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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. fp by buktotruth · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. Something I forgot to mention about communism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's fun, and pleasant, and it will work just FINE the next time we try it. You'll see!

  3. Um, "editor" Hemos, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you missed a few typos there.

  4. Yes, it is obvious by Groo+Wanderer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That thing you are looking at is a FAKE, not a real red flower. It is kind of hard to tell, mainly because there is so much unidentified techno-garbage in the foreground.

    -Charlie

  5. Cool! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've always wanted a cable modem with a built in vase, just like in my new VW!

  6. PARKING PROBLEMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What? huh?

  7. Re:Hackberry, Wiseberry, Smartberry ... by rogabean · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    your father smelled of elderberries...not strangeberries ;) those the above mentioned berries seem strange.

    all i've got to say is whatever they are building, it better be scratch and sniff enabled.

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  8. Re:too easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ass ... berry!

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  10. Re:Well... by babbage · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The colorful device on the far side is clearly a fake version of a well-established product. Are they skirting patent law here?

    ;-)

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