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Add another digital music startup to the bonfire: Amazon is buying up Amie Street, the online store it helpd fund four years ago. Jeff Bezos and company will shut down Amie Street's retail operations, and focus exclusively on Songza, a music streaming service the company acquired last year.

Thought that every iOS 4.1 device would be compatible with Apple's Game Center mobile and social gaming platform? We're sorry to say that's not the case. Initially it was looking like both the iPhone 3G and second-generation iPod touch would be left out, having to take their copies of Kickety-Kick Ball Bounce Out and go home. But, Apple is now confirming that second-gen touch models will be ...

An online game reminiscent of quiz show Call My Bluff is getting a facelift in order to provide rice to the hungry. Launched in 2007, Freerice.com challenges people to find the correct meaning of a word from four alternatives.

Amtran Technology saw its LCD TV shipments drop to 300,000 units in August 2010, from 320,000 units in July, with corresponding revenues of NT$4.53 billion (US$142 million) , shrinking 11% on month and 15% on year, according to the company.

Rivet Software, the premier provider of standards-based business reporting and analytics for financial communications, announced today the release of Dragon View 5.0, a powerful yet easy-to-use software viewer for anyone interested in viewing and reviewing documents based on the eXtensible Business Reporting Language .

Digital Media Centre , one of Europe's most advanced digital media facilities, and RRsat , a global communications network, have announced a new partnership focused on offering complete global playout and content delivery solutions.

A web-based game designed to provide rice to the developing world has a facelift on its way to integrating with social networks.

BRACKNELL, England----Software AG today announced that it has been named a Leader in the August 2010 report by Forrester Research, Inc., The Forrester Wave™: Business Process Management Suites, Q3 2010, receiving some of its top scores in services as well as process modeling and collaborative design.

~sedna presenter, a Mac based digital signage system, is now available in Australia. Available from Computers Now , ~sedna presenter claims to allow anyone from small businesses to airports and shopping centres to operate their own digital signage systems without having to rely on agencies. "For the first time, you can create, manage and deliver content entirely through the Mac platform," said a ...

Vodafone says it is disposing of its stake in China Mobile Ltd. for 4.3 billion pounds ($6.6 billion), which it says is nearly double the price it paid for the shares 10 years ago.