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Downloads Searches the Amazon.co.uk products database based on product name. The biggest advantage is the small size which fits all desktops.
[April 26, 2007, 6:32]
Amazon UK accused of treating staff harshly
News Temporary workers at Amazon.com's UK fulfilment centres risk being terminated if they call in sick and are required to work seven days a week, according to a report published on Sunday in the The Times.
[December 16, 2008, 9:38]
Amazon UK enjoys busiest day ever
News Amazon UK recorded its busiest ever day of trading last month in the run-up to Christmas 2004. Amazon UK's overall sales during the pre-Christmas period were also the highest since its launch in 1998, according to the company.
[January 4, 2005, 12:55]
Amazon UK reports record Christmas
News With up to half a million items delivered worldwide every day through the peak period, Amazon is claiming a record-breaking Christmas for sales in the UK. Amazon.co.uk said on Wednesday it delivered up to 256 tonnes of goods on the busiest days of...
[December 29, 2005, 12:40]
Amazon UK lands Borders deal
News Announced on Wednesday, the deal adds to similar relationships Amazon.co.uk has with other high-street retailers such as Waterstones, and provides Borders with an e-commerce site with a look and feel very similar to Amazon's own site.
[October 27, 2004, 13:00]
Amazon.co.uk refuses to join UK charts
News Online sales are soon to begin contributing to UK music charts, but Amazon.co.uk will not be participating, the company said Thursday. We are selective with the information that we share with external audiences, and will not be providing data for...
[September 28, 2000, 15:00]
Amazon.co.uk stomps onto British gaming scene
News Online retailer Amazon announced its intention to take the UK gaming scene by storm Tuesday with the launch of a games and software Net store. PC & Video Games and Software' is one more step towards achieving our goal of being the place where...
[July 18, 2000, 11:00]
Amazon.co.uk to take Xbox preorders
News Internet retailer Amazon.co.uk will be among a select group of British retailers taking preorders for Microsoft's Xbox, the market's newest computer game console, the company has said. In the US, Amazon had sold out of its allotment in five minutes...
[November 15, 2001, 15:43]
Amazon's Kindle lights no UK fires
Blog Everybody seems to be talking about Amazon's new Kindle e-book reader just now, and if you're wondering why there's no coverage on ZDNet UK Reviews, it's because the device is not yet available for sale this side of the pond.
[November 21, 2007, 12:43]
Amazon UK reports record Christmas
Talkback Amazon's affiliate (associate) tracking systems broke in the UK during late November and may still be broken now. These errors cascaded through the whole Amazon Web Services system - all six 'locales' .com, .ca, .co.uk, .fr, .de and .co.jp appear...
[January 2, 2006, 3:47]
Christmas spending flows to Amazon UK
News Amazon UK handled 750,000 orders on 4 December, its busiest day of the year, which was equal to nine orders per second. Internet retailing has taken another huge step forward this Christmas," said Brian McBride, managing director of Amazon.co.uk.
[December 28, 2006, 15:53]
Bookpages aims to be UK's Amazon.com
News UK Internet book seller Bookpages is aiming to become this country's answer to Amazon.com with a string of initiatives kicking off this week with a loyalty points scheme. Our objective is to be the equivalent of Amazon in the UK," Murdoch said.
[September 10, 1997, 8:00]
Amazon UK enjoys busiest day ever
Talkback I wonder if Amazon would have been so busy if users understood how their account detials can be viewed by other users of the same machine - a serious breach of security for users placing orders in internet cafes.
[January 20, 2005, 15:00]
Amazon UK enjoys busiest day ever
Talkback maybe that accounts for why none of the 5 orders I placed for xmas were despatched (let alone delivered) to the dates Amazon stated in the orders ! I cancelled one order and am still waiting for 2 others.
[January 5, 2005, 10:51]
Amazon UK enjoys busiest day ever
Talkback Similarly, my items still hadn't been despatched after my expected delivery date. I emailed their customer services. My Items were found to have been "delayed" in the warehouse. In the end they were delivered in time for Christmas.
[January 5, 2005, 11:29]
Amazon's Kindle lights no UK fires
Blog Comment I have to agree with you, some people in the blogosphere were speculating that it could do for e-books what the iPod did for music, but e-books are not as in demand as music for. In addition, these days; trains, cafe's and some public areas all...
[November 21, 2007, 22:49]
Amazon's Kindle lights no UK fires
Blog Comment Kindle isnt just an e-book reader. You can read Newspapaers (by subscription) and popular blogs everywhere as it doesnt need starbucks (wifi). I have a gorgeous N95 with data allowance yet I consider this to be a proper "reading" device.
[November 23, 2007, 15:53]
Amazon's Kindle lights no UK fires
Blog Comment I've been reading books on my mobile phone for years. The narrow column is ideal for readability. Why else do newspapers and magazines use narrow columns? Because it's faster and easier to read than wide lines of text.
[January 12, 2008, 9:20]
Amazon's Kindle lights no UK fires
Blog Comment An astonishing number of people seem to be only too happy to slag off Kindle when they don't have one or haven't bothered to spend even 15 minutes researching it. The idea of Kindle's wireless is that you don't have to "manage" it, and it just...
[November 22, 2007, 10:37]
Amazon's Kindle lights no UK fires
Blog Comment limey has the ipod mp3 argument the wrong way around - the small size of mobile phones make them more portable and convenient than something trying to pretend its 'really a real book'. Oh and mobile phones have built in 'wireless'.
[January 11, 2008, 21:32]
