Sun yesterday opened its labs to the press and among the things it showed off was an open source-based music recommendation service that the company hopes will someday outshine such systems on Apple iTunes and Amazon.com. Paul Lamere, who heads up the Search Inside the Music project, said his system should avoid situations seen in another music recommendation system where fans of the Britney Spears hit “Baby One More Time” were told they might also enjoy an audio recording of the report on prewar intelligence by the U.S. Senate intelligence committee.Not that there aren’t people who necessarily wouldn’t like both.
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