Microsoft has apparently offered to buy Yahoo! for the paltry sum of $44.6 billion. This bothers me. First of all, Microsoft has had almost a monopoly in the OS market for the last couple of decades, and we all know how they handled that. If they get a majority share of the […]
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Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo!: Oh crap.
Published February 2nd, 2008 in Communication, Computers, Search Engines and The Interwebs. 5 CommentsQuick and Dirty: Yahoo! Mash Review
Published September 15th, 2007 in Applications and Services, Communication, Search Engines and The Interwebs. 0 CommentsYahoo, in an effort to capture market share in the Web 2.0 social networking market, has just released their new social network, named Mash. They seem to have taken special care to make it something that could be used as a verb, as all over your profile (and others’ profiles, as well), you are […]
Ask.com: The algorithm that brings porn faster
Published June 6th, 2007 in Search Engines and The Interwebs. 0 CommentsAsk.com, looking to promote its complete revamp, has released a new television advertisement into the wild with a man singing, “I got what I’m looking for!” In the background, the search bar clearly shows searches for “babes with swords,” and other things along those lines, with pictures, videos, and badly-made websites. It’s absolutely […]
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