Amazon Kindle now priced at US $189

Responding to pressure from Barnes & Noble's Nook and Apple's iPad, Amazon has lowered the price of its Kindle 2 which is now available for $189.00. Canadians should note that conversion and shipping charges plus import taxes will apply. When we reviewed the Kindle in November last year it cost a total of US $312.

Amazon releases Kindle for Mac

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Amazon just released Kindle for the Mac which brings searching, buying and reading eBooks to the Mac OS. Customers who have Kindles can now sync and transfer books they own to their Macs. More information after the break.

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Slate PCs and eBook Readers all the rage at CES

Lenovo U1 hybrid Notebook/Slate combo comes out in June 2010This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is once again heralding technology trends for the coming year if not acting as the proving ground for technologies coming out in the next few. Or not.

This year, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer whipped out an HP Slate PC during his yearly keynote speech, demonstrated the PC version of the Amazon Kindle software, and Windows 7's multi-touch interface as well as web surfing, multimedia and gaming features.

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Rekindled: Amazon's eBook Reader comes to Canada

Amazon's Kindle eBook reader went global to 100 countries a month ago but for reasons unexplained, Canada wasn't included in the roll out. Better late than never, it is now.

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