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RSS amazon in newsOfcom grapples with 2012 Olympic spectrum
News Photos: Amazon enters the e-book world Ofcom has published a consultation document on the spectrum requirements for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The consultation is seeking to identify what applications might need... [30 Nov 2007]
Steve Jobs top of the Power pops
News Jeff Bezos Amazon Jobs took the top spot in Fortune magazine's Power 25 for 2007, for having "twice altered the direction of the computer industry". Apple's launch of the Apple II in 1977 "kicked off the PC era", wrote... [29 Nov 2007]
CIO Essentials: Vista, Kindle and data breaches
News Photos: Amazon enters the e-book world Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past seven... [27 Nov 2007]
European software industry gets big thumbs up
News Jeff Bezos Amazon At an awards ceremony in Brussels, Intellect announced the top European IT companies for 2007 - the 'Truffle 100'. Agenda Setters 2007 - Top 20 Find out who made it into silicon.com's Agenda Setters top... [22 Nov 2007]
Gartner: CIOs - develop business analytics or IT loses out
News Jeff Bezos Amazon CIOs that want to protect their IT budget from being slashed need to develop business analytic capabilities, according to new research from IT analyst group Gartner. Pressure on IT budgets should be... [21 Nov 2007]
Women vs men: Who's more web-savvy?
News Top 20 UK websites by time spent online, April 2007 (million hours)* ebay.co.uk (19.3) bebo.com (9.1) bbc.co.uk (8.2) google.co.uk (8.2) myspace.com (8.1) msn.com (7.0) yahoo.co.uk (5.3) youtube.com (4.5) facebook.com (4.3)... [23 Aug 2007]
Google: Personalisation is the future
News To avert the problem of inappropriate personalised results - such as the Amazon.com suggestions based on one abnormal purchase - Google searchers can see their search history and remove particular searches to tweak the... [23 Aug 2007]
dotMobi hands out free domains for cities
News It has been available now for more than a year and almost 600,000 domains have been registered but the scheme has attracted criticism from analysts who believe that, rather than having an extra domain extension for mobile-optimised... [11 Jul 2007]
Google, Microsoft doomed to fail?
News Amazon.com Google and Microsoft could be among the famous high-tech names to disappear from the corporate landscape within the next 20 years if a cycle of how companies die repeats itself. A study of the profits of 3,200... [08 Jun 2007]
Retailers ignoring their online shoppers
News Amazon UK, Tesco.com, Argos, Play.com and Amazon.com top the list. UK high street stores are climbing up the list of top online retail sites but many retailers are still letting the online opportunity... [30 May 2007]
Amazon to open DRM-less digital song store
News Amazon.com plans to launch a digital music store later this year, featuring music downloads without copyright restrictions. Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive, said in a statement: "Our MP3-only... [16 May 2007]
Microsoft tech tapped by mobile web start-up
News Hertz said ZenZui does have agreements with several companies to let them use their content in the trial, including ABC News, Amazon.com and Wired magazine. A start-up called ZenZui is leaning on Microsoft's research... [28 Mar 2007]
Extra Vista discount for SMEs
News Another reader pointed out that many US retailers already offer Vista at 10 per cent below list price: "Honestly, it leaves much to be desired (and I speak not as a Linux or Apple zealot), especially as you can easily find Vista... [27 Mar 2007]
Red Hat to sell open-source buddies' wares
News The company will use customer feedback mechanisms to rate the open source options, similar to Amazon.com rankings, said Mike Evans, Red Hat's vice president of partner development. Red Hat, planning a new expansion... [15 Mar 2007]
Blighty Vista "overcharging" attacked
News For example, according to the recommended retail prices on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, Vista Ultimate is pegged at £203 ($399.99) in the US, and £369.99 in the UK. As businesses and consumers grapple... [26 Feb 2007]
