Amazon.com will launch a tablet computer this year to extend its position as the world’s largest Internet retailer, expand in mobile commerce and sell more digital goods, according to analysts and investors. Amazon plans to introduce a tablet with a 9-inch screen before October that will run on Google’s Android operating system, the Wall Street [...]

Seagate Technology announced today that it is going to begin manufacturing hard-disk drives for tablets. Currently tablet manufactures opt to use more expensive solid state drives as the drives themselves are smaller, and the lack of moving parts means that they will consume less power extending the battery life of the tablet. Seagate plans to [...]