sellers to tie a book or DVD up with a piece of string, slap some postage on it, and hope for the best? I think he might or are the new shipping rates just another way for John to increase seller fees? On August [...]
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September 5th, 2008 |
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Online retailer Amazon will help the One Laptop Per Child organisation with its plans to sell its XO laptop in the US.[...]
It is absolutely worrisome that Yahoo's share price continued its downward swirl today, closing at a five-year low today at $17.75. The downward drift far from the it-can't-drop-below-$20 barrier makes it clear that Wall Street is valuing the company at close to what it could sell its assets off for [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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- Comcast has sued the F.C.C., challenging the agency's authority to enforce its traffic management order against the cable giant. [Portfolio.com]- CNBC and LinkedIn, the professional social network, have inked a strategic partnership. [NBC Universal]- Amazon.com will begin selling One Laptop Per Child XO notebook as part of the Give [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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This article has been republished from the Social Times. According to this July’s comscore data the fastest growing locations for search are Facebook and MySpace. MySpace had 539 million searches and Facebook had 173 million. My guess is that these searches are only domestic searches which would account for the [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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LG and Netflix have been doling out more details on their joint hardware project day by day. Here's what we know about the BD300, with thanks to Wired Gadget Lab, The New York Times Bits Blog, and of course, the official press release. It'll be available the first week of [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Californian paper the Orange County Register announced that all of its daily news articles are now available through Amazon's Kindle reader. Wireless subscription that permits access to the Register content is priced at US$5.99 per month or 49 cents per newspaper issue. Kindle provides a new platform to reach the [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Sam Gustin says: The competition is heating up in the streaming video space.Amazon.com, the giant online retailer, has announced a new ad-free, paid streaming video service that gives consumers access to tens of thousands of movies and television shows over the internet.The move is a direct play against iTunes, Hulu, [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Comcast’s (CMCSA) Fancast property has recently expanded from solely streaming (Hulu) web video, to offering Internet video downloads. Joining the likes of Amazon (AMZN) Unbox, CinemaNow, and Blockbuster (BBI), the Fancast Media Manager allows you to rent or purchase television and movie content for Windows PC viewing. Though playback is [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Taking a cue from the zombie-aliens in They Live, Amazon and TiVo teamed up to present to you the easiest way to become a mindless drone in a system of rampant consumerism. Introducing Buy. It. Now.: CONTINUED » Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post [...]
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September 4th, 2008 |
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Perseus Books Group is the latest to claim a better mousetrap when it comes to digital publishing for indie publishers, according to the NYT: Constellation, slated to launch Thursday, includes partnerships with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) (Google Book Search), Sony (NYSE: SNE) (Sony Reader), Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) (Kindle), Barnes & Noble [...]
Historically there has been nothing which gets Microsoft's attention as fast as a platform for applications which threatens Windows dominance. Google's Chrome is obviously such a platform; Google can afford to challenge Microsoft; it's healthy for innovation that it does. Can Microsoft still rise to the challenge? Way back when [...]
WA-Seattle, Amazon.com is seeking an outstanding Data Engineer to join Amazon.com's Business Intelligence team. The Amazon.com Business Intelligence team delivers business intelligence to over 1000 internal custo[...]
