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Jefferies & Co. downgraded rating of online DVD rental company Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) to 'hold' from 'buy' given the 270 percent run-up in the stock since January 2010, with a price target of $195.

Google's launch of e-book store has put the search giant in direct rivalry with market leader Amazon, unfolding an interesting battle on cards in the coming days.

As part of its 'Operation Avenge Assange,' a group of Wikileaks supporters called The Anonymous plans a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against Paypal.

Close on the heels of Google announcing the launch of its eBook service, Amazon hit back saying it will add two key features to its Kindle e-reader to fortify its position in the market.

Google Inc began selling digital books on Monday, intensifying the search engine's competition with Amazon.com Inc and Apple Inc and marking a significant push by the company to expand into the e-commerce business.

A report from iSuppli says revenues for consumer electronics companies have increased 6.2 percent from last year.

US Administration, by all means, is trying to win over Wikileaks, firstly by ousting it from the servers and now by blocking its transaction by Paypal. But the whistle-blower group is highly unlikely to accept defeat. In possession of over 25,0000 United States diplomatic cables, the group would only force the Government worldwide into a war of attrition.

Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it has stopped hosting the website of WikiLeaks, which published sensitive classified U.S. government information, but it denied it was a result of pressure from lawmakers.

Amazon.com Inc is investing $175 million in online coupon company LivingSocial, a preemptive strike against Google Inc which a source has said is looking to buy Groupon, another coupon provider.

Amazon.com and eBay Inc are investing in local Internet services, jumping aboard the increasingly popular and lucrative business of catering to local shoppers and stores.

Amazon removed whistle blowing website WikiLeaks from its servers amid pressure from federal lawmakers who were upset with WikiLeaks' recent release of certain confidential and sensitive government information.

The mounting pressure of US government forced Amazon to oust Wikileaks website from its servers. Web users across the world, yet again, called for a boycott of Amazon.

While the company is not confirming details, a media report says their new endeavor will be an open platform with an attached retail store.

After Google announced plans to launch Google Editions in 2009, the much-awaited but delayed buy anywhere read anywhere digital book distribution channel is to hit the market by the end of December.

Google has introduced its latest version of Google Earth, their interactive digital atlas.

ThinkEquity has increased its profit estimates and price target on Apple Inc., saying that the recent expansion of iPad distribution in the U.S. and iPad's launch in more international markets, easing of supply constraints this quarter are strong positives for the company.

More consumers in China will shop online on Cyber Monday than in the U.S., UK, Germany and Japan, according to a survey by eCoupons.com/Ipsos.

The U.S. online retail sector delivered double digit growth on Black Friday 2010 compared with the year-ago levels, according to a report from IBM. The findings showed that online sales rose 15.9 percent, with consumers pushing the average order value up 12.1 percent to $190.80.

Online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) is offering hundreds of deals on its Cyber Monday Deals page (www.amazon.com/cybermonday).

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A recent scientific discovery has emerged which could clear the way for a low-cost, even disposable, e-reader.

Netflix has moved its video-on-demand streaming service to the cloud, taking its datacenter to Amazon Web Services EC2 (AWC), citing the need for agility and the high cost of running Oracle on IBM as its primary motive.

German giant T-Systems announced the launch of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), a service which is billed to take on Amazon's EC2, for free during the pilot phase.

Amazon leaks Black Friday deal, previous generation Kindle available for $89.

Amazon's Christmas bonanza includes Motorola Droid X, HTC Droid Incredible, Motorola Droid Pro, BlackBerry Bold which are up for grabs at $0.01 courtesy Verizon.

The web retailer has decided to open a movie studio aimed at attracting aspiring filmmakers.

Key carriers AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile officially announced their partnership to create ISIS, a national mobile commerce platform, to make mobile wallet a reality.

Google has spruced up Product Search ahead of Christmas and added a feature that lists local stores where the products are in-stock.

An event on Wednesday of high fashion in fusion with the high tech will test Google's foray into the world fashion.