Arizona issues Amazon a sales tax bill for $53 million

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Almost 13,000 boycott Amazon.com

Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 03:45 Written by External Post Tuesday, 27 December 2011 03:45

A flurry of patents suits hits Amazon

Last Updated on Monday, 31 October 2011 02:40 Written by a2e Monday, 31 October 2011 02:40

Amazon.com, the world’s biggest online retailer, was hit with a flurry of intellectual property and related technology lawsuits in the third quarter.

In its quarterly earnings report filed yesterday with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Amazon, No. 1 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, revealed that the company is now battling 18 separate intellectual property lawsuits, including eight filed in September.

The latest round of intellectual property and technology litigation filed against Amazon includes:



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Amazon Black Friday deal: $89 Kindle 2

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:03 Written by External Post Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:03

Alert. Amazon just slipped a little Black Friday deal onto its Facebook page: $89 for its second-generation Kindle. Here’s the full text of the message: We don’t know how long the deal will last (it starts at 9 a.m. PT) but the price seems somewhat
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Amazon?s Price Check Might Be Perfect Smartphone Shopping App

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 08:57 Written by External Post Tuesday, 23 November 2010 08:57

Say It brings up a picture of a microphone with an “I’m listening” message. Speak a product’s name into the smartphone mic, and Amazon will try to find it. The speech recognition is a little iffy, and obviously homophones give it some trouble (my
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Amazon One-Ups Walmart, Expands Disc+ Program

Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 November 2010 04:42 Written by External Post Wednesday, 3 November 2010 04:42

Amazon is expanding its Disc+ On Demand program and now making it available for more than 10,000 titles, just a day after Walmart dipped its toes in the optical-plus-digital pool with a promotion that allows Toy Story 3 buyers to stream the movie on Vudu.
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Amazon Prevails In State Sales Tax Dispute, Thus Far

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 03:40 Written by External Post Wednesday, 27 October 2010 03:40

snsh writes “A US judge has ruled for Amazon.com against North Carolina’s request to turn over the names of its customers to state tax officials. The ruling was focused on privacy grounds, so the state can still re-request less detailed sales data which
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Amazon Now Embraces Nookish ?Sophie?s Choice? Lending Features

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 October 2010 04:40 Written by External Post Wednesday, 27 October 2010 04:40

pnjunction on Google TV Growing Pains: Networks Block Web TV Shows turkuchat on Three Major Record Labels Join the ‘Choruss’ anonWired on Comcast Gives ‘TV Anywhere’ Another Nudge in Right Direction jodamn on Intuit Squares Off In Mobile Credit,
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US judge backs Amazon in privacy case

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:01 Written by External Post Tuesday, 26 October 2010 03:01

A US federal judge ruled on Monday that Amazon would not have to turn over detailed records on nearly 50 million purchases to North Carolina tax collectors. The state had demanded sensitive information including the names and addresses of North Carolina
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Amazon To Allow Book Lending On the Kindle

Last Updated on Monday, 25 October 2010 03:20 Written by External Post Monday, 25 October 2010 03:20

angry tapir writes “One of the oldest customs of book lovers and libraries lending out favorite titles to friends and patrons is finally getting recognized in the electronic age, at least in one electronic book reader: Amazon has announced that it ,
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