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Rumor had it that Amazon would unveil a new version of its Kindle e-book reader today; pictures of a slim and slick-looking device were already circulating, and Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, had called a press conference in New York.  Now, Amazon's investors and (slightly) late adopters will be happy to hear that the rumor was realized.

Get ready for ISPs to become less than pleased with Google.  The search giant, together with the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, the PlanetLab Consortium, and various academic researchers, has introduced something designed to monitor Internet service providers for iffy behavior.

Pity the poor person who's trying to sell a house in this market; with prices diving and places available on almost every street, they probably won't get a great deal.  But an updated Yahoo Real Estate aims to make sure sales at least occur, and it might become a buyer's dream.

A whole lot of people love simple, wall-hung calendars, and if we're to be honest, some of us make do with even less (torn scraps of paper, anyone?).  Still, for the uber-organized and tech-inclined, a new calendar from Yahoo has become available.

Ask's share of the search market is lacking, to say the least; deficiencies in both the tech and PR departments have long kept it fundamentally distinct from Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft.  But an overhaul and ad campaign seek to fix all that.

Comcast has released details to U.S. regulators about how it will manage traffic on its high speed Internet network."As we previously announced in March, we are changing the way we manage network congestion by the end of this year.  The new technique does not manage congestion based on the protocol or application a consumer uses," Comcast said in a statement. 

A picture of an ice cave is currently displayed on the Live Search homepage, but Microsoft's users aren't being left in the cold when it comes to Olympic-related information.  Several special features have already launched, and even more are on the way.The most immediately noticeable thing may be the disappearance of said ice cave.  In an email to Murdok, a Microsoft spokesman wrote, "The Live.com Homepage will rotate Olympics images in the background for the duration of the games."

A new Google Analytics feature may take a few weeks to get rolling.  Once it catches on, though, the benchmarking service should give users the ability to compare their properties to other sites within an industry.