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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. How long until... by dafoomie · · Score: 3, Troll

    How long until Amazon patents "software to provide price comparison on cell phones and other portable devices". Surprised they haven't put out a patent already.

  2. Since when... by KU_Fletch · · Score: 0, Troll

    When did we start calling programming hacking? Am I missing something. You took an XML feed and made an aplet to manipulate it. OOOOOOH. It's ccalled programming. Hacking implies that it is forbidden, agressive, or both. Stupid mainstream press with their coopting of our phrases.

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