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Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
Some thoughts on Youtube and Google — Would Google be crazy to buy Youtube. No doubt about it. Moronic would be an understatement of a lifetime. — Would Google be stupid to do a deal with Youtube. Not at all. Would Youtube be smart to do a deal with Google. Thats a different answer.
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Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Buy a lawsuit or just the ad traffic? — Mark Cuban has "Some Thoughts on YouTube and Google". Mark is right on target saying Google would be crazy (moronic) to buy YouTube, but brilliant to do an exclusive advertising deal. — Google makes money selling advertisements on web traffic, not just search results pages.
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Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Google Buying YouTube: Announcement This Week? — When the rumors began to circulate on Friday that Google was buying YouTube, it looked like yet another unconfirmed rumor in a series of YouTube-related murmurings. But today the UK's Sunday papers are speaking as if the deal is almost done, with an announcement due early this week.
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy:
Is Mark Cuban a Weird Sister? — For reasons only he knows, Mark Cuban is obsessed with dumping on the idea that YouTube might be worth billions of dollars. He publicly labeled any serious prospective buyer of the site a "moron," but then along came word that Google, founded by two certified geniuses …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Strange Things Afoot at the Google Blog — A bunch of people noticed a very odd post on the google blog tonight that suggested they were cancelling their click-to-call service (see below, captured by John Resig). Just a month ago Google expanded the click-to-call program into the UK.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google Click2Call Alive, Hoax & Hack — The Google Click-to-Call is not cancelled, a Google spokesperson just let us know. … We had reported on a strange development on Google's official blog which indicated that Google's click-to-call project was cancelled. Many readers including Aswath had pointed out that it was a hoax.
Karen Wickre / Official Google Blog:About that fake post — A bug in Blogger enabled an unauthorized user …
Maximal / Official Google Blog:Google Click-to-Call project cancelled
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Zoho Adds Single Sign On Across Online Suite — We've been tracking the progress of Zoho's online office suite for since its launch last year. — The Zoho development team regularly releases new feature and tweaks (one or two per month on average) instead of the occasional monster update.
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Ryan / For once and for all!:
The iPOD is ALREADY dead, in case you haven't noticed the Zune is CHEAPER, has WAY MORE FEATURES, and has WIRELESS. — Who cares about the iSHEEPLE anyway — I'm guessing the second commenter is on Microsoft's payroll. Most people haven't even heard of Zune, it's actually *not* cheaper …
Doc Searls Weblog:
How VRM helps CRM — Responding to what Dave says here (which enlarges on what I said here) Kim Cameron replies, This is exciting stuff - I¹m talking Identity Big Bang content. He adds, … Yes, except I also think it's important not to understand VRM (Vendor Relationship Management …
GrokLaw:
IBM's Memo in Support of its Motion for SJ on SCO's Interference Claims — Would you like to hear the rest of the BayStar story? Then pull up a chair, my friends. — On page 21 in IBM's Amended Redacted Memorandum in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgment on SCO's Interference Claims …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AllofMP3 Outsources Marketing to U.S. Government — AllofMP3 is a Russian web service that sells digital music at very low prices without any copy protection. The service, which would clearly be illegal in the U.S. and many other countries, continues to operate apparently legally under Russian law.
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Pete Wright / Strange new worlds …:
Jason Calacanis and PayPerPost — So, the mighty Jason Calacanis decided to comment on my blog. Rather than reply with a comment and risk it getting buried, let's address his points publicly here. — I have no ads on my site and nothing to gain by going after PayPerPost.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Wii retail details: markup and endcaps — Looks like peoples in the retail industry are getting pretty stoked about the Wiis about to make it into their respective stores. We got our hands on the CompUSA hardware / software markup sheet for Nintendo's new console, as well as some spy pics …
Dan Lurie / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Hack your Mac Pro SuperDrive for fun and profit — It's not uncommon for computer manufacturers to swap and switch out various components for similar or near-identical parts during a production run, and Apple has been known to partake in this practice in the past.
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