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During the past month or so, there seems to be threats of some type of an investigation being requested, to investigate the Google-Yahoo deal. Hold it right there. This is a total crock.
We have a government in which no one even saw this housing and mortgage mess coming.  A government that employees people to oversee [...]

Last week I wrote an article about Silicon Valley and what some seem to feel is a lack of innovation coming from the area. [See article here.] So over the long three day weekend, as I read about how Google was coming out with their own browser Chrome, I thought to myself is this innovating [...]

I just finished reading an informative article over at the NY Times in which it states that Silicon Valley is suffering from a lack of innovation. According to the source, it is doom and gloom since companies are no longer living on the edge and innovation is being stifled. The opinion of the writer goes [...]

During the next two months of September and October, 2008, there will be the introduction of new products [toys] for all of us to go ga-ga-google over. Some of the best things to hit the techno world will be, but not limited to:
Netbook computers: Those pint sized wonders that will weigh in at 2lbs [...]

During the past few months, as we all watched Microsoft’s dismal attempt to take over Yahoo, a couple of things struck me as strange. First, Microsoft has the ability, money and talent to improve their own search engine and to market it themselves. Second, as each failed bid was reported on the Internet, one started [...]

Cuil [pronounced cool] is a new search engine start up company out of Menlo Park, CA., that is taking on Google. The new search engine company claims to have indexed some 120 billion pages,with the added claim they know of over one trillian pages. How about Google? How many pages do they have indexed?
Google remains [...]

Google appears to have come to their senses and have backed out of the Digg purchase deal. It appears that part of the deal involved Google taking a look at Diggs assets, failed attempts at other take overs, and the real cause may have been personality conflicts. According to TechCrunch, insiders indicate that Google felt [...]

When I first read the words, ‘Microsoft Ends Bid To Buy Yahoo’, I almost could not believe my eyes. But it has been confirmed and maybe, just maybe that will put an end to a saga that has consumed way to much time for the press, public and bloggers. On any given day, there were [...]

It makes one wonder. Should Bill Gates come back to steer the good ship Microsoft? Maybe Microsoft needs a Jerry Yang of Yahoo fame to help out. No matter what your opinion of Microsoft might be, the once mighty corporation is feeling the sting of the Microsoft - Yahoo deal gone sour. In fact we [...]

Every day brings us a new segment of the Yahoo - Microsoft saga, that has turned into a TV soap opera. We have read about the offers, the rejected offers, some outsider trying to enter into the series and mix it up and take over the Yahoo board and so forth. But what all of [...]

Microsoft has another strategy to convince the public that Vista is now fixed and they want you to ‘look how far we’ve come’ campaign. Microsoft is going to try and convince the masses that Vista is great and better than the reputation that continues to haunt the operating system. Which may take some doing. On [...]

Google and Yahoo have entered into an ad agreement which is under Congressional review in Washington D.C. You must understand that our Congress has nothing better to do with their time than investigate Google and Yahoo. Never mind banks going under, inflation taking off, high gas prices, homes being foreclosed upon and so forth. Congress [...]

Yahoo is offering a new search service called BOSS [Build your Own Search Service] which is an open source answer that allows innovation for developers, start-ups and large Internet companies.  Yahoo is touting the fact that users will be able to access all of Yahoo’s features such as relevant algorithms, ranking, indexing and a host [...]

What happened to Yahoo? LOL Microsoft has decided to buy semantic search engine Powerset to help to improve its image aa s search rival to Google. In a statement Steve Ballmer has mentioned that search is going to be Microsoft’s number one priority. In the article it states:
By buying Powerset, Microsoft is hoping to close [...]

Yahoo is adding additional email services, one to be called ‘ymail.com’. As many of us are aware, over the years millions of people got yahoo mail addresses as secondary addresses to try and filter junk mail away from their primary email address. Many of these accounts may be dormant, or rarely used, but the [...]

Microsoft has announced that they will be closing their Windows Live Expo service on July 31, 2008. The site originally was developed to compete against Craigslist a very popular site to sell and buy items on. On the WLE site it states:
Windows Live Expo will discontinue service on 31 July 2008. In preparation, the following [...]