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Linked List: October 2, 2006

Monday, 2 October 2006

Mark Pilgrim: Digg Users Are Dumber Than Goldfish 

Guaranteed to soon be #1 on Digg.

I Feel Good About Mac Open Source 

Peter Hosey’s comprehensive directory of open source code libraries and apps for the Mac. (Via Daniel Jalkut.)

Netflix Recommendation Engine Contest 

Netflix is offering $1 million to anyone who can create a recommendation algorithm that’s at least 10 percent better than the one Netflix built themselves. Contestants get access to 100-million-entry database of Netflix’s customers’ ratings.

That’s a nice prize.

‘DVD’ Jon Lech Johansen Selling Reverse-Engineered FairPlay DRM 

Liz Gannes:

DRM-buster DVD Jon has a new target in his sights, and it’s a big piece of fruit. He has reverse-engineered Apple’s Fairplay and is starting to license it to companies who want their media to play on Apple’s devices. Instead of breaking the DRM (something he’s already done), Jon has replicated it, and wants to license the technology to companies that want their content (music, movies, whatever) to play on Apple devices.

It’ll be interesting to see who will license this. When Real Networks announced something similar they called “Harmony” in 2004, Apple issued a curt press release warning that it was “highly likely” that future iPod changes would break Real’s unauthorized use of the DRM, and, well, Harmony never went anywhere.

User/Submitter 

Black market bounties for Digg. “Submitters” pay $20 plus $1 per digg; “users” get paid $0.50 for every 5 submitter stories they digg. (Via Read/Write Web.)

British Gaming Shares Crash After U.S. Bill Banning Online Gambling 

I don’t gamble online, but I despise anti-gambling legislation. An awful lot of people here in the U.S. do gamble online, and enjoy it, so the right thing to do here is to start voting against incumbent representatives who support this legislation. The gambling sites should assemble the lists for their American customers. (Via Andy Baio.)

The Morning News Redesigns 

Gorgeous.