Technology Report: Amazon unwraps larger Kindle Fire, takes on Apple

	Click to View in Browser 09/6/2012 Amazon unwraps larger Kindle Fire, takes on Apple SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc unveiled a larger, high-speed Kindle Fire tablet on Thursday for $499, challenging Apple Inc's dominant iPad and intensifying a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft in the booming tablet arena. Nokia cuts prices of older Windows phones, shares fall HELSINKI (Reuters) - Loss-making Nokia has slashed prices of its older smartphone models using Microsoft Windows software, industry sources said on Thursday, a day after investors gave its latest Lumia phones a rapid thumbs-down. Oracle-Google judge ends probe into paid bloggers (Reuters) - The federal judge overseeing a major lawsuit over smartphone technology between Oracle Corp and Google Inc has quietly ended his examination of those companies' relationships with paid bloggers and other commentators. South Korea probes Samsung over Apple antitrust complaints SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean regulators are investigating complaints filed by Apple Inc that Samsung Electronics Co is abusing its dominant position in wireless technology, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday. China's Huawei negotiating conditions to join U.S. hearing (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's second-biggest telecommunications equipment maker, said it was negotiating the conditions under which it would agree to take part in a U.S. congressional hearing into alleged security threats posed by Chinese telecommunications companies. Microsoft to hire 1,000 in China over next year: executive BEIJING (Reuters) - Microsoft will hire 1,000 staff in China over the coming year, adding to the 4,500 the company already employs in the country, a senior executive said on Thursday. Needham downgrades Seagate, cuts price target on Western Digital (Reuters) - Needham & Co downgraded Seagate Technology Plc two notches to "hold," citing slower demand for its hard drives and storage devices and rising inventory levels in the industry. Amazon to launch new weapon in tablet battle SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is expected to launch a new tablet on Thursday, the latest salvo in a battle for control of mobile access to the Internet. Sony mobile customers emails, names hacked in China TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp said hackers have accessed the email addresses and names of as many as 400 of its mobile unit's customers in China and Taiwan held on servers owned by a third-party vendor. Samsung's challenge: keep the customer (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics has built global leadership in mobile phones, but in a fickle industry looks more vulnerable than its nemesis Apple Inc without an 'ecosystem' - software, services, content and customer support - to keep its users loyal. Related Video Cheetah robot bolts past Usain to break record Hard sell for Nokia Windows 8 phones Mediafile Sarah Lacy Will Twitter's uncanny luck ever run out? John C Abell Apple and the burden of being a behemoth A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend