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After years of struggling to beat Netflix's Cinematch recommendation algorithm by a baseline of 10%, two groups have

Imagine a random web. Your favorite current affairs news blog, which couldn't survive on Viagra ads, is now

Leeks, celery, carrots, cannellini beans and some herbs. Epicurious says put all that together and you'll have an

In October 2006 online movie rental company Netflix announced a contest called The Netflix Prize; any team that

Want a geeky way to chill out after a long work day of focus, focus, focus? There are

eBay founder Pierre Omidyar has joined the executive team of a stealthy new startup called Ginx, according to

Ambitious online music magazine Idiomag serves up synchronized songs, photos, videos and articles from and about artists it

Recently, we told you about Glue, a new browser plugin from AdaptiveBlue that put the social web in

International recommendation technology provider Strands has announced the five finalists in the Strands $100K Call for Recommender Start-Ups.

If you ever wished for a central place to keep track of your online purchases and to store

Music discovery services are definitely a hot topic right now, with Pandora, Last.fm, imeem, and others vying for

In a brilliant move that's sure to make both newspapers and social networks around the web jealous, the

Strands, the recommendation and lifestreaming service we've written about here before, announced a much anticipated deal this morning

The Filter, a personalized content filtering system which had been hanging around in beta status since sometime in

With all the discussions about information overload and the need for filtering, it looks like we're going to

Many small and medium sized businesses may have an interest in maintaining a presence on social networks, but

Loomia is a content recommendation service that uses a Facebook application to track what you and your friends