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Report: Online Holiday Spending Rose 4% in 2009

Reston, Va. - Americans spent $29.1 billion online this past holiday season, a 4% increase from the prior year, according to new figures from market research...

Netflix Announces New Instant Streaming Device Partners

Las Vegas - Netflix (NASD: NFLX) announced on Thursday that it has signed deals with five consumer electronics firms, to integrate Netflix instant streaming into Blu-ray players or...

RealD Touts 3D TV Deals with Sony, Samsung, Others

Las Vegas - RealD, a developer of digital 3D technology, said on Thursday that it is working with Sony, JVC, Samsung, Toshiba, Panasonic and DirecTV to...

Samsung Debuts E-book Readers with Stylus Pen

Las Vegas - Korea's Samsung on Thursday debuted its first two e-book reader devices, the $399 E6, which features a six-inch screen, and the $699 E10,...

Plastic Logic Unveils $649/$799 QUE E-book Reader

Las Vegas - Plastic Logic on Thursday introduced its QUE e-book reader device, which features a 10.7-inch touch-screen display, is about one-third of an inch thick, and...

Report: Broadband Adoption Expected to Slow in 2010

Silver Spring, Md. - Approximately 4 million U.S. households will become new high-speed Internet customers this year, down 10% from 2009, according to a new forecast...

Spring Design's Alex eReader to Feature Borders eBook Store

Fremont, Calif. - Spring Design, maker of the new Alex eReader e-book reader device, said this week that it has signed a deal to feature the Borders...

AOL Cuts Over 1,000 Jobs After Voluntary Program Falls Short

New York - Unable to sufficiently reduce its headcount through voluntary layoffs, AOL (NYSE:  AOL) said on Monday that it will lay off more than 1,000...

Google News Stops Adding Associated Press Articles

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) is no longer hosting new articles published by the Associated Press on its Google News site, perhaps the result...