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Amazon Now Owns the Concept of One-Click Online Checkouts [Patents]
Olympus PEN E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera now shipping for $600
Next month? Psshh. For those hankering for a slice of that oh-so-tempting Micro Four Thirds pie, Olympus’ new and improved PEN E-PL1 is now shipping (in blue and gold, anyway) from Amazon. If you’ll recall, the company told us that it wouldn’t be available until March when it launched three weeks ago, but hey, you won’t find us kvetching about early availability. For those who’ve forgotten, this compact camera touts the same 12.3 megapixel image sensor as the E-30 and E-620, and the $599.99 asking price also nets you a 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko zoom lens. Good luck resisting.
[Thanks, Ron]
Olympus PEN E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera now shipping for $600 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Microsoft and Amazon announce open-source patent agreement, trinkets in exchange for air kisses
Mention “Microsoft” and “open-source” in the same breath and you’re guaranteed to create a suspicion interrupt within the Linux community. Toss in “patent agreement” and out come the irate spokesmen. So imagine the response to the announcement that Microsoft and Amazon have reached a cross-patent agreement that gives Amazon the right to use open-source software in its Kindle in exchange for an undisclosed tithe to Redmond. Microsoft also gains rights to Amazon’s patent portfolio.
The move prompted Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, to claim that Microsoft appears to be trying to, “create uncertainty around Linux.” Mind you, this isn’t just tin-foil worry from the wire colander collective, Microsoft claims that free and open-source software violates some 235 Microsoft patents. A big enough stick to coax a number of companies — like Novell, Linspire, Xandros, Apple, and HP — into striking agreements with Microsoft or risk litigation as was the case with TomTom. Agreements that Canonical’s Mark Shuttelworth called, “Trinkets in exchange for air kisses,” or “patent terrorism” if you prefer Sun Microsystems’ take.
Microsoft and Amazon announce open-source patent agreement, trinkets in exchange for air kisses originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Why Walmart Paid $100 Million (!!) for Vudu [Unconfirmed]
Vudu, despite being a swanky video service with delicious 1080p streaming, never made any money. So why did Walmart just drop $100 million on a failing service? Peter Kafka reports it’s because Vudu convinced Walmart its video compression was nigh-wizardry.
The standard assumption was that Walmart wanted Vudu’s baked-in deals with Hollywood studios, so it’s interesting they were after the tech. There is some truth to Vudu’s claims, for sure: They were the first to roll out 1080p streaming at very nice bitrates compared to most services, and the video looked amazing for it. (But the compression wasn’t that damned magical, since action scenes with its HDX 1080p streams would still spike up to 20Mbps, and averaged around 9Mbps. Zune’s 1080p service requires an internet connection of at least 10-12Mbps, so it’s probably in the same ballpark.) Either way, their tech was good enough to interest Cisco as well, Kafka hears, which probably helped drive up the price.
Amazon, here comes Walmart. [MediaMemo]
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Compare Product Prices from eBay and Amazon
Amazon or eBay? If you are wondering which of these online shopping sites would offer you the cheapest rates for that book or music DVD, here’s help.
Amazon and eBay Comparison Shopping
Q-Compare is a useful tool that will let you compare prices of products from both eBay and Amazon marketplaces on the same page. You may use the service to compare the current prices and shipping charges of books, DVDs, electronics and all the other product categories.
What’s unique about Q-Compare is that it works for all countries where eBay has a presence. For instance, you can select “India” as your country and the tool will only display products that are available for auction / sale on the eBay India site (ebay.in).
All prices are listed in USD but if you open the actual eBay listing, they will be converted into your local currency. Thanks Phil Bradley for the tip!
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Kindle App For BlackBerry Now Available In US [Blackberry Apps]
It was threatened, and thus now available. Hit up the BlackBerry App World to download the free Kindle app now—but only if you live in the US. And are happy paying up to a tenner to read a book on a 2.44″ screen. [THINQ]
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Kindle for BlackBerry e-reader app now available
Amazon is today adding BlackBerrys to its stable of Kindle-compatible devices and also taking the opportunity to remind us that it’s working hard on Mac and iPad versions of its software. The app is a freebie download for Americans (sadly it’s not international just yet) and should offer the same functionality as its PC and iPhone brethren — namely automatic syncing via Whispersync and what Amazon hopes will be a seamless reading experience from one device to the next. There’s also an in-app book store, as well as the ability to create bookmarks and view annotations from other portable Kindle readers. Go download it at the Amazon link if you care, or move right along if you don’t.
Kindle for BlackBerry e-reader app now available originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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HP to undercut iPad price, iPad to undercut Amazon e-books prices, Courier to rule them all?
Today’s Apple rumor roundup is brought to you by the word “money.” First up is a piece carried by the New York Times citing no less than three people familiar with provisions that would require publishers to discount best seller e-book prices sold on Apple’s iPad. In other words, below the $12.99 to $14.99 price dictated by the new agency model — prices Amazon is being strong-armed into accepting. Apple’s prices could be as low as Amazon’s previously magical $9.99 price point for some titles just as soon as they hit the New York Times best-seller lists. Discounted hardcover editions could be priced at $12.99 even if they do not hit the best-seller list.
The Wall Street Journal, meanwhile, has a pair of sources saying that HP will be meeting with its US and Taiwanese partners to “tweak prices and features” on its upcoming Slate. The move is meant to capitalize on a recent uptick in tablet interest with hopes of undercutting the $629 price of the similarly spec’d 3G-enabled iPad. Although it was introduced before the iPad, HP deliberatly held back on announcing a ship date or pricing so that it could tweak the Slate accordingly.
Also noteworthy is renewed attention given to Microsoft’s Courier. The WSJ says that Microsoft continues work on its two-screen Courier tablet at its Alchemy Ventures incubation laboratory in Seattle. However, it’s still unclear whether Microsoft will launch the device.
HP to undercut iPad price, iPad to undercut Amazon e-books prices, Courier to rule them all? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Samsung R430 / R540 laptops now partying stateside
That might pretty Touch of Color aesthetic Samsung’s been rather fond of is popping up on the virtual US retail shelves by way of the 15.6-inch R530 laptop. Both it and the black 14-inch R430 are sporting a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD, and Intel’s stock-in-trade GMA 4500MHD graphics. Interestingly enough, both are priced at $654, so 15.6 inches of screen space is just a tinge too big or you think ToC is a rather silly look, you’re not being punished.
Samsung R430 / R540 laptops now partying stateside originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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