Did you hear the one about Amazon? It offered free shipping in France, got sued for it by the French Booksellers' Union, and lost. Now it's choosing to pay €1,000 a day rather than follow... More...
Despite much skepticism--and some downright harsh criticism--on the part of observers about the looks and marketability of Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader, consumers seem to be giving it the thumbs up. The device, which the... More...
Amazon has launched a public beta of its long-anticipated digital music download store, offering more than 2 million songs as MP3 files (a third of iTunes' current library). Most tracks are variable bit rate 256kbps... More...
Cheers to our member BigBoy for posting this news on Google getting sidetracked in favour of a Microsoft based search engine in our Back Page News forum. From Aaron Wall at Thread Watch comes word... More...
The Segway Human Transporter, the self-balancing electric scooter that has kept technophiles abuzz for the past two years, ranks among the best-selling items on Amazon.com, the online retailer said Monday. The machine won't ship until... More...
Amazon.com over the past week charged thousands of its customers for "free" shipping and did not apply discounts they were supposed to receive, the e-commerce giant said Thursday. The company began notifying affected customers Wednesday,... More...