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Narrowing down the new choices in tablets

After two years of minimal competition, the tablet wars are heating up. This year might finally be the time to jump in. But what to buy?

Review: Google's Nexus 7 guns for the Kindle

In the 1982 sci-fi movie "Blade Runner," there are hints that the hero, played by Harrison Ford, is an artificial human — an "android" or "replicant." His job is to go out and kill other, rogue androids.

iPad rules the tablets, Samsung tops Kindle: survey

The Apple iPad extended its lead in the global market for tablet computers at the start of 2012 while Amazon's Kindle Fire flamed out after a sizzling introduction, a survey showed Monday.

Kindle Fire helps Amazon beat 1Q estimates

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. posted first-quarter profits Thursday that blew by analysts' estimates and boosted the company's stock in extended trading. The online commerce giant said its Kindle Fire tablet computer was its best-selling ...

Holding out hope for a surprise with next iPad

With Apple expected to unveil the next version of the iPad early next month, I worry that I'll feel like a kid on Christmas who weeks before found the unwrapped presents hidden in the closet.

Solid debut for Amazon's Kindle Fire: research firm

Amazon's Kindle Fire, which went on sale in November, had a solid debut, leapfrogging Samsung tablets to become the top-selling device after Apple's iPad, a market research firm said Thursday.

Kindle sales on fire: Amazon

Amazon said Thursday that it sold more than one million Kindles a week in December with the new Kindle Fire tablet computer its top-selling item.

The Kindle Fire's big security problem

Security concerns are giving some consumers another reason to hold off on the Kindle Fire, one of the holiday's hottest gadgets.

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