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Why Google Rules the Online Ad Market, and How That Could Change

This article reminds me of all those Alpha skimmers who have to add a comment to the postings even though they only read every second paragraph. Also makes me consider the attention span of all the comment makers here who have nothing to say with the subject of the articles but only want to comment on the perceived lack of intelligence and knowledge of the writer. Someone the comment makers here -- who have been studying the subject of article about 6 nano-seconds are always just SO much smarter than the article writers who stayed up all weekend writing their articles.
(In other words thanks for a different look at the news biz).

Apple's Leap from Mediocre to Marvelous

I like this article.
I am a computer geek and I think that Apple computers are way oversold. I know that they are good and easy to use but they are not perfect and they are way expensive. I make a spreadsheet and check all the numbers before making a major buying decision; BUT Apple's computer marketing IS NOT aimed at me. Most people buy htese things based on emotion. (Apple really does make their darn products look sexy).

I suspect that investment web sites such as Alpha attract a high number of fact and figure and chart people like me; but most investors make decisions by poking a finger at a list of funds provided by their IRA. Or perhaps they make a decision according to which company's CEO was being praised in Time or Newsweek last week. We can't ignore these folks buying on emotion simply because we might be a bunch of number geeks. Those other investors are not wrong just different.

PS: I really loved that DELL guy a few years ago. He was way cool and too bad that he jumped the shark or whatever happened to him.

Not Enough Progress on Google Patent Search

Google Beta? Hell even GMAIL is still officially a Beta version and it has been going for more than 4 years!