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Amazon.com Inc, responding to criticism that a text-to-speech feature on its new Kindle book reader helps it sidestep royalty payments, plans to allow the audio function to be disabled.

Amazon.com Inc has established a clear lead in user preference for digital media download sites in Britain, despite a relatively late entry into the market, a survey published by Strategy Analytics said.

Amazon.com Inc. today unwrap the company's upgraded reading device, this second generation version of the electronic device goes on sale next week.

Ahead of Amazon's CEO appearance in New York on Monday where it is widely speculated that the Kindle 2.0 will be launched, authentic looking photos of the new Kindle were leaked on the MobileRead forums Friday night.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. recorded higher than expected results during the fourth quarter, as profit grew 8.7 percent.

Online shopping giant Amazon slashed their price of Xbox Live Gold subscription from $50 to $30 on Sunday.

Dramatic photographs of previously unfound Amazon Indians have highlighted the precariousness of the few remaining lost tribes and the dangers they face from contact with outsiders.

Amazon.com Inc, the largest Internet retailer, will expand its digital music and video with a streaming video service in the next few weeks, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said Wednesday.

After seven years of being in an alliance with Amazon.com, Borders Group Inc. is finally setting out on its own with the launch of Borders.com.

Amzazon.com sued the state of New York, challenging it for the new statute that requires Internet retailers based outside New York to collect New York sales taxes.

Amazon.com has filed a lawsuit against New York State's new law which forces online retailers to collect sales tax on shipments to state residents.

Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest Internet retailer, on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit rose 29 percent, beating analysts' expectations, citing stronger sales in the U.S. and abroad amid co

Technology related stocks rose Friday afternoon while tax-maker Intuit stumbled after reporting a drop in second quarter profit.

For Yahoo Inc to avoid Microsoft Corp's bear hug, it could potentially partner with companies ranging from eBay Inc to Comcast Corp, though an alternative deal would be unlikely to match the Microsoft offer. Retailer Amazon.com Inc, iPod maker Apple Inc and phone company AT&T Inc all could argue that integrating Yahoo's services and ads would be strategically smart, and some already have Internet-advertising partnerships with Yahoo. None, however, is expected to be able to compete f...

Amazon.com Inc announced its support for Sony Corp's Blu-ray format on Wednesday, days after Toshiba Corp pulled the plug on the rival HD DVD format, as key studios and retailers also took Blu-ray's side. The online retailer said it would continue to sell HD DVD products for customers who already use that format.

The Amazon S3 Storage Service went down Friday morning causing companies to lose access their own data stored on the server.

U.S. stocks ended mixed on Friday with the Dow Jones ending its worst week in almost five years as ongoing credit market woes dragged down the financial sector increasing anxiety over the broader economy. The Nasdaq, despite being down for the week, rose as investors snatched up the biggest names in technology which have recently been left affected. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones industrial average, which rose in earlier trading, fell more than 60 points.

Amazon.com said Thursday it will buy Audible, a digital audio books provider, for $11.50 a share as in move to expand the online retailer's audio downloads available to users.

Amazon reported strong fourth quarter earnings late Wednesday on strong holiday sales, but issued a conservative forecast sending shares down in after-hours trading.

The number of people subscribing to newspapers may be shrinking as they flock to the Internet, but electronic book readers won't shred the market for ink, paper, glue and binding anytime soon.

Amazon said on Thursday that it will begin offering music from Sony BMG without digital rights management, allowing purchases to freely distribute the downloads.

There is a reason people still buy CDs more than they do digital albums. Actually there are several, but viruses that come along with music via peer-to-peer sites (P2P) and a concern over digital rights management (DRM) aren't the only culprits.

Amazon.com said on Friday it will soon begin a limited-release test of its SimpleDB, a Web-based database service that will be an upgrade of its current S3 storage offering.

Amazon.com Inc, the Web retailer known for selling books, said it had paid about $4 million to buy a handwritten, illustrated book of wizardry by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.

Warner Music Group (WMG) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment are feeling increased pressure to follow EMI and Universal Music Group's lead in distributing music in the MP3 format, which forgoes restrictive digital rights management technology.

Online retailer Amazon.com said on Monday it will begin selling an electronic book reader with wireless access, the latest attempt to build consumer interest in portable reading devices.

Amazon.com unveiled a hand held digital reader on Monday that it hopes will boost sales by helping its customers download books, newspapers and other media.

Governments must do more to fight global warming, spurred by a new U.N. scientific report and damage to nature that is already as frightening as science fiction, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday.

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc plans to introduce its highly anticipated electronic book device at a New York event Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing two people familiar with the company's plans.