Ever wonder what it’s like inside a Netflix Warehouse, with all those red envelopes coming in every day? Come to think of it, have you ever even seen a Netflix warehouse? Well, the reporting in this story has, and it’s very a very interesting read.
Category Archive: companies
Jun
27
The Netflix Prize Has Been Won
In 2006, Netflix announced a contest to improve the recommendation engine it uses by at least 10%. Yesterday it was announced that a team was able to reach 10.05%. Read more about it in Wired.com. The winning team wins $1,000,000.
Jun
22
HP web connected inkjet printer
A web connected printer? I’m not even sure where to start with this. I don’t think it’s a very good idea for websites to start integrating special software that will only print particularly well on one type of printer. Maybe there’s more to it than that, I’ll have to see the demo to be sure …
Jun
04
Best Buy MacBook Pro? Nope, Just A Brick
If you want a good reason to open your purchases in front of a Best Buy employee before you leave the store, check this out. You might find a brick instead.
Jun
01
Note To Microsoft About Backgrounds
Microsoft did the right thing and broadcast their E3 announcements today. Good idea! They broadcast the video of the announcer standing in front of a field of dots. Bad idea… The video of this was bigger, and the dots were very distracting.
May
19
Palm Pre Launching June 6 For $199
Sprint will start selling the Palm Pre on June 6th, for $199. Palm is taking a real gamble by not having the ability to run older Palm apps on this new device, and an even bigger gamble by waiting until just two days before Apple’s developer’s conference to start selling this. I think it’s clear …
May
07
May
07
Borland sold to Micro Focus International
Borland… Remember them? Well, they just got bought.
Mar
31
Google To Announce Venture Fund
Google is going to announce a new venture capital fund. (Via NYTimes).
Mar
18
IBM in talks to buy Sun
There are sources which say that IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems.