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Amazon Search Bar
Downloads You will be able to quickly search any specific product line on Amazon.com. Amazon is the one of the Internet best recourses for buying products online. If you like to shop at Amazon.com, download and install this executable and in seconds you will...
[November 15, 2005, 12:01]
Amazon Cover Downloader
Downloads ACD, short for Amazon Cover Downloader, is a free application licensed under the BSD license for downloading CD and DVD covers from the Amazon product catalog. The program supports two operation modes a silent mode which does not display windows...
[April 10, 2006, 14:48]
Amazon.com misses estimates but sets profit roadmap
News Amazon.com posted a wider-than-expected loss in its fourth quarter Wednesday, losing $185m (£113bn), or 55 cents a share, on sales of $676m. Amazon.com's shares jumped to 77 in after-hours trading after closing up 2 to 69 7/16 in the regular session.
[February 3, 2000, 9:43]
The Day Ahead: Amazon learns new word (profit), Wall Street cheers
News If you tuned in to Amazon's conference call last night, that X-Files-like theory wouldn't sound so far-fetched. Sure Amazon missed estimates and reported a record fourth quarter net loss, $323m (£200m), to go with its record sales ($676m), but the...
[February 3, 2000, 11:45]
Amazon loses one-click patent injunction
News Online bookseller Amazon.com has been denied an injunction against rival barnesandboble.com for using a process that it has controversially patented, "single-click purchasing". The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has determined...
[March 9, 2001, 14:17]
Amazon.com blackouts hit Christmas shopping
News Visitors to Amazon.com experienced unexpected delays Monday morning and at times couldn't access the site at all. Throughout the morning Pacific Time, visitors to Amazon's site were sometimes greeted with a "Service Unavailable" message, and...
[December 7, 2004, 7:45]
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 opens up SimpleDB to the public
News Amazon on Monday opened up its SimpleDB cloud-based database service to an unlimited beta audience, after a year's private testing. SimpleDB is just one of many components that make up the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud-computing initiative — the...
[December 1, 2008, 16:11]
Amazon unveils new online-payment services
News Amazon.com quietly unveiled on Tuesday a new online-payment services it will offer to other online merchants — a move that puts it in direct competition with eBay's PayPal and Google's Google Checkout.
[July 30, 2008, 8:44]
Amazon mis-priced iPaqs: No sale
News Amazon.co.uk has said it does not intend to fulfil the orders of customers who took advantage of a pricing mistake to buy iPaq handheld computers for less than £10 on Wednesday. As the Conditions of Use clearly state, there is no contract between...
[March 19, 2003, 11:54]
Amazon.com: the Web services trailblazer
News Amazon.com has fleshed out how it is using Web services to drive sales and increase profits, impressing experts familiar with this new model of computing. Amazon Web Services was announced last July and is aimed at benefiting Amazon.com by bringing...
[March 12, 2003, 15:43]
Amazon saves millions with Linux switch
News Amazon.com was able to cut $17m in technology expenses in the last quarter largely because of a switch to Linux. Amazon executives could not immediately be reached for comment. The reduction was primarily because of Amazon's "migration to a Linux...
[October 31, 2001, 9:49]
Amazon invests in social networking site
News Amazon is dipping its toe in the blog phenomenon with an investment in 43 Things, a Web site where people write about their goals and accomplishments and are linked to others with similar interests. Amazon was tight-lipped about the deal.
[February 10, 2005, 14:15]
Amazon blames outage on complicated systems
News Amazon.com appears to be blaming its complicated infrastructure for the outage that left it inaccessible to many US visitors for more than an hour and a half on Friday. Amazon declared itself clear of the problem on Friday afternoon.
[June 9, 2008, 15:41]
Amazon posts first profit
News In a fourth quarter marked by strong international sales and cost cutting, Amazon.com on Tuesday reported its first-ever profit, on record sales, delivering on its promises to Wall Street. Amazon reported net income of $5m, or a penny a share...
[January 22, 2002, 13:17]
Amazon US search
Downloads Searches the Amazon.com products database based on product name. Its biggest advantage is the small size which fits any desktop.
[April 26, 2007, 7:27]
Amazon.com implicated in CD-import row
Talkback Regarding the trub amazon is in well at christmas i wanted a dvd for my hubby and went into a proper shop down the town and found the dvd it was £18.99 , so naturally didnt buy it , came home went on amazon and got the same film but directors...
[January 14, 2004, 18:12]
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 charge for postage when they dont even ship the goods.
Talkback I have complained about Amazon.co.uk adding shipping costs to customers bill's when a third party partner does not charge themselves for shipping the items. I asked for the money back from the third party, but they said Amazon take it for the deal.
[September 12, 2009, 11:31]
Amazon.com loss less than expected
News Amazon.com squeaked past analysts' estimates in its first quarter Wednesday, posting a loss of $122m (£77.47m), or 35 cents a share, on sales of $574m. Ahead of the earnings report, Amazon.com shares closed up 1 1/16 to 53 1/2.
[April 27, 2000, 9:07]
