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Shares of Netflix fell nearly 5 percent Monday after the company abandoned plans for its Qwikster DVD service even before launch, marking yet another zigzag in its complex and unpopular strategy.

It is clear for many of our members two Web sites would make things more difficult, CEO Reed Hastings posted on a blog overnight. So we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs.

Following the release of Amazon's 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet on Sept. 28, Jefferies believes Amazon will launch 10-inch device before the end of the year.

Steve Jobs' posthumously released biography, now available for pre-order has become a chartbuster on online bookstores. Author Walter Isaacson spent over two years conducting forty exclusive and unprecedented interviews with Jobs and over hundred of his family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues for the book which chronicles rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur.

Global mourning and remembrance of Apple's co-founder and long-time CEO continues days after Steve Jobs died at the age of 56, and most have been quick to highlight the genius, innovation and complexity -- if not difficulty -- that Jobs thrust upon the world. A detailed book about his life that Jobs co-operated with is due out in two weeks, and already it has climbed to number one at both Amazon's and Barnes & Noble's online stores through pre-sales.

Three slightly less expensive tablets hit the market last week, but Kindle Fire could blow them away.

Amazon and Apple launched two highly anticipated products in the last two weeks, and clearly neither product is perfect, but Amazon wins the battle of product launches for a few reasons.

Barnes & Noble apparently doesn't like competitor Amazon getting an advantage, and DC Comics graphic novels are getting pulled from store shelves as a result. Barnes & Noble, America's largest bookstore chain, said late Friday it will not stock physical copies in its stores of 100 of DC Comics' graphic novels the company will make exclusively available as ebook on Amazon Kindle, including the company's new Kindle Tablet to be launched Nov. 15.

It is rumored that Amazon.com has received more than 250,000 preorders for the Kindle Fire - the online retail giant's competitively-priced tablet computer - in the five days since its launch. However, the Kindle Fire, priced at $199, will only be shipped from Nov.15. If you're unwililng to wait that long, you could look at a few other options, apart from the iPad 2. Here is a list of some Android-based tablets.

Before its scheduled October 24 release, the first authorized biography of Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs who died on Wednesday has shot to number one in sales through pre-orders at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Published by Simon & Schuster, Steve Jobs is a 656-page work by Walter Isaacson which details Jobs as driven by demons.

The authorized biography of Steve Jobs became the top-selling book on Amazon.com Wednesday night after it was revealed that he had died. The release date for the book is October 24.

Amazon Kindle lovers can buy the $79 tablet and have the option to later buy out the special offers and sponsored screensavers.

Pre-orders for an authorized biography of Steve Jobs soared on Wednesday hours just after the death of Apple's former CEO was announced. Publisher Simon & Schuster also announced on Thursday that the release date has been moved up from Nov. 21 to Oct. 24.

Herman Cain may still be a longshot in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, but he's coming on strong. Rick Perry seemed to be a lock, but his GOP star is falling fast.

The Indian government released its Aakash tablet to the public. Starting at $35, Aakash is the world's cheapest tablet. Steve Jobs would be proud.

India, the maker of the world's cheapest car, has come up with yet another feat as it has launched what it claimed the world's cheapest indigenous tablet on Wednesday.

The world's cheapest computer -- the $35 tablet -- has finally been launched in India, designed to bring the nation's poor into the computer and Internet age. The computer, a tablet known commercially as the Ubislate, is being hailed by government officials in India as a valuable educational tool and a major accomplishment for the country's fast-growing tech industry.

Preorders for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet are strong with more than a month before it officially goes on sale according to a leaked sales report to tech site Cult of Android.

Amazon's Kindle Fire, is a hot order item. Sources say Amazon has recorded more than 250,000 porders for its tablet at an average of 50,000 orders per day.

Amazon Inc's Kindle Fire, within just a week of its announcement, has analysts passionately speculating on the possibility of the 7-inch tablet making either a profit or a loss. One among the many such speculations and rumors is a recent virtual teardown of the Kindle Fire by UBM TechInsights, which suggests that the tablet's manufacturing cost stands at $150.

The iPhone 5 release frenzy has reached its zenith with barely hours left before Apple unveils the new gadget, but for the keener eye, the Tuesday event will be marked by how Apple lays out the iCloud and iOS 5. Many believe that being too engrossed with the specifications of upcoming iPhone 5 is equal to missing the wood for trees. The Tuesday event has more to do with Apple's long-term strategy than with gaining upper hand in the gadget market.

Kindle Fire needs the Hewlett-Packard-owned operating system to compete with iPad.

Not all of Kindle Fire's specs have been released yet, but even without them, it could be the best tab yet.

Formerly known for its e-ink-based e-readers, Amazon's place in the tablet wars was secured Wednesday with its introduction of the new Kindle Fire. The tablet has 7-inch IPS screen, 1GHz TI OMAP dual-core CPU, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage and weighs 14.6 ounces and currently runs on a customized Android 2.3 operating system. With the long-awaited Amazon tablet now on the market, the company appears now to be poised for further expansion in the direction of e-readers and devices. Many...

Pre-orders for Amazon’s Kindle Fire has opened, but does the new Samsung Galaxy 7 Plus tablet stand a chance?

Amazon.com, which is known for its aggressive pricing strategy, didn't disappoint when setting a value on its new tablet - the Kindle Fire - which will be available for $199. The market was expecting a price in the region of $250. At $199, the 7-inch Android-based tablet is priced 60 percent below that of its competitors.

Amazon.com Inc.'s recently announced 7-inch tablet -- Kindle Fire -- appears to have already stoked the flames of the tablet market, even before it has been released.

Amazon's recently launched Kindle Fire tablet, which is priced at $199 - less than half the cost of Apple's iPad tablet, may appeal to customers who are on the lookout for a low-priced device to read books and watch movies.

Amazon.com Inc. has forayed into the already overcrowded tablet market with its Kindle Fire device, with content being its main focus.