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There might come a time when you can order prescription meds with household items and groceries from Amazon. According to CNBC, the e-retail giant is thinking of breaking into the pharmacy business, and it will have to decide if it wants to push through with it before Thanksgiving. Eric French, Amazon's grocery and Pantry chief, reportedly ramped up hiring for the project dubbed "healthcare" this past year and consulted with "dozens of people." CNBC reported a few months ago that the company even hired Mark Lyons from nonprofit health insurance company Premera Blue Cross to create an internal pharmacy benefit manager to serve its employees. It's apparently possible for that project's success to determine whether Amazon will launch its pharmacy business. While the retail titan is in the final stages of conjuring up a viable strategy for the new business, it won't be delivering meds to your home anytime soon. In case it does decide to push thro...

If you work in the world of technology then you've no doubt come into contact with one of the distinctive O'Reilly-published books displaying a woodcut animal on its cover. The media company has gone through several tranisitions since Tim O'Reilly founded it in 1978, and another just quietly happened. O'Reilly decided that it will no longer sell individual books and videos through its online store. The company explains in a FAQ that it fully intends to continue publishing new books and videos, but it won't sell them to you directly. Instead, both paper and ebook versions will be available through Amazon and other book stores. What O'Reilly would really like you to do instead of buying its books is sign-up to its Safari service. For $39 per month or $399 per year you get full access to all existing O'Reilly books and videos as well as any new content published. There's also live online training, learning paths including self-assessment, and early ...