by denis | Dec 16, 2005 | Search
< — No offence to Google. I do not mean to imply that they actually are barbarians. These things happen when puns are involved. — > The New York Times is reporting Google the winner in the competition to catch AOL, culminating in a $1 billion deal...
by denis | Dec 16, 2005 | Search
AOL, which has been likened to a greased pig, has apparently slipped out of Microsoft’s grasp and was last seen running south towards the Googleplex. Earlier today, Reuters and the Wall St. Journal (no link – sub. req.) reported that Time Warner, owner of...
by denis | Dec 7, 2005 | Search
The greased pig of the search world is about to get caught. Apparently the pig is a prized ham after all. Have you ever been to a greased pig catching contest? Almost twenty years ago, while hitchhiking my way across the vast Canadian prairies one youthful summer, I...
by denis | Nov 23, 2005 | Search
An interesting phenomenon is coming to a monitor near you, perhaps the one you are looking at right now. The days of convergence are upon us. The trend towards the merging of media via the Internet is already causing significant cultural shifts as witnessed by the...
by denis | Oct 25, 2005 | Search
The best known of all weekly alternative newspapers, New York’s Village Voice has been purchased by New Times Media. New Times owns eleven other large alternative weekly papers including The Pitch (Kansas City MO) and the Houston Press. The two publishing...
