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(AP) -- Low prices, solid customer service and an increasing willingness by consumers to spend on discretionary items contributed to Amazon.com Inc.'s solid third quarter, and the growth should continue despite weakness elsewhere in retail. http://www.physorg.com/news175584180.html Technology Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:23:23 EST news175584180 The American Booksellers Association on Thursday asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate online book-price wars underway by Amazon.com, Wal-Mart and Target. http://www.physorg.com/news175454043.html Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:10:01 EST news175454043 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter earnings soared 62 percent, showing that consumers are comfortable opening their wallets to the online retailer despite the still-shaky economy. http://www.physorg.com/news175451045.html Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:40:01 EST news175451045 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is trying to get more people to buy the electronic books that are compatible with its Kindle gadget by offering free software for people to read them on a computer. http://www.physorg.com/news175442786.html Technology Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:20:01 EST news175442786 (AP) -- The EU's top antitrust official on Wednesday described a deal among Apple Inc.'s iTunes, music companies, distributors and online licensing groups as a "great breakthrough" that would roll out more Internet music sales across Europe. http://www.physorg.com/news175339635.html Technology Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:40:02 EST news175339635 (AP) -- Some of technology's best-known companies are betting there's pent-up demand for on-demand books. http://www.physorg.com/news175326091.html Technology Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:42:33 EST news175326091 Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, Twitter and other leading Web and technology companies expressed support Monday for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) efforts to ensure an open Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news175190583.html Technology Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:40:04 EST news175190583 Plastic Logic, a US company whose planned electronic reader has attracted a lot of media buzz, said Monday that it will announce the availability and pricing of the device for business professionals in January. http://www.physorg.com/news175178997.html Electronics Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:51:04 EST news175178997 (AP) -- An online book special offered by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is turning into a full-fledged price war with Amazon.com. http://www.physorg.com/news174891091.html Technology Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:10:01 EST news174891091 (AP) -- It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news174670605.html Electronics Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:37:44 EST news174670605 Sales of electronic book readers are booming, companies are jostling for a share of the fledgling market and Amazon's going global with the Kindle. http://www.physorg.com/news174198686.html Electronics Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:00:04 EST news174198686 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in hopes of spurring more sales and keeping it ahead of a growing field of competitors. http://www.physorg.com/news174109918.html Electronics Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:52:41 EST news174109918 A US technology company which won a patent case against software giant Microsoft filed suit on Tuesday against nearly two dozen other high-profile firms accusing them of violating the same patent. http://www.physorg.com/news174069684.html Technology Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:41:58 EST news174069684 Amazon.com has settled a lawsuit that sprang from a Big Brother-like move of deleting books by George Orwell from its Kindle electronic readers as a quick fix for copyright concerns. http://www.physorg.com/news173639229.html Technology Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:50:01 EST news173639229 Sony opened its electronic bookstore to would-be authors Tuesday in a partnership with two self-publishing companies. http://www.physorg.com/news173465178.html Technology Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:00:02 EST news173465178 (AP) -- Consumers visit Amazon.com for deals on products from companies ranging from Apple Inc. to Zenith Electronics Corp. Now, the online retailer wants shoppers to check out stuff that carries Amazon's own brand name, too. http://www.physorg.com/news172671336.html Technology Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:16:39 EST news172671336 (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge Friday that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to thwart competition and drive up prices unless it's revised. http://www.physorg.com/news172562530.html Technology Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:02:48 EST news172562530 (AP) -- Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks. http://www.physorg.com/news172389796.html Technology Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:20:01 EST news172389796 (AP) -- E-book fans will have to wait for a download of Sen. Ted Kennedy's memoir. http://www.physorg.com/news171812137.html Technology Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:50:01 EST news171812137 (AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is offering free books or $30 to Kindle customers whose copies of the George Orwell novels "1984" and "Animal Farm" were deleted from their electronic reading devices in July. http://www.physorg.com/news171296518.html Technology Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:40:02 EST news171296518 (AP) -- The final assault on a class-action settlement that would expand Google Inc.'s already vast digital library has been delayed until next week. http://www.physorg.com/news171226893.html Technology Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:02:20 EST news171226893 If you're like me, when looking for a video online, you reflexively go to YouTube or maybe to Hulu. http://www.physorg.com/news171137522.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:30:02 EST news171137522 YouTube is considering streaming movies for rental, a move that would see the free video-sharing site charging for content for the first time, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news171136671.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:58:34 EST news171136671 (AP) -- Amazon.com is warning a federal judge that Google will be able to overcharge consumers and stifle competition if it wins court approval to add millions more titles to its already vast digital library. http://www.physorg.com/news171130781.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:30:02 EST news171130781 (AP) -- Interead, a British company that sells the COOL-ER e-book reader, is adding more than 1 million free public-domain books to its online bookstore. The texts are available from Google Inc. through its book-scanning project. http://www.physorg.com/news171101913.html Technology Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:19:11 EST news171101913 Germany on Tuesday said it opposed a legal settlement that would allow Google to digitise and sell millions of books online, arguing it violated international treaties on authors' rights. http://www.physorg.com/news171034704.html Technology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:00:03 EST news171034704 (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has launched an addition to its online business that has outside retailers selling nearly 1 million new items through Walmart.com, a move that could help the world's largest retailer catch up in the online world. http://www.physorg.com/news170937283.html Technology Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:50:01 EST news170937283 Maybe now it's an actual competition between Amazon's Kindle and Sony's forlorn "Reader" e-book. http://www.physorg.com/news170530128.html Electronics Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:00:02 EST news170530128 Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! joined an alliance Wednesday opposing the legal settlement which would allow Internet giant Google to digitize and sell millions of books. http://www.physorg.com/news170516583.html Technology Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:10:05 EST news170516583 (AP) -- Sony plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books. That adopts a key feature of the Kindle from Amazon.com and enhances the competition in a small but fast-growing market. http://www.physorg.com/news170421161.html Electronics Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:30:01 EST news170421161