Amazon to Manage XO Laptop Giveaway Program (1)
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One Laptop Per Child, Hardware, e-retail Wade Roush wrote: The “Give One, Get One” program introduced last holiday season by the Cambridge, MA-based One Laptop Per Child Foundation—which gave consumers in the United States and Canada the opportunity to buy two of the foundation’s XO laptops for $400, and have one sent to a child in a developing nation—was a success in several respects. It generated public excitement about the XO by giving the general ...
Acer takes lead in price wars: $399 for a 6 cell netbook (1)
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If you want an Asus Eee PC 1000H or an MSI Wind with a 6 cell battery, you’ll have to pony up about $550. For about $400 you can get a Lenovo IdeaPad S10, but it’ll ship with a 3 cell battery. And that means that Acer is the first PC maker to offer a netbook with a 6 cell battery, 8.9 inch display and 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU for under $400. Amazon is taking ...
Amazon to Sell OLPC in November, Including Dual-Boot XP Model [Olpc] (1)
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From November you'll be able to buy the OLPC in its classic "buy one for the price of two" offer from Amazon, which should be a smoother way of distributing the device than when the OLPC was originally on sale from the source. This new Give 1 Get 1 program will also cover the Windows XP version, now that Microsoft have finalized it, as well as the Sugar OS version. One thing remains unknown: pricing. ...
Amazon’s Video on Demand service poised to give Apple’s iTunes a run for its customers (2)
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Say goodbye (and good riddance) to Amazon Unbox and say hello (and welcome) to Amazon Video on Demand. Amazon launched its new video streaming service Thursday. After a quick downloading and viewing of the TV show “Eureka,” we say Amazon Video on Demand is a worthy contender to Apple’s iTunes. For one, Amazon’s new video service works where Unbox failed — it plays on Macs. And, another plus, the video starts steaming instantly. A big ...
Hands on with Amazon Video on Demand (5)
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Written by Liane Cassavoy. Amazon’s Video on Demand is the latest service that will attempt to make you turn off your TV and turn on your PC when you want to be entertained. But Amazon is jumping into an increasingly crowded market, so how does its service fare compared to similar offerings from Hulu, iTunes and Netflix? I gave all four a spin under similar conditions to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses. EASE OF USE ...
Kindle on a plane [Caption Contest] (1)
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Kindlespotting continues, with a reader sending us this picture of a reader on a flight from Dallas to San Francisco. Considering how much the e-book readers cost and the premium prices for the content, you'd think this reader would be in first class — then again, after paying Amazon $359 plus shipping for the gadget, maybe all he could afford was coach. Go on, write a better caption in the comments. Best one will become ...
EL OLPC XO se venderá en Amazon (1)
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A partir del mes de noviembre, los interesados podrán comprar el OLPC XO en Amazon. Eso sí, la venta está dentro del programa “Give One, Get One”, por lo que debes comprar dos: uno será para ti, mientras que el otro llegará a manos de un niño que lo necesite. [Vía]
Hulu vs. Amazon: Amazon Never Stood A Chance (21)
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Since Amazon released its video on demand service earlier today, I’ve pored over each and every section of the site to determine if it has what it takes to supplant Hulu as the best online video service providing professional network content. And after doing just that, I’ve quickly realized that it doesn’t. Amazon has done all it can to solidify its stance in the online video market. First, it launched its Unbox service to compete ...
SoundUnwound: a Wikipedia da música da Amazon (1)
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Um dos meus sites favoritos para encontrar informação sobre discos e bandas é o da Amazon, devido às inúmeras críticas de outros utilizadores que podemos encontrar por lá e que permitem obter uma vasta gama de perspectivas sobre o trabalho de um artista ou banda. Com o recém-lançado SoundUnwound, a gigante de comércio electrónico aumenta ainda mais a parada posicionando-se directamente em concorrência com a Wikipedia que segundo dados do Yahoo é o local da ...
Amazon Video on Demand service goes live for Macs (23)
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Filed under: Video, Internet ToolsA while back we noted that Amazon was planning to bring its video on demand service to the Mac. Well, it looks like they've finally flipped the switch because the service is now live. Much like iTunes, they're selling TV shows as well as offering movies for purchase and rent. Unlike iTunes, it's a streaming rather than a download service. Fortunately, they've got a number of free videos which will give ...
Amazon to start selling OLPC’s XO Laptop this November; dual boot version next month (1)
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The OLPC program just got a lot more mainstream, with word that Amazon will start selling the XO Laptop starting in November. It’ll be sold as part of the “Give One, Get One” program, meaning that for every XO Laptop you buy, one lucky youngster in a developing country will get one, too. (You’re actually paying for two laptops.) You’re doing charitable work with literally zero extra effort on your part. What’s sorta weird is ...
Amazon Video on Demand store open for business via Mac, PC; open beta on Sony HDTVs (7)
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Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment It's official, Amazon has moved Unbox-replacement Amazon Video on Demand out of beta for Mac and PC users, while confirming rumors the still-in-beta BRAVIA Internet Video Link service is open to all Sony HDTV owners. The streaming option (you can still download and watch via Unbox on PC or TiVo, and no matter how they're purchased, content is added to the Your Video Library accessible from the web or IVL) ...
Amazon Video On Demand Launches [Amazon] (10)
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Amazon's streaming TV and movie rental and download service, Video on Demand, is out of beta and now publicly available. Hop on over to stream a few free episodes of 30 Rock and Heroes now.
Amazon Has a Challenge for Start-ups (2)
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Amazon and their Amazon Web Services (AWS) tend to get the most notice when something goes wrong\. But their latest announcement is about something going right - for one lucky company, anyhow. The new AWS Start-Up Challenge is a contest for start-ups and entrepreneurs with a $100,000 grand prize (half in cash and half in service credits). The contest is open to any site or service that uses one of the AWS services are part ...
Amazon Adds Streaming for Both PCs and Macs & NewTeeVee (8)
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Amazon has extended its paid video service to streaming, Macs, and compatible Sony BRAVIA devices and televisions. It previously only made movies and TV shows available for download to PCs or on TiVos. The moves were all expected and forecast, but they are no less important for Amazon to have a viable online entertainment portal. Amazon bridges current offerings from iTunes, Hulu, and Netflix, though it’s important to note that, like iTunes, none of its ...
Amazon Ends Post-Order Price Guarantee [Amazon] (3)
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Amazon ended its post order price guarantee this Monday, according to an email a reader and deal forum members received from the online retailer. That stinks, the policy was neat. If you bought something from Amazon and its price on the site dropped within 30 days, you could contact them and get a refund for the difference. Now according to emails people are getting, the policy is no more and only items bought before September ...
Amazon Kindle May Be Coming To Classrooms (1)
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The Kindle, the popular ebook reader from Amazon may be coming to college and university classrooms near you. According to a story on Seattle PI, Amazon is designing a new Kindle that will be optimized for use with text books. The college text book industry generates over $5.5 billion in revenue annually, and 95% of the books are offered in an ebook format already, but there has been no optimal reader for them. The new ...
