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Kindle 2 Released – $359.00, Longer Battery, Text to Speech, More Memory, Thinner
Looks like it’s official now, the Kindle 2 has been released! Here are the highlights: Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines Lightweight: At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle, anytime, anywhere; no monthly fees, service plans, or hunting [...]
Continue reading...Kindle 2 Rumors: Pictures, Date, & Price
Saturday, February 7, 2009
While I don’t personally read enough books to make it worth buying an e-book reader I can appreciate why people would want one. You can easily take a lot of books with you anywhere without all the weight, no need to go to the book store when you want something new to read, and a [...]
Continue reading...Fulfillment by Amazon / Easysell – Interesting Idea
Saturday, January 24, 2009
As a long-time customer of Amazon and general lover of the company (both for buying, selling and computing platform), I was recently posting a slew of things to the Amazon Marketplace (a damn-easy way to sell things you have, by finding the listing in Amazon, and clicking “Sells Yours Here” on the product page) and [...]
Continue reading...Little Big Planet – The Song That Caused Its Delay – It’s Catchy
Monday, October 20, 2008
Just for the folks that didn’t know… it’s sort of non-news, but Little Big Planet was slated to be released this month and due to a song included in the game making 2 references to the Qur’an, Muslims were upset with the use of that song from the game and requested that Sony remove it. I’m [...]
Continue reading...Web 2.0: Content Delivery Monopolies for All! (Google, Amazon, Apple)
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
It was announced yesterday that YouTube (Google) is partnering with both Amazon and Apple to begin selling video games and music respectively. The idea is that content on YouTube identified as belonging to a certain video game or song would be associated with what amounts to a “Buy it Now” button that would take you over [...]
Continue reading...Amazon MP3 Download Service Review
Friday, September 5, 2008
After growing increasingly unimpressed with the Apple iTunes/iPod “lock-in” model I started hunting around for alternative low-cost music services online. Fortunately one of the first and favorite services I ran into is the relatively new Amazon MP3 Downloads service. Some of the big highlights of the Amazon MP3 service for me were: Non-DRM’ed music Low-cost music (about $0.99 [...]
Continue reading...Gears of War 2 Lancer Pre-Order Available at Amazon
Monday, August 11, 2008
Ever get the feeling that people weren’t taking you serious as a badass? Perhaps an older brother is constantly picking on you, even though you’re both well into your thirty’s? Thankfully a product is now available that will show everyone just how macho you really are. Exclusively though Amazon.com, Epic Games and Microsoft are proud to [...]
Continue reading...Amazon Launches Checkout Online Payment Service
Thursday, July 31, 2008
In a move that rivals online payment leader PayPal and sidels up next to (and possible out-runs at launch) Google Checkout, Amazon has announced the launch of their new online payment system aptly named: Amazon Checkout. The kicker that makes this service have longer legs out of the gate than Google’s offering is that every single [...]
Continue reading...Amazon – 120 Bags of Chips for $35
Monday, June 23, 2008
From Dealsea Amazon has 60-Pack of chips for $25.20. Buy 2 (120 bags) for $50.40 – $15 off with promo code CHIPDSCT (Exp 7/11) = $35.40 with free shipping.
Continue reading...Amazon is/was Down
Friday, June 6, 2008
Wow what caused that to happen? Amazon has been down for about 20mins, came back up briefly and is dead again right now around 11:08am PST. S3 and EC2 both seem to be running fine though, so maybe it’s just the store front? I wonder what caused Amazon to go down that wouldn’t/doesn’t effect eBay or [...]
Continue reading...Finding a Comprehensive List of New & Future Video Games
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
NOTE: This article may invoke feelings of “No Shit Sherlock” in some of you, I’d encourage you to post those feelings as comments… maybe even a “You are a FAG!” would help… those are always appreciated and helpful to everyone reading. This tip is a little obscure, but it’s one that has driven me crazy for [...]
Continue reading...Amazon to Offer Games for Download
Monday, February 18, 2008
Hrrm… job posting from Gamasutra suggests that Amazon is working on downloadable game service to compete with Valve’s Steam, EA’s service and isn’t there another already? Direct to Drive or something? I have no idea why Console are so popular.. people LOVE 9 competing choices for the same service… it’s SUPER AWESOME *tugs on hair*
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Monday, February 9, 2009
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