Amazon stated that the Kindle Fire (their new touch-screen eReader which also offers Wi-fi internet) was their best-selling, most wished for and most often gifted item on Amazon.com.

“We are grateful to our customers worldwide for making this the best holiday ever for Kindle,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com founder and CEO. “And in a huge milestone for independent publishing, we’d also like to congratulate Darcie Chan, the author of The Mill River Recluse, and Chris Culver, the author of The Abbey, for writing two of the best-selling Kindle books of the year.”

The top three Kindle books sold this holiday shopping season (Black Friday to Christmas Day) were The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins and The Litigators by John Grisham.

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The way Amazon does Cyber Monday is they release deals throughout the day and there are only so many of the discounted items offered. You can see what I’m talking about below:

Tekken 6 Limited Edition Fight Stick Bundle for the PS3 is still around for 60% off [!!!] and at the time of me taking that screenshot, you have four hours to grab your bundle.

If you scroll through the deals, you’ll see stuff that hasn’t been revealed yet along with how long you have until you can see what Amazon is teasing you with.

The thing that’s so brilliant about the way Amazon structures its deals is that it’s almost like an auction. You don’t want to miss the great deals that are available to you right now but you also feel compelled to keep checking back to see what else they’re going to reveal.

Well played, Amazon, well played.

If you’re still trying to get some great deals on the games that are on your Christmas lists, Amazon might be just the place to check out today.

Happy hunting.

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The Kindle has been a hit with readers since its first generation release, but the newest version upped the ante by reducing the device’s thickness while greatly improving its capabilities. The main hurdle standing in most readers’ way is that hefty pricetag. It can hold 1,500 books in the palm of your hand, download new ones in less than 60 seconds, and weighs less than a mass market paperback book… but who can afford such a costly gadget in today’s economy?

The lower price should help convince some to take the plunge, but I don’t see Amazon achieving the kind of market penetration they’re hoping for with Kindle until its manufacturing costs drop enough to allow it to come closer to the $100 mark.

Image: Amazon.com.

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In all actuality, I was sitting on my couch with my laptop in my lap watching the Sony press conference live but still, like I was there!

Yes. I know. I’m a dork.

SO many cool things were introduced [PSPgo!!! $249.99 and Agent from Rockstar exclusive to PS3] and lots of cool videos were shown [Final Fantasy 14 Online *gasp* and Uncharted 2]. Also, demos were played [Assassin's Creed 2] and there was the announcement that 50 PSone games are coming to the PSN [Playstation Network and did you know that you can still buy a PSone on Amazon.com? Who knew?!]

All in all, it was a great press conference and I have obviously not listed each and every cool thing that was talked about today. If you’re interested in what I had to say on Twitter while watching the press conference then click on all of this for a link.

I’m REALLY looking forward to seeing what Sony is going to bring to the table this year.

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The New Amazon Kindle DX

The new Kindle DX is 2.5 times larger than it’s predecessor, holds 3500 books (2000 more books than the original), reads full PDF documents without scrolling per page and is on 1/3 of an inch thick! There are over 275,000 books available for download on the 3g capable network without hunting for hotspots. Most new releases are still only $9.99 and you can still browse through newspapers, and blogs.

The new screen is 9.7″ diagonal and the overall size of it is 10.4″ high, 7.2″ wide and .38″ thick. The original Kindle had a 6″ screen, was 8″ high, 5.3″ wide and was slightly thinner at .36″ thick.

only $130 more than the original Kindle, the Kindle DX goes for $489. You can reserve yours before the official release date. No specific date has been set yet, but it’s due this summer. When you perorder you will be notified via e-mail of an estimated delivery date. You can still pick up the original 6 inch screen Kindle for $359.

I don’t know if college text books are available yet, but wouldn’t that be a wonderful money saver for college students.

You can watch a guided video tour and find out more about the new Kindle DX at Amazon.com.

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So why is a sub-400 dollar laptop important? Well, besides saving you over $1700 (off the Voodoo), it can also accomplish most of the important things that people need to do. For me, I can telnet, SSH, write, read and reply all from the comfort of that tiny computer. And now, with Windows on it, I can even stream video, install Microsoft Office and communicate with the tools that I’ve always used on my main computers. This means productivity goes up, time-to-production goes down and my happiness is through the roof.

I leave you with this advice… Take a look at what you do with your PC and decide what’s important to you. Spending $2100 on a sleek, slim, 13″ computer or only $400 on a machine that is only 7″ and does everything you need.

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