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Sony PSP Go price cut

The Sony PSP has been out less than a week, but already retailers are slashing the prices of the PSP Go in the UK.

Amazon.co.uk, Play.com, HMV and GAME have cut 11% off the RRP taking the price of the console from its original £225 down to £199.

The move...

Amazon settles for $150,000 over Kindle deletion

Amazon's decision to remotely delete digital copies of George Orwell's 1984 from customer's Kindles has cost it $150,000.

The figure - a settlement amount reached between Amazon and a high school student - is in addition to the $30 compensation it offered each...

Amazon to make UK Kindle announcement next week

The Kindle's UK launch has been a much talked-up affair, but "authoritative sources" are now backing up previous whispers that the device will debut in October.

Those sources, speaking to The Bookseller, suggest the Kindle's arrival to the UK market will be...

iRex DR800SG, how does it compare to the other ebook readers?

iRex is the latest player to enter the ebook market with the launch of the iRex DR800SG, but how does it compare to the other main competitors on the market?

In an attempt to boast an open approach and show you how it fairs against the other digital readers,...

Amazon releases unbranded cables, blank media

Amazon has launched a range of "Basics" products in the US - a self-branded set of bog-standard cables, blank CDs, blank DVDs, etc. The company says that additional accessories and other items will be added to the range in the coming months.

Amazon's Paul Ryder...

Steve Jobs explains lack of camera in iPod touch, questions Kindle success

Steve Jobs has answered criticism over the lack of camera on the new iPod touch by saying that the move was based on getting the device to be as cheap as possible rather than feature rich.

In a Q and A session with the New York Times, the Apple CEO has said...

E-book reader owners in UK happy with hardware

UK users have given e-book readers the thumbs up in a recent YouGov survey, but are dissatisfied with the current content available.

The new research, "The E-Reader Experience", reveals that clarity of screen, physical size and weight and build quality of e-book...

Amazon accuses Google of seeking book monopoly

Amazon has officially filed its complaint against Google's eBook plans at the ongoing settlement hearing in New York. In a rather rich twist, the online paperback retailing giant has accused the search company of looking to corner the digital book market. The project concerned...

Monster, Kingston sign up to Amazon's "frustration-free" packaging

In the States, Amazon has announced the "next phase" of its "frustration-free packaging" initiative.

Kingston and Monster are now joining the Amazon scheme to offer easy-to-open, environmentally friendly packaging.

Consumers have also been able...

The complete guide to eBook readers - August 2009

With Sony's official launch of the Touch Edition and Pocket Edition, there's now officially more eBook readers on the market than you can shake an entire branch of sticks at. Some are quite expensive, others very expensive and they all seem to support their own unique text...

iRex and Barnes and Noble announce ebook team up

iRex and Barnes & Noble have announced that when iRex launches its consumer ebook reader in the States later this year, it will include access to the Barnes & Noble eBookstore.

This will give users of the device access to more than 750,000 titles, including...

Daily Tech Deal: Sony Walkman NWZX1050 16GB

For today's tech deal we have the Sony Wallkman NWZX1050 which is on sale at Amazon for £164.98, down from its RRP of £214. We have just posted a review where it received an 8/10 score so if you're in the market this might well be worth a look.

Specs include...

Zelda: Spirit Tracks dated and priced by Amazon

Release details for the forthcoming Nintendo DS title, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, have been outed online over at Amazon.

The etailer has revealed that the game, previously only confirmed for a Christmas 2009 release, will go on sale on 4 December....

VIDEO: Kindle, Apple tablet predicted in 1994

Back in 1994, when this video was produced, one speaking head says, "It may be difficult to conceptualize the idea of digital paper", but claims it's the future.

Predicting both the current gen of Kindle-esque eBook readers, as well as the kind of tablet...

Open Book Alliance formed against Google

Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo are to go up against Google in an attempt to stop the search engine company creating the largest virtual library.

According to the BBC, the three companies oppose a legal settlement that could make Google the main source for many...

Sony dumping proprietary eBook formats

Sony, a company known for its insistence on proprietary formats, has announced that it'll be supporting the open ePub format on its eBook readers from now onward.

The ePub format was created by publishers to prevent Amazon gaining a monopoly over eBooks in the...

Amazon offers shopping app for Android

Following the launch of an app for the iPhone, and RIM's BlackBerry devices, Amazon has now announced the launch of similar software for Android phones.

As well as plain old shopping on Amazon, the app includes the experimental "Amazon Remembers" feature that...

Amazon on demand comes to Panasonic Blu-ray players

Owners of any of the 2009 Panasonic Blu-ray players launched earlier in the year will now be able to get more than just Blu-ray on their TV, following a deal between the TV maker and Amazon.

According to Panasonic, current owners of Panasonic’s 2009 Blu-ray...

Flexible e-ink display "months away"

A Cambridge-based company is "months away" from launching an e-ink reader with a flexible screen, according to The Times. Plastic Logic reckons that it'll be able to have a product in the market in early 2009.

The company has spent a decade and £120 million...

Snow Leopard goes to number one on Amazon.com pre-order

Apple has released its next operating system for pre-order in the States, just a couple of weeks after Microsoft did the same for its forthcoming OS.

Apple's Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 and Microsoft's Windows 7 will go almost head-to-head with September and October...

PS3 Slim appears on Amazon in Germany

Over the weekend a particular page on the German version of Amazon has been getting a lot of attention. The page is supposedly for the coming soon "PlayStation 3 Konsole slim".

With poor quality, if not downright dodgy images uploaded by an individual, rather...

Student sues Amazon over Kindle deletion

A 17-year-old high school student in the States is suing Amazon over its recent ill-advised remote deletion of two George Orwell titles from consumer's Kindles.

Amazon sold consumers the books - 1984 and Animal Farm - but later pulled them when it realised there...

Scott Pilgrim video game planned

Cult comic Scott Pilgrim is to be made into a video game, confirmed the creator, Brian Lee O'Malley, at the San Diego Comic Convention over the weekend.

A feature film is already in the works, starring Michael Cera and is currently filming in Toronto. The graphic...

Amazon boss apologises for Orwellian Kindle blunder

The founder and CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has issued a humble, "deep" apology for a blunder the company recently made regarding its Kindle ebook reader.

Upon realising two George Orwell titles, Animal Farm and 1984, published for the Kindle did not have the...

Amazon acquires Zappos.com

In what's being reported as a "if you can't beat 'em, buy 'em" move, Amazon has announced an agreement to acquire Zappos.com, an online footwear and clothing retailer in the States.

Zappos, based out of headquarters in Las Vegas, apparently enjoys a good reputation...