following in the footsteps of the firm's successful Kindle e-reader and the Android tablets would be a natural extension of the firm's already-launched Amazon App Store.

take on the all-conquering iPad head on.

Amazon may also sell the device at a loss, as it does the Kindle e-reader, recouping costs through selling applications, books and services.

with the Wi-Fi only Kindle already retailing at $139.

$200 full-featured Android tablet with Amazon's marketing muscle behind it may well give Apple the competition it has so far not had to endure.

each of the gadgets cost HP at least £180 just to build, so selling the Touchpad for £89 would never have been considered until the firm decided to abandon it.

others hoping to loosen Apple’s stranglehold on the tablet computing market.

The main Google Android tablets, made by Samsung and Motorola, are pitched at around the same £400-ish price point as the iPad. But, put together with all the other Android tablets, it’s estimated they are outsold by Apple’s devices eight to one.

Amazon, which is rumoured to be preparing to release an Android tablet this autumn. Like Apple with the iPad, it has built and dominated a market for itself with the Kindle, its hugely successful e-reader.

Kindle’s success is its relatively low price of £111

prices.

Best Buy, the electronics retailer, cut the price of the TouchPad to $99 in an attempt to clear its stock. Best Buy was last week reported to have more than 200,000 of the tablets. The low price brought queues outside its stores and, according to one staff employee, a “stampede” from customers hoping to land a bargain.

HP's decision to discontinue its TouchPad product, Best Buy will now provide clearance pricing for all TouchPad 16GB and 32GB models regardless of previously advertised prices or promotions," Best Buy said. The company said that anyone who had bought a TouchPad after June 19 would be entitled to a refund.

Though Amazon.com has not discounted the TouchPad, the device still went to the top of Amazon’s bestselling electronics chart. The HP tablet took the top two places in the chart, ahead of Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader, which is usually a fixture at number one.

Motorola can help Google make Android more secure, and more attractive to business and government customers.

Google wants to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion.

While Google's master plan for its Motorola acquisition remains a closely guarded secret, the company has been portraying it as a patent-related business opportunity.

Motorola's smartphones have great

with businesses.

Google's Motorola acquisition may also be a strategy for landing more business customers.

"The plan is to help all children - not just rehabilitation, not just substance abuse. It's to help all children in need."

donations

"hold off" on his plans "for the time being".

don't know what to do with them at the moment."

Amy's father had announced his plans to set up a foundation in his daughter's name at the singer's funeral in London on 27 July.

He added that the 27-year-old had "conquered" her drug addiction before her death but had been "trying hard to deal with her drinking".

She was found dead at her home in north London on 24 July.

The DJ, backed by label Ministry Of Sound, began legal action in July to block the track's release, claiming the song was similar to his own track Fade Into Darkness, also known as Penguin.

Syco responded, saying that Avicii was already credited as a songwriter on the Leona song.

Leona's reinvention - will now be released under the joint Leona Lewis/Avicii title.

the Vostro V130.

ets customers replace batteries themselves and also offers lengthier battery life.

V131 could manage almost 10 hours on a single charge.

Other features include an HD webcam with dual-array microphones, SRS Premium Voice Pro audio software, a fingerprint reader and a fall sensor for the hard drive. Although US customers can only choose configurations with hard drives, SSD options are available in some countries, including the UK.

on sale at a starting price of £359 excluding VAT and shipping

price can go much higher depending on the configuration