And if You Liked the Movie, a Netflix Contest May Reward You Handsomely
Netflix, the popular online movie rental service, is planning to award $1 million to the first person who can improve the accuracy of movie recommendations based on personal preferences.
Unrepentant PayPerPost Gets Funding
Three months after getting slammed by BusinessWeek's Jon Fine, TechCrunch's Marshall Kirkpatrick, and a gazillion bloggers, PayPerPost is crying all the way to bank. The Orlando-based startup, which ...
Nakama.ca Makes it Easy to Be Seen and Heard. Another MC Exclusive
Toronto based Nakama.ca (don't be confused, it's dot "ca" for Canada the dotCom isn't them) has a new take on making it easy to share your images, video and even your thoughts (via voice recordings).
Google buys garage that launched Internet's top search engine
SAN FRANCISCO - Internet search leader Google Inc. has added a landmark to its rapidly expanding empire - the Silicon Valley home where co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented a garage eight yea...
I'm going to become a Fonero
I want WiFi everywhere. I want to be able to boot up my laptop anywhere and be able to connect from my neighborhood park. I want to be able to use Skype from the street. That's why I really like th...
The PS3's worst enemy
Sony's had a lot of problems stirring up excitement with the PS3. Manufacturing problems, launch shortages, high prices, lackluster launch titles (Metal Gear Solid 4 isn't worthy a $660 investment) a...
Zune and iPod Photo Comparison
I got face time with a Zune this weekend and decided to look at how the form factor compares to the 80GB iPod I picked up a few days ago. The Zune weighs considerably less than the iPod, although I d...
Rocketrboom's ad price: $80K a week
Andrew Baron seems to have shaken off the heartbreak of separation and gotten down to business. While Amanda Congdon, with whom he co-founded Rocketboom, is on a coast-to-coast trip in a Ford Hybrid,...
Analysts don't like YouTube's chances
Another Internet research firm has predicted doom for YouTube's business model. — Copyright issues that have plagued video-sharing site YouTube since its official launch almost a year ago will mean ...
Cowon's N2, successor to the A2 throne
It's been a hell of a long time since Cowon launched its Engadget Award-winning A2, but we freaking finally have a worthy successor to their flagship media player, and like so many other Korean-built ...
Second third-party fix out for Windows bug
For the second time in as many weeks a group of security professionals has released a third-party fix for a Windows flaw that is actively being used in cyberattacks. — The group, calling itself the ...
Google takes a bigger bite of Big Apple
Google, headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is hoping to make it big in New York City. — After a year of speculation, the company on Monday officially opened a new, bigger and more Google-y offi...
Cousins, Identical Cousins
The iPod shares a similar price point and feature set with the iTV. That helps provide some clues of what the iTV will be able to do. Both need primarily to decompress audio and video from a hard dr...