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Reference Miner 3.1.3 (Mac)

Reference Miner searches PubMed, the Library of Congress, Google Scholar, and Amazon (US, UK, Germany, Japan, France, and Canada) to find and display reference information. Special features include a built-in browser, drag and drop downloading of pdfs and web pages from PubMed and Amazon, the display of book cover art...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Amazon.com Inc., Sonny Software, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Desktops, Internet, Marketing, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-01

Amazon's PayPhrase: Can it juice Amazon Checkout, Payments?

Amazon launched an effort called PayPhrase in what the company calls an e-commerce shortcut that allows shoppers to buy around the Web with a phrase and a PIN. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Payment, Amazon.com Inc., Checkout, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Operational Accounting, Channel Management, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-29

E-book reader news and releases round-up

The last two weeks have been especially busy for the e-book reader industry and probably pretty frightening for Amazon. Here's a quick round-up of what's been released and what we have to look forward to this holiday season: 1. Barnes & Noble Nook:...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., E-book Reader, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., E-books, Wireless And Mobility, Personal Technology, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-28

News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Amazon on Tuesday launched a public beta of a service dubbed the Amazon Relational Database Service RDS. The main appeal: Allow customers to operate and scale database clusters while leaving pesky tasks like patching and administration to Amazon Web Services. Adam Selipsky, vice president of Amazon Web...

Tags: MySQL, Amazon Web Services, Web Service, Amazon.com Inc., RDBMS, EC2, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Updating Kindles-sold estimates: 1.072 million

Based on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' comments on the third quarter results for the company, Kindle sales are accelerating. Bezos is quoted: “Kindle has become the #1 bestselling item by both unit sales and dollars â€" not just in our electronics store but across all product categories on Amazon.com. It’s...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Electronics, Amazon.com Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Amazon delivers strong Q3; shares skyrocket after hours

Steve Jobs said "If Kindle sold well, Amazon would have told everybody.Since they didn't, I think we can assume that the sale is not that good.

Tags: Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3 1.6.3.56 (Windows)

CloudBerry Explorer makes managing files in Amazon S3 easy. By providing an industry leading user interface GUI to Amazon S3 accounts, files, and buckets, CloudBerry Explorer lets you manage your files on cloud just as you would on your own local computer. Main features of the program include: register and...

Tags: S3 Inc., Microsoft Windows, Amazon.com Inc., CloudBerry Lab, Productivity, Storage, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-23

Amazon delivers strong Q3; shares skyrocket after hours

Amazon easily beat Wall Street's estimates for its third quarter, reporting a net income of $199 million, or 45 cents per share, on sales of $5.45 billion, a 28 percent jump from the year-ago quarter. Analysts had been expecting earnings of 33 cents on sales of $5.03 billion. Statement ...

Tags: E-reader, Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Kindle books come to the PC -- a Nook counterpunch

Platform expansion is the logical counter to new competition at the device level. Amazon, facing the introduction of BN.com's Nook and other e-readers this week, has announced it will support reading of Kindle books on Windows 7, Vista and XP Service Pack 2 PCs in November. The...

Tags: PC, Amazon.com Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc., Platform Expansion, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Amazon introduces Kindle for Windows 7, Vista, XP PCs

And the physical Kindle?Hmm ... considering that netbooks are available around $200, doesn't this sound like Amazon is "shooting itself in the foot" when it comes to their high-priced hardware Kindle?Could it be that they have found there just isn't enough of a market for the hardware and that the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, Microsoft Windows, hardware, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Amazon to release Kindle reader for Windows PCs in November

"Nook" eReader SoftwareMary Jo, B&N already has their eReader software out. It's available for Windows (XP/Vista), Mac, iPhone/iPod Touch, and Blackberry. I'm assuming the software is probably fully compatible with W7why can't I find a reader for for Linux?Amazon is forcing Linux users to unlock the content and...

Tags: E-books, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Operating systems, PC, Linux, Amazon.com Inc., software, Windows PC

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Amazon to release Kindle reader for Windows PCs in November

Microsoft managed to keep a couple of news nuggets under wraps until the actual launch of the product on October 22. The most interesting to me was that Amazon is working on a Kindle reader application that will work on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines. by Mary Jo...

Tags: PC, Amazon.com Inc., Windows PC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Amazon introduces Kindle for Windows 7, Vista, XP PCs

Amazon announced on Thursday its "Kindle for PC," a free application that lets users read e-books and use the Kindle store on their PCs. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, E-books, Hardware, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Relax, kids...Windows 7 is just another OS

finally...someone with sensefor all this noise and fireworks, finaly someone here says something reasonable7 is just another OSand yes it is.amen.give this man a raiseIt doesn't have to rock to be successfulIt merely needs to be fast, stable and secure. If that's all it does, then there's no reason to...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

B&N Nook beats Amazon Kindle & Sony Reader, here's why

Thanks for double-checking on WiFintLooks good butNo international support. Like the Sony not available outside the US. Again Amazon Kindle is ahead of the curve even if the device is not as sophisticatedRE: B&N Nook beats Amazon Kindle & Sony Reader, here's whyI have a Kindle, the service for...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, B&N Nook, B&N, Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Amazon.com Inc., Sony Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

B&N Nook beats Amazon Kindle & Sony Reader, here's why

I posted yesterday about the Barnes & Noble Nook and then read Mitch's post where one of his four points about the Nook not being revolutionary focused on the apparent limited use of WiFi. I just posed a couple of questions on the Nook press call and have to now...

Tags: Sony Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Amazon Unbox Video 2.1.0.110 (Windows)

You can now buy or rent Amazon Unbox Video content and watch it on your computer, your TV, or portable video devices. This free player allows you to download and watch DVD-quality videos, re-download your previously purchased Unbox videos, transfer your Unbox videos to a portable device.

Tags: Portable Video, Microsoft Windows, Amazon.com Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-21

Librarian Pro 1.4.7 (Mac)

If you're like us, you have managed to create your own mini-library of books, magazines, games, CDs, software titles, and movies. It is difficult to sort through all of them to see which ones you have on file, or to find where you last shelved a particular one. Librarian Pro...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Amazon.com Inc., Koingo Software, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-20