Amazon hires algorithm guru

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Udi Manber, former chief scientist at Yahoo, moved to Amazon. He probably got bored working for a mass media company, and Amazon is an interesting place to do applied software research at.

09/25/03 update: Amazon Plans Search Service to Drive Sales (A9 subsidiary headed by Manber)

02/26/06 update: Google hires Amazon's search chief.

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