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Amazon's Kindle may have had uncertain prospects when it debuted, but new sales figures suggest that the Kindle is a license for Amazon to print money. With updates soon to come, Amazon is taking steps to foster its newest revenue source and bring more content to Kindle's growing library, even as it picks up used book service AbeBooks.Read More...

The Axiotron ModBook is the only Mac-based tablet on the market, and it is finally shipping after a year's worth of delays. Ars takes a look at how it performs, both as a tablet and as a Mac. Read More...

Another week, another set of hardware announcements, including new storage advancements and news on both Nano and Atom. Goodies await.Read More...

Dell has announced plans to start shipping Ubuntu 8.04 on its Linux-based desktop and laptop systems. The new version will ship with licensed media codecs for popular audio and video formats.Read More...

Apple's sales have been booming the past few years, and new data suggests the company's growth has come as hardware prices have actually increased slightly. Users may be opting for OS X over Vista, even when doing so carries a heavy price premium.Read More...

OpenMoko has announced new distribution deals with hardware vendors. The agreements will make the Linux-based Freerunner mobile phone available to consumers in Europe and India.Read More...

VIA, it seems, has finally shipped Nano out in commercial volumes, the day before the end of the quarter. Hurrah! Hopefully it'll help the company's bottom line.Read More...

The big news of the week was the AMD spinoff and Intel's reaction to it, but we did see some action in other areas as well. Info on Nehalem, ATI, and ten minute battery recharges inside.Read More...

Just hours following its release, researchers have discovered that Google Chrome is prone to a carpet-bombing flaw which targets the older WebKit rendering engine used.