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Former Amazon cloud engineer spills to Reddit audience

Usually Amazon Web Services, which many consider to be the leader in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud computing market, is pretty hush-hush about the internal workings of its massive cloud.

By Brandon Butler | 17 May, 2013 14:32

Tags: Amazon Web Services, reddit, amazon.com, Cloud, cloud infrastructure, cloud computing, internet, Amazon cloud infrastructure, Amazon Cloud
In e-book case, Apple says publishers had already taken measures to counter Amazon

Concerned about Amazon.com's low pricing of e-books, publishers had taken measures as early as 2009 such as "windowing," a practice of delaying e-book releases to benefit sales of hardcover editions, Apple said in a filing in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit.

By John Ribeiro | 15 May, 2013 06:52

Tags: antitrust, Apple, amazon.com, e-commerce, legal, Department of Justice, internet
Amazon's new China app store could help pave way for Kindle products

Amazon.com has updated its mobile app store to include support for its Chinese customers, in a sign that the U.S. company could be preparing to sell its Kindle e-readers and tablets in the country.

By Michael Kan | 06 May, 2013 08:19

Tags: mobile applications, consumer electronics, amazon.com, hardware systems, tablets, mobile, e-readers, Android tablets
Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet

Details of what could be the first smaller Windows 8 tablet leaked on Friday when Amazon briefly published a listing for an 8.1-in. Acer Iconia tablet.

By Gregg Keizer | 05 May, 2013 23:21

Tags: Apple, amazon.com, Windows, hardware systems, tablets, software, operating systems, intel, acer
CERN celebrates the web and how it changed the world

Twenty years ago today, CERN released World Wide Web technology -- all royalty free.

By Sharon Gaudin | 30 April, 2013 20:11

Tags: IT industry, amazon.com, Google, CERN, netflix, internet, youtube, Facebook

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How-to: Get started with Amazon EC2

Amazon cloud skills are in high demand. This easy, step-by-step guide will help start you on your path to cloud mastery

By Sean Hull | 24 October, 2012 10:15

Tags: amazon.com, iaas, cloud computing, internet
Copy Kindle notes and bookmarks to your PC

If you're a Kindle owner, you've probably discovered the device's enviable ability to bookmark pages, highlight passages, and add notes (a.k.a. annotations).

By Rick Broida | 17 August, 2010 06:12

Tags: e-books, consumer electronics, amazon.com, kindle, e-readers

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Opinion: Google Glass mysteries revealed!

Google made a long list of announcements and revelations about its cyborg eyewear Glass. Google is taking a very conservative, controlling approach to the platform, not unlike another Apple's style.

By Mike Elgan | 20 April, 2013 11:11

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, amazon.com, consumer electronics, Google, Emerging Technologies, Networking, wireless, hardware systems, mobile, Personal Technology
Online holiday shopping at work may be huge suck on time, bandwidth

With Black Friday just a week away and the nagging feeling that we need to get our holiday shopping done, the question is how much online buying will actually be done at work?

By Sharon Gaudin | 16 November, 2012 11:17

Tags: consumerization of IT, Apple, e-commerce, amazon.com, IT management, e-business, internet, staff management
Tablet deathmatch: iPad Mini vs. Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HD

A new generation of small tablets has reinvented entertainment on the go, but which is best? Find out now and gear up for holiday gift-buying

By Galen Gruman | 05 November, 2012 11:16

Tags: telecommunication, applications, amazon.com, ios, hardware systems, Android, mobile, iPad, consumerization of IT, Apple, consumer electronics, computer hardware, mobile technology, Google, kindle, smartphones, Mobile OSes, tablets
iPad Mini vs. Google Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire

Here's how the iPad Mini's announced tech specs stack up against popular 7-inch tablets from Google and Amazon. (Of course, while the specs are important, there's more to a tablet than a data sheet. Computerworld will have a hands-on review of the iPad Mini soon.)

By Sharon Machlis | 23 October, 2012 19:29

Tags: Apple, amazon.com, Google, hardware systems, tablets
Amazon's Android app store: Steve Jobs doesn't get it

Roll out the welcome wagon, Android fans: It looks like you'll soon have a new place to shop.

By JR Raphael | 18 March, 2011 09:27

Tags: wireless technology, Handhelds, telecommunication, amazon.com, apps, Phones, Android, mobile, Apple, consumer electronics, apple iphone, Google, app store

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