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	The Kindle Fire: Clunky but Content-Rich New York Times (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011 Josh Haner/The New York TimesJeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon, introduced the Kindle Fire in New York. As gadget reviewers have pointed out, the newly released Amazon Kindle Fire is clunky and slow ...
Nvidia Wins Processor Slot In Next Kindle Fire, Analyst Says Forbes - 30 Nov, 2011 Nvidia will supply the application processor in the second version of the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, Canaccord Genuity analyst Bobby Burleson asserts in a research note. He attributes the information to “conversations with sources in the tablet supply ...
Holiday Survey Shows Most of Holiday Budget Will Be Spent on Electronics ... MarketWatch (press release) - 30 Nov, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 30, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TechBargains, a leading deal aggregation website for electronics products, released its 2011 Holiday Survey, revealing that despite the weak economy consumers are still buying large amounts of consumer ...
Lawmaker dissatisfied with Amazon's answers on Kindle Fire's data harvesting Computerworld - 30 Nov, 2011 Computerworld - Amazon told a Massachusetts congressman that the Silk browser in its Kindle Fire tablet doesn't pose a privacy threat to consumers, but the lawmaker wasn't ready to give the online retailer a pass. Rep. ...
Find the Perfect E-Reader PCWorld - 30 Nov, 2011 We analyzed the trends in e-readers, and tested the top e-readers head-to-head to help you choose the best one for your needs. By Melissa J. Perenson, PCWorld Barnes & Noble Nook Simple TouchWe've seen lots of changes in the e-reader market over the ...
	Tech Gift Guide Bloomberg - 30 Nov, 2011 This was the year everything went mobile. Books, newspapers, movies, and photos all followed music up to the cloud and back down again onto an ever-expanding array of portable devices ...
Splashtop is on Fire! (On Amazon's Kindle Fire, That Is) San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - 30 Nov, 2011 Splashtop Inc., the worldwide leader in cross-device computing, today announced that Splashtop Remote Desktop is available for the Kindle Fire. Splashtop Remote Desktop enhances the capabilities of the Kindle Fire to make it more than an eReader or way ...
Lawmaker Demands Details About Kindle Fire, Silk Browser Privacy PC Magazine - 30 Nov, 2011 In a letter to Rep. Edward Markey, Amazon this week reiterated that the Silk browser on its Kindle Fire tablet does not collect identifying information about its users, but Markey said he was not satisfied with Amazon's responses. ...
Kindle sales surge on Black Friday Montreal Gazette - 30 Nov, 2011 Amazon.com Inc. said it saw a surge in sales of its Kindle devices, helped by its new Kindle Fire tablet, on the crucial "Black Friday" shopping day after the United States' Thanksgiving holiday. ...
Lawmaker Presses Amazon On Kindle Fire Privacy Wall Street Journal - 30 Nov, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) said Tuesday that Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) hasn't provided sufficient detail about how it plans to use customer information gathered through its Kindle Fire, ...
Lawmaker Presses Amazon On Kindle Fire Privacy Wall Street Journal - 30 Nov, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Rep. Ed Markey (D., Mass.) said Tuesday Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) has not provided sufficient detail about how it plans to use customer information gathered through the Kindle Fire, ...
US Rep Markey Quizzes Amazon Over Kindle Privacy Wall Street Journal (India) - ‎Nov 29, 2011‎ US Rep. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat who is co-chairman of the bipartisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, said Amazon.com (AMZN) hasn't provided enough information about privacy and security protections in the new Kindle Fire tablet, ...
	Amazon, Apple claim Black Friday success Hindustan Times - ‎Nov 29, 2011‎ Tech giant Apple and online retailer Amazon both were, unsurprisingly, very successful on this past Black Friday with sales of the Kindle Fire being particularly strong, according to preliminary reports that have been released or leaked. ...
	Boot up: Facebook IPO 'in Q2 2012', inside Amazon.com, and more The Guardian (blog) - ‎Nov 29, 2011‎ A quick burst of 13 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team "Most people don't get just how long-term Facebook is thinking. Many of its product decisions cause public unrest because Facebook is planning for 3, 5 or 10 years from ...
Splashtop on Kindle Fire YouTube - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Splashtop on Fire! Remote in to your PC or Mac. Hulu, Microsoft Office, Windows Media Player and more!
Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch PC Magazine - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Bottom Line: Thanks to plenty of upgrades, a new lower price, no ads, and a laser-sharp focus on the reading experience, the refreshed Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch keeps its Editors' Choice award. by Jamie Lendino Amazon may have finally released ...
Kindle Touch Review: Finally, a Touch E-reader for Amazon PCWorld - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ The Kindle Touch (Wi-Fi + 3G) is the flagship of Amazon's Kindle e-reader line. The addition of touch navigation aligns Amazon's Kindle with its competition, but a few debatable interface and physical design choices reduce my enthusiasm for this ...
Cyber Monday deals 2011: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Dell and more Los Angeles Times - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎ Cyber Monday is to online shopping what Black Friday is to brick-and-mortar retail stores. And Cyber Monday 2011 is expected to be a big one -- possibly record-setting. But, just as with Black Friday, everyone seems to be having a sale, ...
	Should you ask Santa for a tablet or an e-reader? KSDK - 30 Nov, 2011 These slate-style computers and dedicated electronic readers top many wish lists this holiday season. Yet, the landscape for the popular devices is changing. Despite the iPad's dominance, multimedia-capable tablets are no ...
Kindle Fire update makes things run a bit smoother Gamertell (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011 The Kindle Fire is immensely popular. We'd love to go into details about how many people bought a Kindle Fire, but Amazon is always so secretive about actual sales figures. For now, I think it's safe to say ...
	Cyanogen Mod 7 arrives on Kindle Fire Gigjets (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011 One of the most popular custom ROM for your Android device has made its way to the Amazon Kindle Fire. It is of course Cyanogen Mod and the latest 0f it �" Cyanogen Mod 7 has made it to the Gingerbread based Kindle Fire. However the CM7 build for the ...
	Kindle Fire Becomes BestBuy.com's Best Selling Tablet Online, Beats the iPad Technabob (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011 I knew that Amazon's Kindle Fire was hot, no pun intended, but it looks like it is literally on fire, pun intended. The Fire has occupied the top spot on Amazon's best sellers list for weeks now. That's no surprise, since it is their tablet, ...
Buzzkill: Kindle Fire 6.2 Update Removes Root. (But You Can Re-root) Gadgetsteria - 30 Nov, 2011 It appears Amazon is taking an Apple-like approach to Android root users of the new Kindle Fire tablet. The latest Kindle Fire 6.2 update not only adds vaguely worded “improvements”, it removes the root permissions. But don't worry. It's not all bad. ...
Amazon Updates Kindle Fire, Breaks Rooting WebProNews - 30 Nov, 2011 Late last night Amazon released version 6.2 of the Android-based operating system for their new and popular Kindle Fire tablet. Surprisingly, they neglected to include a change log identifying new features of the software. Reports indicate that the ...
	Amazon Updates Kindle Fire Quietly, Breaks Root ITProPortal - 30 Nov, 2011 Online retail giant Amazon has dished out a new update for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet that uninstalls the root on the device. According to Liliputing, Amazon has kept quiet about the update, secretly updating the device without giving users any ...
Kindle Fire outsells iPad at Best Buy tuaw.com - 30 Nov, 2011 There are several factors playing into this: The iPad 2's been around for more than half a year while the Kindle Fire is still new. Unlike other Android-based tablets, the Fire is intricately linked to ...
Why I'm Adding Amazon to My Watchlist Motley Fool - 30 Nov, 2011 As portfolio manager of Tier 1 Investments, a Motley Fool Rising Star Portfolio, my mission is to identify the best businesses in the world and invest in them at attractive prices. One of the ways I do that is by ...
Kindle Fire Update Autoruns, De-Roots Jailbroken Devices (AMZN) Financial News Network Online - 30 Nov, 2011 By FNNO Staff in News corner, AMZN, amazon, nasdaq:amzn 5) Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) newest software update for its Kindle Fire apparently activates automatically upon detection of a Wi-Fi connection, then de-roots jailbroken devices and removes access to ...
	Kindle Fire Hacked To Run Nintendo 64 Games Geeky gadgets - 30 Nov, 2011 Owners of the new Amazon Kindle, who have already become a little bored with the range of games available for the new Amazon Android tablet. Might be please to know that a developer has been able to created an emulator that will allow classic Nintendo ...
64% of holiday shoppers plan to buy a tablet this year VatorNews - 30 Nov, 2011 A new survey released Wednesday morning by TechBargains, an aggregation site for tech deals, shows that once again, consumer electronics are at the top of everyone's holiday shopping lists this year. On average, consumers plan to spend a full quarter ...