Amazon Black Friday Ad 2009 – Early Bird Special. Nintendo Wii And Wii Fit For $290 With Free $50 Giftcard

It's the battle of Early Black Friday Ads and the newest Amazon offer in my opinion takes the top prize  in terms of the best early deal. Amazon users can pick up the Nintendo WII, Wii Fit ... continue

Amazon to help you be a spammer while painting a bullseye for the FTC

One of the big topics today that I have picked up from my morning reading is the news that Amazon is going to help you become a Twitter spammer. Yup now you will be able to populate your ... continue

Book publishers, book sellers face being WalMarted to death

If there is one thing you can say about the Web it is that it is responsible for the disruption of more businesses than just about any recession. We hear daily about the newspaper industry facing annihilation, the ... continue

Amazon Begins “International Kindle” Hype Machine, Ready To Square Off Against Barnes And Noble “Nook” Ereader

The folks at Amazon could be getting a little nervous with the new found realization that Barnes and Noble will release their "Nook" E-reader in November. Currently the company is featuring the Kindle with International Wireless smack ... continue

Amazon “Kindle For PC” Software Debuting In November As Free Download

Amazon has announced their soon to be released Amazon Kindle PC software, an offering they've deemed "Kindle For PC" and which will debut this November free of charge for Windows-based PCs. The program doesn't require that users own ... continue

The E-Reader’s Future

The latest Internet tech pundits' obsession has not been related to the ADD-laced “real time web” proclamations that some are so annoyingly fond of, but of a much older format… Books. News has been slowly leaking out regarding Barnes ... continue

Barnes & Noble’s Nook to incinerate Kindle?

A leaked WSJ ad, scheduled for Oct. 25th, has gadget bloggers buzzing about Barnes & Noble's new e-reader, the Nook. Running on Android, the Nook is said to be priced at Kindle's $259 pricepoint. Many people have likened ... continue

Barnes & Noble Nook E-Reader On Sale Tuesday For $259

Barnes & Noble looks set to one up Amazon with the release of the Nook E-Reader now confirmed for this coming Tuesday. Details of the Nook first leaked last week, but the release date has now been confirmed ... continue

Google To Open Online Bookstore To Rival Amazon’s

Miami, FL (AHN) - Internet technology powerhouse, Google has announced plans to open an online bookstore in 2010. Google Editions will host 500,000 e-books on their platform and customers will be able to buy books from a ... continue

Amazon introduces same-day delivery in some cities, adds shipping options

Every year, I end up renewing my Amazon Prime membership when I realize that it's cheaper than shipping all of Santa's presents in a timely fashion without it. Until today, the biggest drawback (besides the $80 price tag) ... continue

Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters are apparently the “it” toy for Christmas

If you haven't heard of Zhu Zhu pet hamsters yet, you soon will, because the cuddly toys are being pitched as the "it" toy for Christmas 2009. The Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters are interactive toy pets with a ... continue

Amazon Cloudfront CDN with a WordPress Blog

Regular readers will know that for the last month and a bit, we've been in a never ending battle of wills against servers and load times. Our first major change was implementing Amazon's S3 service to serve ... continue