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Amazon data center guru questions logic of Apple’s solar farm

James Hamilton is a former datacenter architect for Microsoft and the current datacenter guy for Amazon. In a recent blog post, he examines solar-powered data centers which he says are "really somewhere between a bad idea and pure marketing, where...

Competing with Apple: ‘Great products may not even be necessary’

A Dartmouth strategy professor on why Amazon may succeed and the Androids could fail

"The innovation game is changing," writes Dartmouth's Ron Adner in the Harvard Business Review. "Delivering great products is no longer sufficient for success. And as the [Amazon's Kindle] Fire's limited memory, ho-hum processor, and lack of camera demonstrate, great products may not even...

Conde Nast to track iPad readership

It's been two long years for advertisers working with Conde Nast and their digital magazines. Until now, the publication has provided advertisers with only minimal details on its digital readership. An AdAge report suggests this is all about the c...

You’re the Pundit: What’s the best way to unload your old iTech?

When it comes to forecasting the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is trade-ins (all prices quoted are as of this writing). With Amazon offeri...

Super-secret Google builds servers in the dark

Just how far will Google go to hide its custom-built data center hardware from the rest of the world? In one...

Kindle 3.0 Gets Updated For The New iPad’s Retina Display

Image courtesy of Macstories.netBy all accounts, text-heavy apps really shine on the new iPad’s Retina Display, so I’m glad to see that Amazon have already updated my favorite iOS e-reading app to work at native 2048×1536 resolution. And that’s not all. Amazon has also...

Kindle 3.0 for iOS Released with New Library Design, Retina Text

Amazon’s official Kindle app for iOS reached version 3.0 today, adding a number of improvements for the new iPad, as well as a new design for the eBook library. The new view of Kindle for iOS is organized in two separate Cloud and Device tabs. Cloud shows all items available in your online Kindle library;...

Apple Will Now Give You $320 For Your Used iPad 2

ReuseThe arrival of the new iPad will be upon us in less than two days. Selling your old iPad to supplement the cost of the new iPad can be a quick and easy way to save money. Last week we published a guide on...

iPad 2 trade-ins as high as $450 ahead of new iPad launch

If you plan to trade-in your iPad 2 and pick up a third-generation iPad when it launches on Friday morning, Apple is now giving you another option by offering up to $320 in trade-in value (Apple Store gift cards) for an iPad 2 depending on the condition and model. To get the full $320 from...

ChangeWave survey: New iPad roils the business tablet market

Planned sales of competing tablets were falling even before the new iPad was revealed

This was supposed to be the year that Apple (AAPL) started losing market share in the rapidly growing tablet market.

That may be happening among consumers, if you count the Amazon's (AMZN) Kindle Fire as a full-fledged tablet. But there's no sign of...

Apple & the book cabal: Is there a settlement in sight?

A closer look at the deal Steve Jobs offered the publishers suggests a way out

When regulators -- first at the European Commission, then last week at the U.S. Department of Justine -- alerted Apple (AAPL) and five major book publishers that they faced antitrust suits for alleged collusion to raise e-book prices, some of the...

Apple in antitrust crosshairs over e-book pricing

The Department of Justice has plans to sue Apple for allegedly colluding to fix the prices of e-books, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Until fairly recently, publishers sold books to retailers...