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Sick of Kindle ads? Pay up

Oct 6, 2011
That new $79 Kindle that Amazon just announced is ad supported, as befits a screaming deal. But if you just don't want to see the dang ads any more...

Kindle Fire gets a jab

Oct 3, 2011
On Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update segment, Seth Meyers mentioned the Kindle Fire, the $199 tablet computer Amazon introduced last week. "It's...

Amazon to grab WebOS?

Sep 30, 2011
Today's big rumor is that Amazon is in serious talks to buy the whole Palm brand and attendant technologies off of HP. In fact, Venture Beat says...

Wait, what's up with Silk?

Sep 29, 2011
The big news of the Kindle Fire announcement was the price point. $199 ridiculous dollars for something that doesn't offer nearly the power and...

Also: WHAT THE--? New prices on Kindles

Sep 28, 2011
The Kindle Touch will go for $149 for 3G model, $99 for Wi-fi model. The regular old Kindle? $79. Again, we've talked about this before but a...

Amazon just changed retail

Sep 28, 2011
Here's what Amazon is doing. Here's the top line. It's taking all of its entertainment content and making it available through one device. The Fire...

Help! Help! My Kindle is on Fire!

Sep 27, 2011
According to a report on TechCrunch, the new Kindle being announced tomorrow is going to be called the Kindle Fire. Now the big question is which...

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Amazon holding event on Wednesday

Sep 26, 2011
The company is expected to unveil a new version of the Kindle. What everyone's looking for is whether the new device will more closely resemble the...

Kindle lending

Sep 21, 2011
Without much fanfare, Amazon opens its Kindle Lending Library service today in over 11,000 U.S. libraries. Kindle owners can have books "whisper...

Netflix for boox?

Sep 12, 2011
That's what the buzz is this morning, thanks to the Wall Street Journal's story that Amazon is thinking about starting an e-book rental service....