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No Real Estate Meltdown Here

Amazon's move will bring another big name to Seattle's booming South Lake Union

Jan 9, 08 7:52 PM CST
(Newser) - For the first time since the company's founding, Amazon's administrative employees will reside in one ZIP code, the New York Times reports. But the planned 2010 move from scattered offices to a single Seattle location will hardly make it the first big name in Paul Allen-directed South Lake Union: The... More »

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real estate • business • Seattle • real estate values • Paul Allen • Vulcan Real Estate • South Lake Union • vacancy • Amazon.com

New Web Trend Sparks David vs. Goliath 2.0

Web giants mobilize to stop developers from 'scraping' their content

Dec 31, 07 4:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Some call it “scraping,” others call it “importing.” Either way, it’s a controversial process pitting independent software developers against the titans of the cyber world: Techies compile, or scrape, loads of data from search engines and social networking sites and pool the data on their... More »

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Google • Microsoft • eBay • Facebook • Craigslist • data • scraping • application protocol interfaces • software robots • spiders • Amazon.com

E-Commerce All Grown Up, Sales Growth Finally Slows

Internet sales set new records, but rise more slowly than last year

Dec 28, 07 8:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Online sales continued to out-pace traditional retailers this season, boasting a 19% spike, but fell compared to 25-30% growth rates in past seasons, the New York Times reports. While e-tailers beat the scrawny 3.6% sales growth of traditional stores, experts attribute the slowdown to the maturing of online shopping. More »

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US economy • holiday shopping • comScore • online shopping • MasterCard Advisors • retail shopping • e-commerce • Amazon.com

Amazon Gets Funky With Warner Music

DRM-free iTunes competitor continues to attract big labels

Dec 27, 07 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Amazon’s burgeoning mp3 service landed another big fish today, adding Warner Music’s catalog to its online store. The Amazon shop aims to compete with Apple’s iTunes, selling songs for 89 cents as opposed to Apple’s 99 cents and without digital rights management software that makes sharing... More »

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music industry • Apple • DRM free music • digital music • DRM • Warner Music • iTunes Store • Amazon MP3 • Amazon.com

Vista Tops Tech Disappointment List

Dec 17, 07 7:52 AM CST
(Newser) - When PC World decided to whip up a list of 2007's most disappointing tech, was there really any doubt what would headline the list? Vista wasn't awful, but neither was it, you know, good. Here's how the list broke down:
  1. Vista
  2. The Hi-Def Format War
  3. Facebook Beacon
  4. Yahoo
  5. Apple's
... More »

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technology • Yahoo • Apple • list • Microsoft Vista • gadget • Amazon.com

Amazon Unveiled as $4M Buyer of Rowling Fairy Tales

Proceeds from the handwritten book will go to charity

Dec 14, 07 3:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Internet giant of book sales revealed today that it was behind the purchase of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" in auction yesterday. Amazon paid $3.98 million for the handwritten manuscript -- a record for a children's book and for any modern literary manuscript, not to mention... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • book • Jeff Bezos • The Tales of Beedle the Bard • Amazon.com

OPINION

Book Lovers Make Plea for Better Reviews

New Republic calls shrinking coverage
a risk to society

Dec 9, 07 4:51 AM CST
(Newser) - The book may be in decline in our fast-changing world, one complete with electronic readers and shrinking attention spans, but the editors at New Republic will have none of it. They reject the notion that books must conform to the digital age and take newspapers to task for the decline... More »

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Internet • literature • book reviews • electronic books • Amazon.com

Pepsi, Amazon Could Spark Digital Music Revolution

Promotion deal pushing music companies to switch to DRM-free MP3 format

Dec 2, 07 11:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Pepsi and Amazon aren’t music producers, but they may inspire large-scale changes in the industry, Reuters says. The two companies will launch a music download promotion of MP3 songs during the Super Bowl next year, a deal pushing music titans like Warner Music and Sony BMG to consider... More »

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music downloads • Pepsi • Apple • Universal Music Group • mp3 • Warner Music • iTunes Store • online music • Sony BMG Music Entertainment • Amazon.com

Tech Stocks Lead Nasdaq surge

Nov 28, 07 5:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Amazon, Research in Motion and Google led a blue chip advance in the tech sector today, helping to pull the Nasdaq Composite up 3.2%, after a Fed officials reiterated the need for a “nimble” monetary policy, raising hopes the group will lower interest rates next month, the Wall ... More »

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Google • Nasdaq • Amazon.com

Feds Withdraw Amazon Subpoena

Judge bashes request for book-buyers records as 'Orwellian'

Nov 28, 07 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal prosecutors have withdrawn a subpoena seeking information on thousands of Amazon customers' book-buying habits, MarketWatch reports. The US Attorney's office had sought information on the purchasers of 24,000 used books in connection with a grand-jury probe of a third-party seller on Amazon. But the judge rejected the request,... More »

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online privacy • Amazon.com

Amazon's E-Reader
Sells Out Within Hours

Kindle gets mixed reviews, but it's gone in a flash

Nov 22, 07 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Amazon’s pre-Thanksgiving launch of the Kindle, an electronic book reader, sold out in just five and a half hours, reports Engadget. The $399 device is able to download books directly from Amazon’s wireless network, which piggybacks on Sprint’s, bypassing Wi-Fi hotspots and making it independent of computers.... More »

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electronic books • digital reader • Kindle • Amazon.com

Amazon's E-Book Gamble Gets Big Play

Newsweek looks at changes $399 device could wreak on reading

Nov 19, 07 3:24 AM CST
(Newser) - News that Amazon would debut its new Kindle e-book leaked earlier this week, and a Newsweek cover story has the full hype on what Jeff Bezos and company hope to achieve with it. "This isn't a device, it's a service," Bezos says of of the Kindle, pointing to... More »

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Google • publishing • reading • book • Jeff Bezos • Annie Proulx • John Updike • E Ink • Kindle • Amazon.com

Amazon Tries Something Novel With E-book Reader

But similar devices haven't captured the public's imagination

Nov 15, 07 9:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Online retail giant Amazon.com will unveil its highly anticipated electronic-book reader on Monday in New York,  an industry source tells CNET. In the works for more than a year, the Kindle is equipped with a Wi-Fi connection that taps into an Amazon e-book store, which users can access... More »

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digital downloads • WiFi • Jeff Bezos • consumer electronics • electronic books • Kindle • Amazon.com

Leopard Outpaces Tiger—
in Sales to Mac OS X Users

2M copies move in 4 days

Oct 30, 07 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Apple has moved 2 million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since the long-awaited operating system dropped Friday. The figure is Apple’s biggest for a new OS, far outpacing the sales of its predecessor Tiger, which took 6 weeks to break the same mark in 2005, AppleInsider reports. Steve... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • record • operating system • Mac OS X Leopard • Mac OS X Tiger • Amazon.com

Amazon Reports Large Increase in 3Q Sales

Despite 313% jump, stock drops in after-hours trading

Oct 24, 07 12:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon reported strong increases in third-quarter sales, citing once again its low pricing and free shipping for success. But investors may have been hoping for an even larger increase, because Amazon's share prices fell over 8% in after-hours trading. The company netted a profit of $80 million for the quarter,... More »

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Wall Street • profits • sales • Jeff Bezos • Amazon.com

Afternoon Rally Fades, Revives

Tech-heavy Nasdaq outperforms other indexes

Oct 22, 07 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The markets seesawed today as an afternoon rally faded then revived, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq. Friday's bloodbath lingered into this morning, but a speech by Fed governor Randall Kroszner raised hopes for a rate cut, reports the Journal. The Dow closed up 44.95 at 13,566.97, the... More »

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Google • Apple • Bear Stearns • markets • Randall Kroszner • Amazon.com

Save Money; Buy Used

There's no need to throw away cash on these 10 items you shouldn't buy new

Oct 20, 07 6:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some things, like lingerie and toothbrushes, are best purchased new. In other cases, used is just as good—and far cheaper. MSN Money gives you the lowdown:
  1. Books
  2. CDs and DVDs
  3. Little kids' toys
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budget lifestyle • shopping • list • budgeting • Amazon.com

Amazon May Lose ‘1-Click’ Patent

Angry customer started campaign; online seller will get re-draft try

Oct 17, 07 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon may be one patent poorer after the US Patent Office decimated its claim to the “1-Click” shopping cart emblem yesterday—throwing into question a 1999 infringement settlement with Barnes & Noble. The online orderer will have a chance to re-write its application, Ars Technica reports, but stands to... More »

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1 Click • patent • Amazon.com • Barnes & Noble

Amazon Guarantees Server Rentals

Internet giant's hosting business will offer
99.9% server uptime

Oct 10, 07 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon.com has upgraded its rent-a-server service to a professional standard, guaranteeing 99.9% server up-time with compensation for excess downtime. "People thought for a while (Web Services) was just an experiment for Amazon,” said one IT manager, but with the new guarantee, “people are taking it... More »

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server rental • web services • Amazon.com

Amazon MP3s Come With
a Catch

Music is unlocked,
but be careful who
you loan it to

Oct 10, 07 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon's new MP3 store does a lot of things right: lower prices than iTunes, better audio quality and no embedded copyright-protection software. But as the Seattle Times' Brier Dudley warns, the fine print could get you, a real concern following last Thursday's $222,000 illegal distribution ruling against a Minnesota... More »

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iTunes • MP3 • Amazon.com

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