The e-reader war was tipped to be a hot ticket during the holiday buying season and already producers are starting to toot their own horns. Amason’s Kindle 3 is being lauded as the company’s best selling item of all time by the online book-retail giant. But Amazon aren’t the only proud papas in the pack. [...]
According to a recent site, Chinese may soon overtake English as being the language of the web. Recent estimates say it may take as little as 5 years. According to the Next Web, a technology blog, China gained 36 million internet users last year alone, bringing the total number of world wide web users to [...]
Amazon has unleashed a new tool that will allow Amazon gift recipients to reject or exchange gifts from their site. The patented tool allows users to exchange gifts online without first receiving the gift. Dissatisfied recipients are able to select an alternative gift or choose to receive a gift card. The tool is designed in [...]
Amazon has been quoted saying that the Kindle is the best selling product on their site, not just for the holiday season, but for all time. No definitive numbers have been released by the bookselling giant. On November 29th, better known as Cyber Monday, Amazon saw a selling rate of 158 items per second, selling [...]
On Tuesday the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) will review a proposal on internet user-traffic rules that will make it possible for providers to portion out network access. The rule change would prevent internet providers who offer high speed networks, such as Verizon or Comcast, to block legal online traffic. However, the FCC is expected to [...]
A great number of Internet patrons are being warned to change their passwords as more is learned about a significant security risk. Many social and gaming sites, such as Twitter have told users to reset their passwords after hackers broke into the gossip site Gawker. Online game World of Warcraft WoW, has asked some of [...]
Companies that do business on Amazon are the targets of a new holiday scam this year. A software program is generating receipts for phantom orders in an attempt to claim refunds on goods that were never sold. These phoney receipts look identical to the genuine articles down to details such as the “Total Before Tax” [...]
PayPal announced that intervention from the US State Department has convinced them to terminate payment facilities to Wikileaks. PayPal’s VP, Osama Bedier, said that as of December 4 WikiLeaks account had been frozen. Bedier said that PayPal had been informed that WikiLeaks is engaged illegal operations. The company was informed by U.S. government representatives. On [...]
The IDC market research company is predicting the age of the tablet. IDC says it expects tablets (including all app-enabled devices) shipments will surpass PC shipments in the next 18 months. This is not all doom and gloom for the PC however. The company says that PC sales will still increase even though they are [...]
Groupon is rumored to have turned down a $6 billion offer from Google, and now they may have lost their chance with Google altogether. Offermatic, is a new site that has been in beta testing for four months. The site has the potential to outdo Groupon’s success and be the new name that everyone is [...]
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