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Amazon hopes to simplify Web shopping -- with words

Technology / Internet

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- You're probably used to typing your name, address and credit card number when you buy things online. Amazon.com is guessing you don't enjoy it, though, and wants to simplify the process by letting you purchase items ...


Kindle DX

Amazon to release free Kindle software for PC

Technology / Software

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(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.


Members of the media are given a demonstration of the Kindle DX

Amazon delivers Kindle books to PCs

Technology / Software

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Amazon.com on Tuesday released free software that lets people read the online retail titan's electronic Kindle books on personal computers.


Central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid, treeless in Late Jurassic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The Congo Basin -- with its massive, lush tropical rain forest -- was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago. At that time Africa and South America were part of the single continent Gondwana. The Congo Basin was ...


Analysts see more growth ahead for Amazon (AP)

Analysts see more growth ahead for Amazon

Technology / Business

created Oct 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(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 ...


Consumers still flock to Amazon: profit up 62 pct (AP)

Consumers still flock to Amazon: income up 62 pct

Technology / Business

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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.


Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war

Technology / Business

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante heading into the holiday season, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following last month's price cut on books.


Kindle DX

Schools shun Kindle, saying blind can't use it

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

(AP) -- Amazon's Kindle can read books aloud, but if you're blind it can be difficult to turn that function on without help. Now two universities say they will shun the device until Amazon changes the setup.


Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs (AP)

Brazil: Deforestation sees biggest drop in 20 yrs

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(AP) -- Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon dropped nearly 46 percent from August 2008 to July 2009 - the biggest annual decline in two decades, the government said Thursday.


Booksellers call for probe of online book-price wars

Technology / Internet

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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.



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