Amazon

That apple ain’t green.

Ramnit malware evolved from Windows attack-app to a social-network surfer that steals Facebook logins and free access to corporate nets using comparatively insecure user accounts in the cloud to get passwords or authentication without directly attacking corporate accounts.

Gadget reviewers are letting market position and cloud strategy bury the actual appeal and usability of devices that aren't cheap. The Kindle Fire is a prime example.

Amazon rolled out Kindle ebook borrowing across 11,000 public libraries yesterday, and I couldn't wait to try it out. Fortunately the Boston Public Library was one of the organizations offering the service.

Amazon's position as the Better Than WalMart of the internet has become challenging. Amazon can charge less because of The Commerce Clause in the US Constitution — which means that interstate commerce is usually exempt from a state’s sales tax. California believes they have nexus to force Amazon to collect sales tax, but Amazon's trying to deal: Seven thousand California jobs in trade for exemption or assuaging tax. The onerous part is that Amazon's legal department has already tried to thwart the process of protests.

Which top U.S. web properties have gained (or lost) the most unique visitors over the past year?

Plus: Amazon gets into the tablet market, because why not?

Apple has built and delivered an excellent next-generation version of its iTunes music and media service. Unfortunately it is selling it as iCloud, which could have been so much more.

Amazon's cloud debacle happened because someone sent a firehose of data to a garden-hose-sized network. That's no way to run the future of corporate technology.

The International Game Developers Association is voicing some strong concerns over Amazon's Appstore terms. They say if you want to sell your game on the Appstore you have to give up far too much control over pricing and discounts. Maybe Amazon is evil after all..

Continuing with its tradition of overreacting to Netflix news, Wall Street on Tuesday pushed up shares of the movie-streaming and online DVD rental company after a Goldman Sachs analyst upgraded the company and increased the target price.

Even the most ardent consumers of technology can't own everything. And unfortunately for manufacturers of ebooks, laptops and netbooks, a growing number of buyers forced to make a choice are opting for tablets -- specifically Apple's iPad -- at the expense of these other products.