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The market for eBooks is actually worse than it was for MP3 players when Apple entered it, and Amazon is clearly looking to create an iPod-like offering. The trick is to create a great user experience coupled with strong content access, and that is where Amazon clearly focused. In addition, you need compelling hardware. Vendor White Papers � Featured ListingsECT News Network's directory of e-business, IT and CRM white papers provides resources you need to make informed purchasing decisions. Browse Listings. .
Euro-geek edges out Leon
Radiohead's In Rainbows, previously available as a free download, slipped back to number two. Having spent 59 weeks in the chart, Take That were down a single spot from last week to number three with their comeback album Beautiful World. .
AllAboardToys.com Announces the Second Annual 'Great TMX Elmo Giveaway ...
DENVER, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2007 eXtra Special Edition of TMX Elmo from Fisher-Price(TM) is ramping up to be one of the most sought after items of the holiday shopping season and for thirty straight days, beginning November 13th, AllAboardToys.com will be giving one lucky daily winner this hot new toy. AllAboardToys.com's (http://www.allaboardtoys.com) second annual 'Great TMX Elmo Giveaway' will award one eXtra Special Edition TMX Elmo every day from November 13th through December 12th. To build excitement in front of the daily TMX Elmo giveaway, a TMX Sneak Peek contest will kick-off immediately, with a November 12th AllAboardToys.com giveaway of the three new 2007 TMX toys from Fisher-Price(TM): TMX Elmo eXtra Special Edition, TMX Ernie and TMX Cookie Monster to one lucky winner. Consumers can enter the AllAboardToys.com Sneak Peak Giveaway starting November 9th at http://www.allaboardtoys.com/contest.asp, the same site that will be used for the daily TMX Elmo giveaways.
Microsoft Absorbs Thai Medical Software Maker
Looking to expand its presence in the health care sector, Microsoft has purchased Global Care Solutions, a Thai company specializing in hospital administration software. GCS has previously implemented its products in Bumrungrad International Hospital, which claims the company's systems have helped significantly reduce the time patients wait to see a doctor. Free Report from Keynote Systems 2007 Trends and Observations of the Mobile and Connected World examines how technologies, from the Web to the mobile phone, are specifically impacting key vertical industries, from financial services to new media. Download yours here. .
New business tools on SBA Web site
Business.gov has launched new search features and expanded content. The goal is to make it easier for small business owners to find information they need to run operations, including forms, licenses, permits and regulatory information from federal, state and local governments, a release says. In addition to federal government resources, business owners now have access to more than 9,000 state, territory, county and city government Web sites providing information on starting and managing a business while complying with regulations from all levels of government. The service combines content from separate Web applications of Google-based services that include Google's Custom Search Business Edition, Google Maps, the Google Search Appliance and publicly available compliance information culled from federal, state and local government Web sites, according to the U.S.
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