Junk Food For The Soul

Just listening to yesterday’s Buzz Out Loud podcast from CNET and they made a very good point about the whole YouTube/Google lawsuit fear that I hadn’t previously thought of.
We all predicted that as soon as a company with deep pockets bought YouTube the lawsuits would come out. But maybe Google’s pockets are too deep. […]

I was just reading this story on Ars Technica about Google, YouTube and their plan for attack. The fourth paragraph jumped out at me. Referring to the dance that Google/YouTube has to play with copyright owners:
This isn’t a new concern. BusinessWeek pointed out the dilemma that the site faced months ago. “If they cater […]

I’m meeting some co-workers today outside the office. Except I forgot my directions at the office. I know the name of the place where we are meeting, but the only thing I remember about how to get there is it’s behind a Sonny’s BBQ. I live about an hour from my office so going […]

Well, I’ll be damned. I was sure that it wasn’t going to happen. But it’s really true. Google themselves announced that they are buying YouTube.
I wonder what their plan is for dealing with the potential lawsuits over copyright issues? I know they signed a bunch of deals with record companies, which I’m sure included […]

I know that Google and YouTube are two of the sexiest names on the Net and many people would love to see what Google could do with YouTube, but I’m not buying all the rumors that Google is working on a deal to buy YouTube.
We all know Google has the cash to do the […]

Before I headed down to the zoo today I went to Google Maps. Mapped out the drive and clicked Print button. Maybe I’ve just never noticed them, but there were a couple of things I’ve never seen from Google Maps before.
To the right of the directions are little […]

New Google Reader

Google has launched a major revamp of Google Reader, their online RSS reader. I think this upgrade moves Google Reader from what I would call a sub-par RSS reader with cool features to the top of the RSS reader mountain.
NewsGator Online was previously my […]

I can hardly believe it. After the huge ordeal last month with Comcast, I’m right back where I was before. Late last month I finally got so fed up with the connection drops, which had become a daily problem by that time, that I started a blog and purchased several domain names. On the […]