It seemed like the contest that would never end. For the past 3 years, Netflix has been offering a $1 million prize to whoever can improve its movie recommendations by 10% or more. Finally, it looks like someone might have done just that. The BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos team, which includes…

Digg’s Recommendation Engine was one of the biggest announcements in the history of the company, and yet it just never did it for me. Yes, I’d sometimes like to check out what my friends are digging, but in most cases it just adds to the noise, as I’d simply like to…