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How Microsoft can crush Google by Tim Marman

Dare points to this insightful, if nefarious, post on how Microsoft could crush Google in one easy step . I've long made the argument that Google is not a technology company, but rather an advertising / media company. Clearly, the distinction between...

The UAC security flaw in Vista by Tim Marman

User Account Control (UAC) is one of the key security mechanisms introduced in Vista. In the past, the default account as an administrator. Following the principle of least privilege , the default Vista account runs with limited access, and Vista detects...

An Anthropologist's Take on Web 2.0 by Tim Marman

The Machine is us. ( Link to the video ) Syndicated from Loosely Coupled // Tim Marman's Weblog | Slashstar ( rss )

Google bought the brand, not the technology by Tim Marman

Scoble says Google bought YouTube because it "realized it couldn’t make its own video service look as cool as YouTube." As I said before, Google was buying YouTube's audience and/or employees, not the technology . After listening to the Google-YouTube...

Google has indeed acquired YouTube by Tim Marman

Google has indeed bought YouTube , beating the " $1.5 billion reserve price " with a $1.65 billion stock deal. Jim Cramer ( via Fred ) says he was concerned with the $1.5 billion price - or rather, "concerned that someone else will come in and pay $2...
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What is YouTube worth? by Tim Marman

YouTube is apparently for sale - that is, if someone is willing to pay at least $1.5 billion. Yahoo! is reportedly the front runner (not sure how I feel about this as a shareholder). Jason Calacanis said on the latest Gillmor Gang that he would quit if...
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