Daily Reading from February 05, 2008

5 Feb 2008

Links to what I’ve been reading recently.

Silicon Valley after a Microsoft/Yahoo merger: a contrarian view — "This post is not about the potential Microsoft/Yahoo merger. Instead, let’s just assume for the moment that Microsoft succeeds in its bid for Yahoo. What would a Microsoft/Yahoo merger mean for startups in Silicon Valley? Some smart people whom I …"

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Debunking predictions Read/Write Web's authors have some goofy predictions.
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