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- Amazon announcement: new Kindles. Hollywood: new worries.
Amazon announcement of seven new Kindles is a boon for consumers. But Hollywood worries the Amazon announcement will speed the move from buying to renting movies.
- Amazon introduces new Kindle Fire HD line
Soon, consumers will be able to choose from three HD Kindle Fires – a 7-inch version, and two 8.9-inch versions, including a $499 with 4G LTE connectivity.
- New RAZRs: Motorola introduces its first phones under Google
The Motorola RAZR HD, RAZR MAXX HD, and RAZR M should hit shelves in coming weeks.
- Want a smartphone for Christmas? Choices will be dizzying.
Apple will have the new iPhone 5, of course, but Nokia, Google's Motorola have introduced new smartphones. Samsung is still strong. Amazon, Microsoft, and possibly Barnes & Noble and Samsung will introduce new tablets.
- Apple, FBI play down alleged Anonymous hack
Anonymous says it obtained a bunch of iPhone and iPad user IDs. Not so, counter the FBI and Apple.
- Meet the Lumia 920 and 820, Nokia's first Windows Phone 8 handsets
The Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 are powered by Windows Phone 8. Do they live up to the hype?
- Is voicemail on the way out?
Voice calls have been on the decline for years, as people increasingly rely on texting and instant messaging services. Now, numbers prepared by VoIP company Vonage indicate that voicemail -- once a revolution in the telephone business -- is slowly dying too.
- iPhone 5 unveiling set for Sept. 12
Waiting for the iPhone 5? A new invitation from Apple suggests the long-awaited smartphone is only a few days away.
- FBI collects Apple IDs from millions of devices, Anonymous alleges
Anonymous says it obtained 1 million Apple IDs from the computer of an FBI security specialist. Assuming the story is true, why would the government hold on to these Apple IDs?
- Pirate Bay founder Warg to be expelled from Cambodia
Deputy National Police chief Sok Phal said the decision to expel Gottfrid Svartholm Warg came after visiting Swedish officials presented legal documents on the copyright infringement case against him.
- Ivy walls lower with free online classes from Coursera and edX
More top-notch courses open up to anyone online. Coursera and edX promise virtual equivalents of the real Ivy-league classes.
- Maria Montessori: Is the Montessori method any good?
Google celebrates the 142nd birthday of Italian physician Maria Montessori. Does Montessori's 'child-centered' method work?
- Facebook stock in May? $38. Now? $18.
Facebook stock hit a new low this week. Will it rebound?
- Japan judge dismisses Apple suit against Samsung
A week after Apple scored a major victory over Samsung, a similar suit has been tossed out by a Japanese court.
- Samsung unveils the Ativ S, the first-ever Windows 8 phone
Samsung took a battering in court last week, but that hasn't stopped it from releasing new tech. This week Samsung pulled the wraps off the Ativ S, a dual-core smart phone that's the first to run Windows Phone 8.
- Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.