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What if Atlas simply shrugs and Google shuts down Will the same people that are complaining about Google being too big and good then start screaming that they have a right to use Google and it should be forced to remain online or would the looters be happy that they got rid of a big bad monster No theyre counting on the fact that Google will stay online because they want to remain in business provide a good service and make money too
This is just another small nail in the coffin What if major corporations start to shut down one by one...
GUS grabs a slice of the online shopping action for $485m
caught up with the vogue for buying online comparison shopping websites yesterday splashing out 485m 273m on PriceGrabbercom less than 24 hours after demerging its remaining stake in Burberry
Its biggest deal on behalf of its Experian financial services arm bolsters the division ahead of its expected separation from Argos Retail Group in Analysts said the acquisition would boost s earnings next year which has been working on its own breakup plans for the past 18 months has spent more than 1bn on expanding Experian this year Its shares rallied 85p to 992p...
Personal Technology:
The software business is making a slow transition from programs that are installed on a computers hard disk to programs that live wholly or partly on external servers These newstyle programs called Web applications are meant to be launched and run over the Internet from a Web browser or from some other small piece of software on your
Like all other trends in technology this one sometimes called Web 20 is overhyped Its been happening quietly for years but its a long way from replacing all the software you use...
Google Offers Homepage APIs
The sultan of search announced the Google Homepage this week Its a way of letting outside developers create modules that can be included in users home pages
Modules are basically files that wrap existing Web content or applications the company explained on the Google blog Developers can submit their completed modules to Google for validation and inclusion in the directory
The company seeded the directory with modules for a weather map a clock showing the date and time a tool for customizing the Google logo and two games End users only need to click an add button to include modules in their personalized pages...
Dvorak: Google Under Attack by Eurosnobs
In a headlinegrabbing comment last week Pinto Balsem o head of the European Publishers Council said that the Internet cannot continue to be free as it has been for the last decade
He wasnt suggesting that publishers make all their sites payperview but that search engines could not and should not be able to search for content freely
The gripe was aimed directly at Google but it seemed to me that it was also a broadside against bloggers podcasters and even academicians as Balsem o was attacking fairuse principles too...