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Gallery: Kindle comes to the PC

In a surprise announcement at the public launch of Windows 7, Amazon is working on a Kindle reader application that will work on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines. by Andy Smith

Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Amazon, Kindle, Microsoft, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-10-22

Image Gallery: M-Edge e-Luminator2, Latitude jacket, Kindle/DX Sleeve jacket

M-Edge makes some of my favorite Kindle cases and they continue to innovate with a new book light that adds two brightness levels, new AAA battery support, and more. M-Edge also has a new Latitude jacket design and Sleeve jackets for the Kindle 2 and Kindle DX. by Matthew Miller

Tags: Dell Latitude, Jacket, M-Edge, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, product photos, amazon, kindle, book light, reading, case, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-07-20

Windows 7 upgrade pricing is too expensive

Windows 7 upgrade pricing is too expensiveAdrian, you just shot down your entire argument[i]If free really dominated people's thinking, Linux would commad a massive market share by now.[/i]If Windows was really too expensive (and Windows 7 is around the same price as Vista and XP were) and OS X was...

Tags: Pricing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, amazon, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 upgrade pricing, Windows 7 Upgrade, pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows, massive market share, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Gallery: Kindle DX

Amazon chief Jeff Bezos says his company's new Kindle DX will save paper, help students get better grades, reduce "evil" ink cartridges, and boost newspapers. by Andy Smith

Tags: Jeff Bezos, KIndle DX, Bezos, Amazon, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-05-06

Amazon Kindle DX revealed

Shots of the Amazon Kindle DX, straight from the live press conference in New York. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, product photos, Amazon, Kindle, e-reader, Andrew Nusca

Image galleries 2009-05-06

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reveals the Amazon Kindle DX

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in action as he reveals the Amazon Kindle DX e-reader live in New York. by Andrew Nusca

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, product photos, Amazon, Kindle, e-reader, Andrew Nusca

Image galleries 2009-05-06

Kindle DX

A look at Amazon's Kindle DX. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Amazon Kindle, amazon, kindle, dx

Image galleries 2009-05-06

Image Gallery: M-Edge Prodigy and Platform Jacket cases for the Amazon Kindle 2

The Amazon Kindle 2 is now available, however no case ships with the device like what Amazon provided with the Kindle 1. You therefore need to buy a case through Amazon or another 3rd party. M-Edge creates some of the best Kindle cases, that also work with their lighting solution...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Prodigy Communications, Amazon Kindle, M-Edge, Amazon Kindle 2, product photos, amazon, kindle, ebook, case, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-03-10

Image Gallery: Amazon Kindle iPhone application brings Kindle content to your phone

Amazon just started shipping the Amazon Kindle 2 to buyers last week. In their February launch event they mentioned that the Kindle software with Whispersync would eventually come to other devices. Well, that time has come MUCH sooner than anyone anticipated and you can now download the software and read...

Tags: Phone, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, screenshots, iphone, apple, ebook, amazon, kindle, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-03-03

TechCrunch cloud computing roundtable: Scaling apps on Facebook

At the TechCrunch Cloud Computing Roundtable on Friday in Mountain View, Calif., panelists discuss the difficulties in creating and scaling applications in the cloud. Scott Dietzen, Yahoo senior vice president of Communications Products, says it's unrealistic to think you can just throw apps out there and expect them to work...

Tags: Facebook, TechCrunch, App, cloud, cloud computing, scaling, apps, SaaS, Yahoo, Amazon

Videos 2009-03-02

Image Gallery: Amazon's Kindle 2 has several improvements to lead the ebook reader field

The Amazon Kindle 2 was recently announced and is now shipping to consumers with a sleek new form factor and some other hardware improvements to make it the most compelling ebook reader on the market. The Whispernet wireless service and on-device Amazon store front set the device apart from the...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, product photos, amazon, kindle, ebook, sprint, Matthew Miller

Image galleries 2009-02-25

Kindle's identity crisis

ZDNet senior editor Sam Diaz briefs correspondent Sumi Das on the newest version of Amazon's electronic reader: what's changed, what hasn't, and just what exactly the online giant is trying to achieve with Kindle 2.

Tags: Sam Diaz, Amazon, Kindle, ebook, reader, iPhone, Sumi Das

Videos 2009-02-10

Amazon Kindle 2 Up Close and Personal

Amazon's Kindle 2 Launches at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City, February 9 2009. by Jason Perlow

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, kindle 2, amazon, e-books, Jason Perlow

Image galleries 2009-02-09

Gallery: Amazon releases Kindle 2.0

Amazon updates its e-book with a slimmer design, a 6-inch 600 x 800 display that provides 16 shades of gray versus 4 shades in Kindle 1, 2GB of memory that holds more than 1,500 books, and 25 percent more battery life. by Andy Smith

Tags: Shade, Amazon.com Inc., E-books, Engineering, Flash Memory, Personal Technology, Kindle 2.0, Amazon, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-02-09

Amazon Kindle at the Continental President's Club Lounge

Jason Perlow takes the Amazon Kindle for a spin with a glass of Jack Daniels. by Jason Perlow

Tags: Jason Perlow, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, kindle, amazon, consumer electronics, gadgets

Image galleries 2008-10-21

How will the Internet bellwethers fare this earnings season?

ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to Editor in Chief Larry Dignan and Senior Editor Sam Diaz about the financial health of Internet heavyweights, Google, Yahoo and Amazon. Dignan and Diaz share their views on Google's search business, Yahoo's prospects after Microsoft, and whether the current energy crisis is helping Amazon's...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, Internet, Sales Strategy, Search, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Yahoo, Google, Amazon

Videos 2008-09-29

Diaz's Memo: Can cloud computing weather the storm?

ZDNet's Sam Diaz isn't ready to give up on cloud computing after Amazon's recent S3 storage service outage. He believes the technology still has the potential to drastically reduce operating expenses.

Tags: Diaz, Cloud Computing, Sam Diaz Memo, Amazon

Videos 2008-07-25

Unboxing Amazon's Kindle

A look at Amazon's Kindle out of its packaging. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Larry Dignan, product photos, Amazon, Kindle, E-book, Amazon Kindle

Image galleries 2007-11-20

Amazon's Flexible Payment System

Jeff Barr, Amazon's Web Services evangelist and Phil Burns are both people I'm friends with on Twitter, so I was interested to follow an exchange with them a couple of nights ago when Jeff kept promising Phil that "the announcement" was almost ready. What announcement?Yesterday in a long blog...

Tags: Web Technology, Amazon

Blog posts 2007-08-03

Amazon experiments with groceries

Amazon appears to experimenting with grocery deliveries in Seattle. The invite only service, which was highlighted by Michael Arrington at TechCrunch, is dubbed Amazon Fresh and promises a fresh selection, value and convenience of grocery shopping online.Arrington makes the obvious comparison to Webvan and its flameout, but misses one key...

Tags: General, E-commerce, Amazon

Blog posts 2007-08-02