Amazon’s Foreign Sites

Country URL

Canada

France

Germany

Japan

United Kingdom

www.amazon.ca

www.amazon.fr

www.amazon.de

www.amazon.co.jp

www.amazon.co.uk

Amazon’s Retail Partners

Partner Product

Borders Books

Marshall Field’s General merchandise

Office Depot Office supplies and electronics

Target General merchandise

Toys R Us Toys

Auction Management Sites

Site URL Pricing

Ándale

Auction Hawk

AuctionHelper

Auctionworks

Auctiva

ChannelAdvisor

HammerTap

SpareDollar

Vendio

www.andale.com

www.auctionhawk.com

www.auctionhelper.com

www.auctionworks.com

www.auctiva.com

“Quick Packs” from $10.95 a month

(40 listings); individual services

priced separately

From $12.99 a month

1.95 percent of sales (min. $0.15,

max. $1.25), plus $0.02 per

transaction; $10 min. monthly fee

2 percent of sales (min. $0.10, max.

$3.00); $14.95 minimum monthly fee

From $9.95 a month

www.channeladvisor.com

From $29.95 a month

www.hammertap.com

www.sparedollar.com

www.vendio.com

A la carte pricing for individual tools

$4.95 a month

Various plans from $12.95 a month

plus combination of listing and final

value fees

Yahoo! Web Site Directory

Yahoo! Site/Service URL

Yahoo! home page

www.yahoo.com

Yahooligans!

www.yahooligans.com

My Yahoo!

my.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Address Book

address.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Astrology

astrology.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Auctions

auctions.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Autos

autos.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Banking Center

banking.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Bookmarks

bookmarks.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Briefcase

briefcase.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Buzz Index

buzz.yahoo.com

Yahoo! by Phone

phone.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Calendar

calendar.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Chat

chat.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Classifieds

classifieds.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Companion (toolbar)

companion.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Education

education.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Entertainment

entertainment.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Fantasy Sports

fantasysports.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Finance

finance.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Games

games.yahoo.com

Yahoo! GeoCities

geocities.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Get Local

local.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Greetings

greetings.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Groups

groups.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Health

health.yahoo.com

Yahoo! HotJobs

hotjobs.yahoo.com

Yahoo! Insurance Center

insurance.yahoo.comYahoo! Launch (music) launch.yahoo.com

YouTube preparing to offer paid subscriptions this year: report

 YouTube, the video website owned byGoogle Inc , plans to offer paid subscriptions to some of the content on its site later this year, according to a media report.

YouTube has reached out to several video producers, asking them to submit applications to create for-pay "channels," according to a report in AdAge on Tuesday that cited anonymous sources.

The first such channels could be available to consumers by the second quarter for between $1 a month and $5 a month, AdAge reported.

YouTube, the world's No. 1 video website, has been moving to add professional-grade video programs to the vast archive of amateur, home-shot videos that made the site popular. The current crop of such channels is available to consumers for free and supported by advertising that appears alongside the videos.

YouTube has hinted in the past that it was considering offering subscription-based paid content. YouTube boss Salar Kamangar told Reuters in June that there was strong demand among certainYouTube video producers, such as video game networks, to offer fee-based programs.

"They have such a big audiences that they can start to segment their audiences into those that are willing to pay a higher amount" for things like new gaming tricks, Kamangar said at the time.

He also said that cable channels with small audiences could potentially be offered to consumers through YouTube on an "a la carte" basis.

YouTube was not immediately available for comment.

Apple announces iPad with double storage capacity

 Apple Inc (NSQ:AAPL - News) said on Tuesday that it will sell a version of its iPad tablet computer with 128 gigabytes of storage, which is twice the capacity of its existing models.

Apple, which has sold more than 120 million iPads so far, said that the new iPad will go on sale February 5, in black or white, for a suggested retail price of $799 for the iPad with just Wi-Fi model, and $929 for the version that also has a cellular wireless connection.

‘I can’t be funny all the time’

Says Boman Irani has he talks about his Blu-ray collection and how he uses humour to get out of sticky situations

“I can’t be prancing around all the time trying to be funny. I am human after all,” says Boman Irani about the after- effects of the roles he has selected to do. For the multi-faceted actor, acting wasn't his first love. Before he was bitten by the acting bug, Boman was a well-known photographer and theatre artist. But everything did not come easy to him. From selling chips to waiting tables at a five-star hotel, Boman has done it all.The actor has donned a new role and that is of a chat show host of Teachers Achievers Club and as part of the show which will feature achievers from various fields. The candid conversations will be dotted with video from friends and family of the guests. “It is a humbling experience to listen to their journey and the common thread running through each of them is humility,” he says. In a free-wheeling chat, the actor talks about his show, the films he selects and his love of collecting blu-ray discs of NASA expeditions.

Excerpts from the interview:
How is Teachers Achievers Club different from other chat shows?

It is not restricted to any particular field. We have selected achievers from different field-sports, films, business etc. The purpose of the interviews is to reveal the human side of success. Through the show, the achievers will talk about their professional highs and lows, their vision and ideologies, disclose personal anecdotes and discuss what it took them to get where they are and how they have maintained level-headedness throughout. This show is like a self-help book for the young generation.

Having eminent personalities mean there is nothing much to discover. How did you deal with that aspect?

It is true that a lot has already been said and discussed about their lives and much has been spoken. But I have been told by the people I have interviewed that this is the best researched chat show they have been a part of. My research team did an exhaustive research by talking to friends and family and made sure that we explore a different facet of their personalities.  So when you talk to a Vidhu Vinod Chopra, you will see him in a different light. How he coped up with his failures and turned it to his success.

What kind of research did you undertake?

I was a part of the research team and all of us sit together and brainstorm multiple concepts that we put together.  It is good to be involved in the preparations for every episode because I have to make sure that my guests are comfortable. You can’t stop between a conversation and the idea is not to ask embarrassing songs but to put out the questions in an interesting way.

What are your learnings from the show?

I am just an audience’s representative. The lessons I learn are the lesson which the audience learns as well. It is a humbling experience to listen to their journey and the common thread running through each of them is humility. The greater the achiever, the greater is the humility. I loved what Narayana Murthy said. ‘The power of money is the power to give it’. People only know Sabyasachi as a designer. Not many know the side of him that thinks about creating jobs for artisans and keeping our cultural heritage intact. It is a great learning experience.

You have dabbled with TV and films. Which has been a more satisfying?

I believe in living in the moment. So when I am doing films, I concentrating on that and when I am doing TV, which is what I enjoy doing then.

What kind of shows do you like watching?

I don’t watch too much TV but I am a collector of blu-ray DVDs of NASA missions. I like watching works of Richard Attenborough, Planeteer etc. I only like watching shows on HD. I catch up on lot of comedy too.

Most shows on TV are family shows with predictable plot. What are your views?

I think, at the end of the day, the audience needs to be entertained. I have nothing against the saas bahu sagas because there is a section of society who wants to watch then which explains their demand. Personally, I like watching the shows on news channel especially the public discussions. Cinema on the other hand is very progressive and the burst of new-age films is very encouraging.

In terms of fleshing out a character -- his nuances, his eccentricities -- how much of it is actually down to the script and how much is down to improvisation?

Character building is not improvisation. Even if it is not in the script, it is actually an interpretation of the script. It is a part of the story. For example a Virus from 3 Idiots may not be written exactly the way I interpreted but the basis of the character was in the script itself. Virus’ character is grim and dark and he is a man from the past- right from the way he walks to his speech. That’s how you develop a character though the specifics are meant to be discovered.

Do you use humour to get out of sticky situations?

I use it all the time. Humour is a very powerful weapon and when used rightly can lighten situations. Having said that, I’m not funny round the clock. I’m not chirpy through the day. I am human. I can’t be prancing around all the time trying to be funny. People often expect me to be funny all the time.

Which has been the most challenging role till date and the most satisfying?

I have enjoyed doing every single role but if I have to pick up one role, it has to Well Done Abba. We had a 32-day schedule away from Mumbai for it and when you’re shooting at a stretch, you really get into the character. It was unlike any role I have played, in terms of language, tone and culture. Before shooting, I had thought Shyam Benegal would be quite serious but we had so much fun.

What has been your biggest learning curve?

Every role is a new role and every role has to be approached as a new film