Initial review look very positive.

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Quoted: Google sees HTML5 as a more logical future for Web improvements than its own Gears software. No surprise, given its work on the standard and dislike for plug-ins. Read this blog post by Stephen Shankland on Webware.

Quoted: Ask your friends what business Google (s goog) is in and the answer you'll most likely get is search. And ...

Another insightful post from SmoothSpan, this time on Microsoft and search.

Quoted: "That was the most astounding software demo I've every seen," Wozniak tells Tech Ticker after seeing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Bing at the All Things Digital Conference here.

We had Blair Underwood when I graduated.

Quoted: It was Schmidt's second honorary degree in as many days. On Sunday, he received one at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he delivered a similar speech.

Quoted: I've said it a few times on this blog recently as offhand comments, but I feel compelled to say it a bit more loudly. I think we will see the end of the IPO drought for venture backed companies within...