Earlier today, Netflix announced that it’s putting a $1 million prize up for grabs. The Netflix Prize, as the online movie rental company calls it, will go “to the first person who can achieve certain accuracy goals in recommending movies based on personal preferences.”
Over A Million Delicious Users Served
Del.icio.us, the bookmarking service purchased by Yahoo, has registered over one million users of the service now.
PHP Firm Zend Lands $20 Million
Zend develops products for PHP development, and the company just hauled in $20 million in Series D Funding; a “strong candidate” for the open CEO job may be named in the coming weeks.
Indeed Hits a Million Per Month
Job search engine Indeed.com pinged me to brag on themselves a little. The company has broken the million job seekers per month barrier, a 300 percent increase in 2006.
Microsoft Fined $357 Million, Says Ouch
The European Commission has found Microsoft guilty of disobeying a 2004 ruling on antitrust actions, and fined the software giant $357.3 million. This isn’t the first time the Commission has disciplined the company-Microsoft was fined $633 million when the antitrust ruling was first made.
Million Surfer March Descends On Capitol
SaveTheInternet.com lugged one million petitions and letters to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to reiterate to lawmakers that a large and diverse group of citizens from all political backgrounds favored Net Neutrality legislation.
Yahoo Gets 10 Million Answers
Nearly five months after its debut, the Yahoo Answers service picked up its 10 millionth answer posted to the service.
Blogs Leap To 35.3 Million Online
Technorati’s David Sifry released his latest State of the Blogosphere assessment, and found that his blog search engine now tracks over 35 million blogs. That’s a lot of baby pictures and political rants being posted online.
65 million hit Internet map sites – Top 10 Map Sites
Some interesting numbers out of Internet research thinktank, ComScore media metrix …
Google Click Fraud Settlement: $90 Million
A class-action lawsuit filed by Lane’s Gifts and Collectibles in Arkansas against Google could end soon if the presiding judge approves a proposed settlement.