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Barnes & Noble's attempt to beat Amazon's Kindle resulted in Nook Color, the Rolls Royce of eReaders on which recently a developer ported the tablet specific Android 3.0 or Honeycomb.

Amazon.com founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos trimmed his stake in the world's biggest online retailer to under 20 percent last year, a regulatory filing showed on Friday, a day after the company reported quarterly results.

Sliding profit margins at Amazon.com prompted mixed reactions from analysts on Friday, a day after it posted quarterly results, though most of them stuck to their top ratings on the world's largest online retailer.

Amazon.com founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos trimmed his stake in the world's biggest online retailer to under 20 percent last year, a regulatory filing showed on Friday, a day after the company reported quarterly results.

Amazon.com investors got a wake-up call on Thursday when the world's biggest online retailer said its profit margins were sliding as it spends money on massive new distribution centers and acquisitions.

Verizon Communications announced its plan to acquire Terremark, an Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider for $1.4 billion in cash to bulwark its everything-as-a-service cloud strategy. The acquisition of Terremark confirms that Verizon has more on its mind than just telecommunications.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: PMC-Sierra, Thoratec, Amazon.com, Digital River, Amedisys, Werner Enterprises, Tessera Technologies, LTX-Credence, PSS World Medical, and Patterson-UTI Energy.

Microsoft Corp's quarterly profit fell slightly as the world's largest software maker was hit by slower-than expected growth in computer sales.

For the first time, sales from Kindle books outsold their paperback counterparts sooner than expected.

Amazon.com posted quarterly revenue that fell short of analysts' estimates on Thursday and its shares fell almost 10 percent.

Shares of Amazon.com rose on Thursday, hours before the Web retailer is expected to report impressive quarterly revenue gains from the holiday season, though 2011 profit margins may temper investor enthusiasm.

Amazon.com should report impressive fourth-quarter sales on Thursday, fueled by the holiday season, while Wall Street will watch for clues about the retailer's profit margins in 2011.

Amazon.com announced the launch of Kindle Singles digital books that are longer than a magazine article but shorter than a typical book. Priced between $0.99 and $4.99, each Kindle Single is intended to allow a single killer idea - well researched, well argued and well illustrated - to be expressed at its natural length.

U.S. online retailer Amazon.Com is to buy the 58 percent of British DVD and games rental firm Lovefilm it does not already own for an undisclosed price, it said on Thursday.

Amazon.Com is to buy the 58 percent of British DVD and games rental firm Lovefilm it does not already own for an undisclosed price, it said on Thursday.

While the LivingSocial deal offering a $20 Amazon gift card for $10 was too good for many, there were several secret angels working behind the marketing and promotion of the gift cards - celebrities such as Snooki, Paris Hilton among others

Amazon.com said it agreed to acquire the remaining shares in DVD rental firm Lovefilm International Limited. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Rumours began circulating yesterday that Apple's (AAPL) white Iphone 4 will finally start making its way to shelves form February 27th.

The local coupon company LivingSocial made headlines on Wednesday with a half-price Amazon gift card, the largest deal in the company's history.

The text of the 14-page complaint against the iPad hackers.

Amazon Web Services LLC, an Amazon.com company, launched AWS Elastic Beanstalk for Java developers.

Rusnano will invest $700 million in British Plastic technology firm Plastic Logic to produce basic plastic computer components in Russia.

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Search giant Google has acquired start-up firm eBook Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed sum, a move that is likely to boost its recently launched eBook store.

Amazon's Infrastructure-as-an-offering (IaaS) the EC2, though synonymous with cost savings for businesses, is also gaining reputation as a potential tool in the hands of malicious code crackers.

Smartronix announced the launch of the new Treasury.gov web site and the migration of four other agency sites to Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, marking the first time a cabinet level agency has moved its Web sites to AWS.

A security researcher says he has figured out a quick and inexpensive way to break a commonly used form of password protection for wireless networks using powerful computers that anybody can lease from Amazon.com Inc over the Web.

S&P Equity Research predicts slower, but healthier growth in the technology sector in 2011, including notable developments regarding new products, international activity, and M&A deals.

Amazon announced that its Kindle apps will now be available for Android and Windows based tablets as part of its Buy Once, Read Everywhere strategy.