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Amazon.com Inc. acquired Palo Alto, California based company SnapTell Inc. prior to Amazon plans to beef-up its mobile capabilities.

Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the high price of the company's new widescreen Kindle DX e-book reader.

Amazon announced the Kindle DX in early May and began accepting pre-orders which they should would be delivered sometime in the summer but now Amazon.com sites today on its website that the shipping date will be June 17.

Amazon.com Inc introduced a larger, souped-up Kindle electronic reader on Wednesday designed for students and newspaper readers, but a $489 price tag could make it too expensive for many consumers.

Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday introduced a larger souped-up version of its Kindle electronic reader designed for students, academics and newspaper readers.

Amazon.com Inc introduced on Wednesday a larger, souped-up version of its Kindle electronic reader designed for students, academics and newspaper readers, but its $489 price tag could cap sales.

Amazon on Wednesday launched a next generation Kindle, an e-reader with a large, textbook, magazine and newspaper-friendly screen called the DX.

Amazon.com is expected to unveil later this week a version of its Kindle digital eBook reader that has a larger display screen that is better fitted for presentation the presentation newspapers, magazines and textbooks in a more traditional format, according to reports.

Amazon.com on Thursday beat Wall Street expectations for quarterly earnings and revenue as lowered prices lured more shoppers online and sales of its Kindle electronic reader gained momentum.

Amazon.com on Thursday beat Wall Street expectations for first quarter earnings and sales as it drew more customers online and its Kindle electronic reader gained momentum.

Amazon.com on Thursday posted higher quarterly net income, with revenue rising 18 percent in the sluggish global economy, beating Wall Street expectations and its shares rose 1 percent.

Ahead of Amazon's earning report after Thursday's bell, analysts believe the company's earnings report will show some strain.

Amazon has always been very secretive on anything related to cost and sales figures surrounding its Kindle 2 e-reader, however, a new report by market research firm iSuppli may answer speculation.

Amazon's Kindle 2 electronic reader retails for $359 but costs about half that amount to build, research group iSuppli Corp said on Wednesday.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it would stop controversial targeted advertising company Phorm from using its Web pages to gather data on Internet users.

Amazon.com apologized Monday for an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error that led to the sales ranking being removed from tens of thousands of books after being flooded with angry online comments, particularly on Twitter.com.

Business software maker Salesforce.com on Tuesday launched a slimmed-down version of its customer-management services that existing customers will be able to access for free using high-end mobile phones.

Amazon was cuts on valuation basis Thursday to Equal Weight from Overweight as Barclays Capital analyst Douglas Anmuth said the outlook remains negative.

Global warming is more than a third to blame for a major drop in rainfall that includes a decade-long drought in Australia and a lengthy dry spell in the United States, a scientist said on Wednesday.

By Stuart Grudgings

By Stuart Grudgings

Media company Discovery Communications Inc has sued Amazon.com, accusing the online retailer's Kindle of infringing its patent on electronic book technology.

Computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc is preparing to take on web retailer Amazon.com Inc in the fledgling market for cloud computing services that can be accessed via the Internet.

Media Company Discovery Communications has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, claiming the Kindle infringes on a patent Discovery has for DRM on electronic book technology.

Media company Discovery Communications Inc has sued Amazon.com, accusing the online retailer's Kindle of infringing its patent on electronic book technology.

Media company Discovery Communications Inc has sued Amazon.com, accusing the online retailer's Kindle of infringing its patent on electronic book technology.

Amazon.com Inc will allow shoppers to trade in used video games for store credit, a move that may challenge a core driver of profitability for No. 1 U.S. game retailer GameStop Corp.

Amazon.com said on Thursday that it would allow shoppers to trade-in used videogames for store credit, a move that may challenge a core driver of profitability for game retailer GameStop.

Amazon.com is offering a new application to let consumers access books on its electronic reader Kindle from Apple Inc's popular iPhone and iPod Touch devices.