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Nikon D5000 DSLR Available For Preorder, Hits Best Buy Shelves After April 24

The swiveling Nikon D5000 DSLR is up for preorder over at Amazon for $850, and will be delivered to Best Buy on Friday, April 24, says our anonymous tipster from the inside. [Amazon]

Commerce Jack Loftus

Surprise! If Your Amazon Account Dies, It Takes Your Kindle With It

If you’ve read why you don’t own your digital books anymore, you’re probably not shocked to learn—unlike one unfortunate Kindle owner—if your Amazon account is suspended, your Kindle loses half its functionality. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-kindle-and-sony-reader-locked-up-why-your-books-369235 Ian had a bad habit of returning stuff too often, according to Amazon, so they suspended his account. When he went online…

Commerce Matt Buchanan

Discovering Music in 2009: The New Tools

MTV doesn’t play music videos. Magazines are dying. Radio is all about the $$$. It’s no secret the old modes of music discovery have been thrown out the window. Thankfully, new music-finders are here: I think anyone reading this understands that the internet is the new trading post for artists, listeners, critics and salesmen. It’s…

Commerce Adrian Covert

Amazon Employee Blames the French For The AmazonFail Glitch That De-Listed LGBT Books

An Amazon employee tells the Seattle PI that the glitch—not hacker—which de-listed LGBT books en masse as adult content was caused by a French employee who “filled out a form incorrectly,” branded over 50,000 items as “adult.” An Amazon spokesman wouldn’t confirm the account to the PI. Their initial glitch explanation sounded a little fishy—do…

Commerce Matt Buchanan

Hacker Claims He Shoved Amazon Into the Closet Using “Inappropriate” Flag Exploit

Okay, maybe Amazon is off the hook. The well-known troll Weev is claiming that he’s actually responsible for Amazon’s sudden surge of LGBT prudishness. Which Valleywag says actually makes sense. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-deems-lgbt-books-too-adult-for-search-best-sell-5209149 It’s startingly simple: It doesn’t take very many votes at all to get a product flagged as “inappropriate” and booted off the rankings. He…

Commerce Matt Buchanan

Amazon Unconvincingly Explains Its Bout of Homophobia Was Just a Glitch

Amazon’s now trying to explain that the blacklisting of LGBT books as “adult” titles that aren’t ranked or even searchable was just a “glitch” in its sales rankings. Amazon is not a good liar. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-deems-lgbt-books-too-adult-for-search-best-sell-5209149 Let’s look at the evidence! When Amazon Advantage member and publish Mark Probst asked Amazon why sales rankings vanished from…

Commerce Matt Buchanan

Kindle Stand Makes Reading in Bed Truly Effortless

Reading in bed sounds like a fantastic idea, but it’s a task that often leads to neck cramps and sore elbows. Until now. One exceptionally lazy reader has invented a Kindle stand that both holds the ebook and makes it easier to turn hit the page turning button. It’s essentially just a bent hanger—scratch that,…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Amazon Deems LGBT Books Too ‘Adult’ For Search, Best Seller Lists

Hey look! Amazon has a new book sales policy. The policy, instated today, spontaneously transformed many books about LGBT issues into “adult” titles, and therefore no longer includes them in the “Best Sellers” lists/rankings. UPDATED Search functionality is also affected, allegedly, as the banned books will not show up in search even when the exact…

Commerce Jack Loftus

Rumor: Kindle Screen Gonna Be Larger By Christmas

WSJ reports that Amazon is hard at work on a larger-screened Kindle. That’s not surprising—the E-Ink panel has been around for a while and is seen in other readers—but what the hell, Amazon? https://gizmodo.com/kindle-2-review-sheeeyah-more-like-kindle-1-5-5163042 Despite some parody images, the screen size is not the problem. It’s not even a problem. What’s funny is, the article,…

Commerce Wilson Rothman

Moxi Steps To TiVo, Adding Rhapsody Music and PlayOn for Netflix, Hulu and More

Digeo today brings its Moxi HD DVR in range of TiVo with some capabilities it was sorely lacking in a big way, including DLNA 1.0 for home streaming, and PlayOn for grabbing major net video. Besides adding Rhapsody music, an enhanced Flickr with “mosaic” photo viewing, and DLNA connectivity for streaming video, music and photos…

Commerce Wilson Rothman

Dealzmodo: Amazon’s 50% Off Sale On Blu-Ray Classics

Amazon’s having a week-long 50% off sale on some of their best-selling Blu-Ray titles, from The Godfather giftset to the Mission: Impossible series to Zodiac, as well as two Eddie Murphy classics, oddly. [Electronic House]

Commerce Dan Nosowitz

Variable Song Pricing Hits Amazon’s and Walmart’s Digital Music Stores

Now that Apple is slowly and quietly switching all its freshly DRM-free tracks to a popularity-based variable pricing scheme, we almost didn’t notice that Walmart and Amazon have taken the same step. https://gizmodo.com/itunes-tiered-pricing-goes-live-we-get-gently-screwed-5201633 Amazon now has prices ranging from a low of $0.79 to a high of $1.29, the same as iTunes, and its highest…

Commerce Dan Nosowitz

Photos and Video From the National Federation of The Blind’s Kindle 2 Protest

The National Federation of the Blind’s Imbroglio with the Author’s Guild and their distaste for the Kindle 2‘s text-to-speech function is heating up. Today they took it to the Guild’s own doorstep here in NYC. Basically the story is this: the Author’s Guild raised issue with the Kindle 2’s new robotic text-to-speech feature, which can…

Commerce John Mahoney

Kindle 2 Gets PDF and EPUB eBook Converter

While it’s not the grand opening of the Kindle app store or anything, a developer decided to write an app for Kindle 2 that converts .pdf and .epub docs to Kindle’s beloved .mobi format. The developer, Jesse Vincent, swears he didn’t “hack” the new Kindle—rather, he wrote a “package” that happens to run on it.…

Commerce Wilson Rothman

Rupert Murdoch Investing In a Mysterious Color eBook Reader

Rupert Murdoch, News Corp potentate and noted evil person, yesterday announced his company is “investing in a new device that has a bigger screen [than the Kindle], [and] four colors,” adding, “THE KINDLE MUST PERISH.” The statement, gleaned and confirmed by AllThingsD’s Peter Kafka, is a surprise to everyone, and wasn’t accompanied by many real…

Commerce John Herrman

Amazon Offering Wii Deals All Day, The Wii Itself Included?

Amazon’s Gold Box will be offering Wii-related deals all day. And we THINK there might even be hardware offered. 10 AM PST – “Start training now”. Is that Wii Fit or something related? 3 PM PST – ” Give me a W! Give me an I! Give me another I! What does that spell?” We’re…

Commerce Mark Wilson

Rumor: Amazon Preparing to Offer $3 HD Video On Demand

Is Amazon ready to unleash HD VOD shows on the masses? Possibly, as the search engine bots roaming the interweb today discovered a few indexed Amazon pages listing HD content for $3 an episode. New Tee Vee has a few cached images of the new shows, but as BGR notes, clicking any of the links…

Commerce Jack Loftus

This Week On Dollhouse: Patton Oswalt, Amazon Kindle, and Sassy Nerd-Jabber

On last night’s Dollhouse, geek god Patton Oswalt plays, well, a geek god who manages to name-check the Kindle in a totally non-derisive way. Check out the clip below. Elements of Nerditude: 1. Patton Oswalt. Stand-up who riffs on Star Wars and comic books. 2. Joss Whedon. Nerd legend, creator of many sounds-dorky-but-actually-awesome shows. 3.…

Commerce Dan Nosowitz

First Kindle 2 Firmware Update Available Now

In case you’re curious, Kindle 2 firmware version 2.0.2 is being rolled out to users over the air. Apparently it doesn’t really do much, except let publishers disable text-to-speech, but it’s the FIRRRRRRRRRSSST. [Engadget]

Commerce Adrian Covert

Amazon Threatens Legal Action Against Those Increasing the Kindle’s Usefulness

Amazon recently threatened the smackdown on a site offering instructions on how to trick the Kindle into reading other types of files. This isn’t a question of copyright infringement, it’s a question of control. Amazon invoked the decade-old Digital Millenium Copyright Act, or DMCA, as proof of the wrongdoing of a Russian hacker who discovered…

Commerce Dan Nosowitz

Nikon D5000 DSLR Available For Preorder, Hits Best Buy Shelves After April 24

Surprise! If Your Amazon Account Dies, It Takes Your Kindle With It

Discovering Music in 2009: The New Tools

Amazon Employee Blames the French For The AmazonFail Glitch That De-Listed LGBT Books

Hacker Claims He Shoved Amazon Into the Closet Using “Inappropriate” Flag Exploit

Amazon Unconvincingly Explains Its Bout of Homophobia Was Just a Glitch

Kindle Stand Makes Reading in Bed Truly Effortless

Amazon Deems LGBT Books Too ‘Adult’ For Search, Best Seller Lists

Rumor: Kindle Screen Gonna Be Larger By Christmas

Moxi Steps To TiVo, Adding Rhapsody Music and PlayOn for Netflix, Hulu and More

Dealzmodo: Amazon’s 50% Off Sale On Blu-Ray Classics

Variable Song Pricing Hits Amazon’s and Walmart’s Digital Music Stores

Photos and Video From the National Federation of The Blind’s Kindle 2 Protest

Kindle 2 Gets PDF and EPUB eBook Converter

Rupert Murdoch Investing In a Mysterious Color eBook Reader

Amazon Offering Wii Deals All Day, The Wii Itself Included?

Rumor: Amazon Preparing to Offer $3 HD Video On Demand

This Week On Dollhouse: Patton Oswalt, Amazon Kindle, and Sassy Nerd-Jabber

First Kindle 2 Firmware Update Available Now

Amazon Threatens Legal Action Against Those Increasing the Kindle’s Usefulness

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

Students Are Now Renting Smart Glasses to Cheat on Exams

Roborock F25 GT Cordless Vacuum and Mop Hits Its Lowest Price in Spring Sale, 20,000Pa Cleaning Power Without the Premium Price Tag

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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