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It says something about the monolithic sales organisation and its ability to penetrate any market it sets its sights on, that a search on Wikipedia for 'Amazon' gives you the web site before it gives ... more.

The U.S. Justice Department has recently warned Apple and five large book publishers that it has plans to file a lawsuit unless they change business practices for alleged price fixing of e-books. This... more.

Well, maybe it's not quite legalising robbery, but it's certainly moving one of the darkest arts (torrents) firmly into the mainstream. After years of chasing the internet villains and pirates for mak... more.

The science of persuading people to buy a product, is both established and well understood. How you beat off an opponent that can afford as much of that marketing stuff as you can, is something else. ... more.

Amazon are reporting record sales for December, selling over 1 million Kindle tablet computers for every week in December. 2011 will go down as the year of the Kindle. Amazon have always remained c... more.

Amazon are launching a new digital book loaning library that will be made available to their most important customers - Kindle and Kindle Fire owners who also subscribe to the Amazon Prime delivery pr... more.

Amazon announced a drop in third quarter profit, with shares falling 19 percent in late trading. Their net income dropped 73 percent to $63 million from $231 million, this time last year. Amazon have ... more.

The challenge to Apple's iPad mounts as Amazon are due to release their new, low cost Kindle Fire tablet. So far Apple have remained king of the tablet market with staggering sales of their iPad and i... more.

Amazon have announced their new Kindle Fire tablet, which is set to launch at a low price point of only $199. This extremely competitive price point is lower than initial expectations and follows the ... more.

The Amazon Tablet is one of the most talked about devices this month, and we have reported on the release on Kitguru in the last couple of weeks. TechCrunch have been playing with the product already ... more.

Kitguru has written many articles now on the upcoming tablet release from etail giant Amazon. We have predicted that while they won't be able to overthrow Apple as the market leader, that they should ... more.

Amazon have announced a huge 51 percent rise in sales, which has helped the company stock to increase. This surpassed Wall Street expectations. Amazon filed a report showing that the 51 percent inc... more.

Kitguru has reported before that Amazon are set to take on the Apple iPad, after the success of their Kindle E-Reader, but the Wall Street Journal has new information on the subject which would indica... more.

Apple bigwigs won't be too happy, after the latest news that a federal judge has denied their request to stop Amazon from using the term 'AppStore'. Judge Phylis Hamilton filed an 18 page opinion w... more.

Regular readers of Kitguru will be aware that Apple are currently in the middle of a legal trademark wrangle with Amazon, trying to get them to stop using the term 'App Store'. Apple have claimed that... more.

The time of the ebook is certainly upon us. Amazon have issued a report saying that they are selling over twice as many ebooks on their store now when compared to physical hardbacks. The figure also i... more.

Earlier in the week, we reported that Sony were compromised by hackers renting servers from Amazon. This hacker used Amazon's Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) service to attack Sony's online entertainment... more.

Apple have yet to face any serious competition in the tablet market, but they may be facing a problem soon, when Amazon release their new competing product. Amazon have had great success in the e-r... more.

Rumors are circulating that Amazon are planning to release a color Kindle within the next couple of months. The Kindle has been a big seller for the online giant superstore, with the group claiming it... more.

As KitGuru reported a while ago, Apple issued a trademark lawsuit against Amazon over the use of the words 'App Store', saying that the term is generic and that Apple should have no legal claim to it.... more.

Amazon have dropped the price of the WiFi Kindle by $25 more dollars by offering a version which includes advertising. This new Edition is dubbed the 'Kindle with Special Offers' has two differenti... more.

Amazon, the giant online store have launched a new cloud based storage service called 'Cloud Drive'. To tie in with the launch they have also released a music player which they call Amazon Cloud Playe... more.

Amazon opened their App Store yesterday, a rival store for the official 'Android Market'. The new App Store offers both free and paid for applications based on the open source operating system. Whi... more.

Apple have taken the gloves off, suing Amazon for using the phrase 'App Store' without their permission. Heavy hitter Apple have been fighting Microsoft in legal channels recently for the permission t... more.

Toshiba have a new tablet which has just been listed on Amazon's website - it is not yet available, but Amazon are offering user alerts for when the time is close at hand. The tablet is a 10.1 inch... more.

Online store Amazon could be preparing to launch their app store tomorrow - aimed at the Google Android userbase. A source within Amazon has leaked information to Wired saying that the retail chain... more.

AT&T have announced that it is going to start selling the Amazon Kindle e-reader in its retail stores starting this Sunday. The sales of Amazon's Kindle have been phenomenal and while many people ... more.

When the iPad was launched, and we found out the sales figures many analysts thought that it would be the death of other tablets, such as the Amazon Kindle. This has not been the case as Amazon have s... more.

Regular readers of Kitguru will know that we have been singing the praises of the Amazon Kindle for months now. It appears that the public are taking to it also, with sales around 8 million. This is h... more.

Amazon have denyed removing am e-book detailing Wikileaks conspiracies saying that the author himself removed it from sale. An Amazon spokesperson said "We did not remove the title, and are verifyi... more.