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Amazon said the Kindle Fire tablet will cost $199, well below the industry-leading Apple iPad, which starts at $499. Now the world's largest online retailer says it'll use brick-and-mortar stores including Best Buy and Staples to help sell its new Kindle Fire tablet, expected to be released Nov. 15.

Tablet wars are heating up day by day. Online retailer Amazon announced its foray in to the tablet space with the launch of its Kindle Fire tablet.

stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.9 to 1.2 percent.

Amazon gained $5.50, or 2.5 percent, to $229.71 on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The stock has risen 28 per cent this year.

Asian technology companies came under pressure on Thursday to slash prices of their tablet computers after Amazon.com launched its Kindle Fire at a mass market-friendly $199.

Kindle Fire, Amazon's new tablet launched Wednesday, is probably the biggest threat to iPad.

Amazon stole the tablet show Wednesday, unveiling its new Kindle Fire tablet while revealing its price will be $199. Ouch, said Barnes & Noble, America's largest bookstore chain which relies heavily on sales of its Nook and Nook Color. Amazon's Fire tablet is $50 cheaper than the Nook Color. Amazon also announced it will slash prices on its Kindle ereaders.

Amazon.com Inc introduced its eagerly awaited tablet computer on Wednesday with a price tag that could make it the first strong competitor in a tablet market that has been dominated by Apple Inc's iPad.

Rumors have begun that Apple is going to stop producing the iPod soon, given that people have begun moving to the iPad and iPhone, although Apple has kept mum on the speculation.

Amazon rolled out its much anticipated Kindle Fire on Wednesday, its first fully fledged tablet computer posing a threat to Apple's iPad empire. But other players may also need to watch out.

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Pundits keep saying the new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet will directly take on Apple's industry-leading iPad. And they are right. But there's another company that may take a direct hit from Amazon's new product. Netflix.

Amazon is red hot. The company's stock is surging on the same day Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled its first tablet -- the Kindle Fire -- at an event in New York.

Wall Street loves all the new product news today from Amazon -- including the company's unveiling of the Kindle Fire tablet, priced at $199.

Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos has unveiled a new e-reader device called the Kindle Touch 3G, which is now selling for $149 and $99 without 3G.

At Amazon's Kindle Fire announcement in New York City, Amazon surprised everyone by unveiling a new browser called Amazon Silk, which leverages the cloud to optimize load speeds.

Amazon is in New York City today to unveil its first tablet, the Amazon Fire. The Wi-Fi only tablet will go for a low price of $200.

Amazon is in New York to announce a new tablet, the Kindle Fire, but the company has announced it will sell a top of the line Kindle Touch 3G for $149, featuring a touch screen, faster interface, free 3G, and long battery life.

Amazon is announcing its first Fire tablet today in New York City, but the company says it will reduce the price of its current Kindle e-Readers from $139 to $80.

Amazon's new Kindle Fire tablet will sell for $199, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.

With so many tablets now available, it seems incredible that a serious threat to the Apple iPad has not yet emerged. The lack of a Goldilocks-esque just-right balance between portability and connectivity, sleek styling and dual processing, is much to blame. Like that of the MP3 music player before it, the tablet market is littered with models that, for one reason or another, have failed to capture the public's imagination. Yet, Amazon's unveiling of the eagerly awaited Kindle Fire ...