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Google stock dropped despite the fact that they made 35% more money this year than during the same quarter last year. The reason for the drop? They came up short of analyst projections!!!

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Remember when Friendster was new and the king of social networking? Then they got bogged down because they didn't have the capacity to support the millions of users accessing their site. Next thing you know, MySpace comes along with better capacity and Friendster goes from leader to has been in the market they practically created. I think Twitter better get its act together very soon, or they'll be the next Friendster.

Microsoft has ABANDONED it's pursuit of Yahoo! Now idiot investors are selling off Yahoo stock and driving the price down. So the next time MS comes around, that original off is going to look real good. Maybe I should start clicking again?

They're apparently in cahoots now, so helping Yahoo helps Microsoft. And I won't do that if I can help it. Too bad. I really wanted to see that asshole Ballmer have to suck it up for a change.

Yahoo let Microsoft's deadline pass. It's possible that they may yet give in and accept a better offer from MS. But until they do,. I propose that users start clicking on all ads on Yahoo to improve their ad revenue. If Yahoo starts raking it in again, they may be able to stay independent. Harebrained idea? Maybe. But it can't hurt.

Despite all the doom and gloom predictions, Google announced HUGE profits yesterday. Investors who have been selling Google down for the past week, now have to watch as the stock climbs 17% in a day! That's what happens when you let "analyst" influence your decisions. All those shorts are really hating Google right about now. I'm just surprised that investors aren't punishing Google for relying on international revenue to increase profits.

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When I first heard about Microsoft's plans for Yahoo, I was ready to start an on-line campaign to keep Yahoo MS free. Now it looks like Yahoo is less interested in staying an independent company, and more interested in a bigger check. I guess I'll have to start relying on gmail more now. And I was really liking the new Yahoo Mail app.

Yahoo refuses to admit any responsibility over what happened to these journalists, but they still settled out of court. Their excuse that they were simply complying with Chinese law sounds a little too much like "we were just following orders" to me. I know it's a slippery slope once you expand into international markets, but there has to be a point where your morals out-weigh the bottom line.

That's exactly what's happening in Connecticut if you believe the defense. I don't have all the facts and the prosecution is right in pointing out that the teacher could have just turned the computer off and avoided the whole problem. But I've also seen what happens when malicious software gets installed on a vulnerable machine. Once the pop-ups start, you can't stop them.

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One clever blogger decided to share with advertisers some of the offensive material that is spewed daily on "Hot Talk" KSFO. When some of those advertisers pulled their ads, Disney (KSFO's parent company) sicked its lawyers on the blogger to shut him up.

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