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TiVo Buys Super Secret Strangeberry

Posted by Hemos on from the and-your-father-smells-of-elderberries dept.

Raindeer writes "According to SEC-filings Tivo has bought a start up of Marimba-founder and Java-designer Arthur van Hoff. The name of the startup is Strangeberry Just because of their job-titles they must be building something cool Chief Hackberry, Chief Wiseberry, Chief Smartberry. The SEC-Filings show that it has something to do with delivering broadbandservices to televission. A Dutch web-log claims to have a picture of what they are building. Anybody got anymore ideas on what this could be?"

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  1. What it is: by wiredog · · Score: 5, Funny

    An oscillation overthruster

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  2. Hackberry, Wiseberry, Smartberry ... by BabyDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sound like a bunch of dingleberries to me.

  3. It's a Scooter! by TheLoneCabbage · · Score: 5, Funny

    And it only has 1 wheel! It will revolutionize the... the... the... well it will revolutionize something!

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  4. They're probably building... by I+Be+Hatin' · · Score: 5, Funny
    A time machine, so they can go back to 1999, when goofy job titles and goofily-named companies were acceptable.

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  5. If you can try to remember... by emo+boy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wasn't the strangeberry what all the Smurfs were after? I think that's what got them all drunk and lusting after Smurfette.

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  6. My Guess by illuminatedwax · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looking at the picture, it looks like they make:
    - Cable Modems
    - Router/Hubs
    - Breakout Audio/Video Box
    - Those artificial flowers that dance when they hear noises

    or some combination thereof.

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  7. Strangeberry by paul248 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Strangeberry is... PEOPLE!!!

  8. Re:Are any of them named John Smallberries? by argStyopa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bigboo-tay!

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  9. What's in a name? by volpe · · Score: 5, Funny


    The name of the startup is Strangeberry Just because of their job-titles they must be building something cool Chief Hackberry, Chief Wiseberry, Chief Smartberry

    "With a name like Smuckers, it's got to be good".

    Why does logic fly out the window whenever some kind of berry or other small fruit is involved?