Jimbo 'Wiki' Wales NOT Partnering with Amazon
"Amazon has nothing to do with this project. They are a valued investor in Wikia, but people are really speculating beyond the facts. This has nothing to do with A9, Amazon, etc."
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Jeff Bezos' Risky Bet
Amazon founder and Chief Executive Jeffrey P. Bezos is back with yet another new idea. Many people continue to wonder if the world's largest online store will ever fulfill its original promise to revolutionize retailing. But now Bezos is plotting another new direction for his 12-year-old company, which he will lay out on Nov. 8 at San Francisco's Web 2.0 Conference. Judging from an advance look he gave BusinessWeek on one recent gray day at Amazon's Seattle headquarters, it's so far from Amazon's retail core that you may well wonder if he has...
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Microsoft executive heads to Amazon.com
A veteran Microsoft Corp. executive who led the development of Windows Vista, the delayed update to the company's biggest product, is leaving to join Amazon.com.
Brian Valentine, senior vice president in Microsoft's Windows Core Operating System Division, is expected to join Amazon in mid-September. The move follows Microsoft's announcement in August that it would reassign Valentine, a 19-year company veteran, to an unspecified position following Vista's release early next year.
Microsoft last week said it completed Windows Vista Release...
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Amazon's Digital Video sneak peek: "Amazon Unbox"
It seems Amazon might soon be launching their digital video download store, called "Amazon Unbox Video". It'll have purchase and rental capability, as well as support for devices other than your PC (Your TV and Creative Zen Vision at least).
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Amazon Readies Launch of Ad-Free Video Download Service
A year in the works, the e-tailer's digital-video-download service is set for a mid-August launch and will feature a subscription service and a la carte movies and TV shows. Yes, folks, that's more ad-free TV for sale.
The service, which is referred to as Amazon Digital Video -- or Amazon "DV" -- has evolved over the past year from a music-themed offering to a video-centric one, according to production-studio and TV-network executives briefed on the plans. The reason? Apple, these executives said, already commands such a large share of...
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Amazon releases early info on S3 storage use
Just over three months ago Amazon made a major move beyond online retail with the launch of its S3 grid storage service. The company today released some information about the program’s early progress.
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