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Amazon pays Microsoft for Linux

What was Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO, thinking? Amazon just signed a patent cross-licensing deal that pays Microsoft intellectual property fees for, among other things, patents that cover Amazon’s Linux-based Kindle e-reader and its Linux servers. Too bad Microsoft has never, ever been able to show that its patents cover anything to do with Linux.

Mind you, [...]

February 23rd, 2010 | Category: Amazon, Business, Legal, Linux, Microsoft, Operating System | 4 comments

Amazon pulls plug on NC Amazon Associates over taxes

I was bemused to find out this morning, June 26, that Amazon had put an end to my, and all North Carolina residents, Amazon Associates accounts. This program, for those who don’t know it, is simply a way you can use to sell Amazon products through your Web site.

The reason that Amazon did [...]

June 26th, 2009 | Category: Amazon, Business, Legal | 3 comments

Managing Ubuntu Linux on the cloud

It’s actually pretty darn easy to run a virtual operating system on a server or on the cloud. The real trick is managing them. That’s why I’m excited that Canonical, Ubuntu’s Linux commercial backer, recently released Canonical Landscape 1.3, an Ubuntu network systems management and monitoring service that will let you control your Ubuntu servers [...]

May 18th, 2009 | Category: Amazon, Canonical, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure, Linux, Operating System, Server | Comments are closed

Kindle for iPhone — the killer e-book app

It seems like everyone is excited by Amazon.com Inc.’s new Kindle 2 e-book reader. Unfortunately — especially in these less-than-prosperous times — there’s one little problem: the $359 price tag.

Well, if you’re the owner of an Apple iPod Touch or iPhone, you now have an alternative: Amazon.com’s free application, called Kindle for iPhone, which now [...]

March 4th, 2009 | Category: Amazon, Apple, Applications, Ebook | Comments are closed