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Amazon Hacks For Fun and Money

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sadly-no-hacking-of-prices dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a new BusinessWeek article looking at some of the cool hacks coming out of Amazon's open API and XML feed policy. Some nifty stuff - 27,000 developers have apparently signed up to build hacks on Amazon data. It seems '..most are only part-timers and hobbyists, but a growing number are serious programmers who seek to make a living selling products based on the data Amazon is offering on a silver platter.'"

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  1. Use of "Hacker" by Jonah+Hex · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Nice to see the word "Hacker" used properly, to mean someone pushing the limits of X tech, as opposed to the usual "Hacker = Criminal".

    For many years I've seen the negative responses, as a self-confessed computer hacker. Its only in the past few years I've noticed more recognition of the true meaning of hacker from people.

    Jonah Hex

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  2. galeon crash by ljoas · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I suppose everybody in slashdot uses IE/windows these days. That site crashes Galeon under Linux for me....

    /L