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“Kindle Fire.” Can’t say that’s the name we would’ve thrown together if given five minutes to dwell and assured that we’d take on absolutely no risk at all for it failing, but hey — who are we to question Jeff Bezos? TechCrunch is keeping the Kindle tablet rumors fresh with a new helping of intel, hitting the wires just two days prior to the outfit’s September 28th press event. According to the publication, “Fire” (mocked up above) was chosen in order to differentiate it from the e-ink siblings that’ll sell alongside of it, and we’re told to expect a mind-numbing amount of content deals to make it ever more attractive in a realm that iOS currently dominates. Moreover, a dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP chip is now being tipped, and if all goes well, the sub-$300 device should ship in November. Meanwhile, B&N engineers are reportedly toiling away on the Nook Color 2, and we wouldn’t be shocked in the least to see it hurry into an announcement just to phunk with Amazon’s flow. We’ll be there live on Wednesday to break it all down — water sprinklers in tow, naturally.

Update: gdgt is suggesting that there’s a reason the Kindle Fire will look a lot like the PlayBook — it’s a good read, and it can be found here.

Kindle Fire tablet purportedly on tap for Wednesday, set to ship in November originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on May 16, 2007 by CyberNet.

Amazon has just jumped out of the gate leaving DRM behind.  Later this year, we can expect an Amazon music store stocked with millions of songs from 12,000 record labels, all DRM-free!

DRM-free music has been peeking around corner for a few months now.  Amazon has most likely partnered with EMI, an independent music company in London who announced in early April their plans to sell DRM free songs to iTunes customers starting in May. At the time, EMI said that iTunes was given the first opportunity, but it wasn’t an exclusive deal with Apple alone.

Amazon will be the first to offer an entire library of DRM-free songs in MP3 format. I’m eager to find out what their pricing will be. iTunes has set their price at $1.29 per song, and it would be awesome if Amazon could come up with something better like $.99 per song. People love the idea of DRM-free songs, but so far I haven’t seen many too thrilled that they have to pay more for that privilege.

This is definitely another step in the right direction towards giving the consumer freedom with what they purchase. People can purchase the song and use it however they’d like for their own use on multiple devices, which is a good feeling. Hopefully other major labels will join in, and the selection of DRM-free music will continue to grow.

Source: Ars Technica

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This article was written on May 26, 2008 by CyberNet.

Back in mid-April, we wrote about a new Bill that was signed in New York called the “Amazon Tax Bill.” It forces retailers to charge sales tax to customers who live in the state of New York which then provides the state with an extra $50 million in revenue. We mentioned at the time that if ever there was a way to kill online retailers, this could be it. Clearly the people living in New York aren’t too happy (even though they are supposed to pay sales tax on items purchased from out of the state anyways), but retailers like Amazon aren’t too happy either. In fact, Amazon has decided to fight New York on this bill.

Despite the fact that the bill is named after Amazon.com, it doesn’t mean they are the only ones required to follow it. Now Newegg, a favorite store among geeks for purchasing computer hardware and software, has joined Amazon in charging taxes in New York. Recently, their customers living in the state received the following letter:

Important Message to Our New York Customers

May 23, 2008

Dear Valued Newegg Customer,

As a result of recent changes in the State of New York Tax Law requiring certain out-of-state retailers to collect and remit sales taxes to the State of New York, we regrettably inform you that Newegg.com must begin collecting applicable state and local sales tax for all orders shipped to New York addresses on or after June 1, 2008.

Qualified business customers can continue to use the Newegg.com Sales Tax Exempt Form.

We value our relationship with you and all of our New York customers. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this change in New York law and assure you that we will continue to work hard to offer you the best prices, fastest shipping and award winning customer service you deserve.

We look forward to continuing to provide you with the premier online shopping experience for all of your IT and Consumer Electronics needs.

Sincerely,

Bernard Luthi
Newegg.com

Eventually all online retailers using affiliates in the state will have to comply, so slowly but surely, we’ll start seeing other retailers sending out similar letters to their customers. The only way to “get out of it” would be to drop their New York based affiliates because it’s the affiliates, according to New York Government, that give retailers a “physical presence” in the state. Now that this bill is being enforced in New York, it’ll only be a matter of time before other states will follow in their footsteps. What state wouldn’t want several extra million in revenue?

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Nicknamed after the magical “Nekomata” cat of Japanese nightmares, Cycle Computing’s monstrous new supercomputer can now be yours to rent for the low price of $1,279 an hour. By fusing together the face-melting power of 3,809 eight-core Amazon AWS Elastic Computer 2s, the company was able to create the world’s 30th fastest computer with 30,472 processor cores and 27TB of memory — primarily used for complex modeling rather than Facebooking. Components of the beast hide out in three of Amazon’s EC2 data center lairs located in California, Virginia and Ireland, and communicate using HTTPS and SSH encrypted with AES-256 to keep its secrets safe and secure. Compared to the company’s previous 10,000-core offering ($1,060 / hour), the new version is far more powerful and minimally more expensive, mostly because it uses spot instances (where customers bid on unused EC2 capacity) rather than pricier reserved instances. Good on you Cycle Computing, not everyone has access to a Jeopardy champ.

‘Monster Cat’ 30,472-core supercomputer can be yours for $1,279 an hour originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending service rolls in to Seattle, in full beta regalia originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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