http://www.inveslogic.com/latest Internet Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1105222?rsstype=latest&cid=40 If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Microsoft (MSFT) is lining up partners to buy Yahoo! (YHOO) and this time it is very likely to get what it...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1105222?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:08:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1105218?rsstype=latest&cid=40 On today s Squawk Box we had a fascinating discussion with noted academic Jonathan Zittrain about his new book, The Future of The Internet And How To Stop It . Zittrain s central thesis is that we ve gone from proprietary mainframes an... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1105218?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:12:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/infectious-greed/1104917?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Many moons ago I wrote a piece for Men's Journal -- yes, that's just the kind of renaissance guy I am -- on the joys of cycle-climbing. I had originally planned on chronicling my effort to do the equivalent of the Seven Summits of biking; that is, c... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/infectious-greed/1104917?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:03:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104441?rsstype=latest&cid=40 On today s SquawkBox (June 30), we talked a lot about the changes at Microsoft and what may be next for the company.With Bill Gates formally departing Microsoft (see his farewell speech), much of the conversation has been about what comes next ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104441?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:52:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/business-pundit/1104550?rsstype=latest&cid=40 CNN makes a spelling mistake. Mine mostly have to do with numbers. This morning, on an earlier blog post, I mistook $2,100,000 for $2.1 billion.As far as basic math mistakes go, that one was a winner. Though I fixed it, the error still felt like a fa... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/business-pundit/1104550?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:45:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fc-now-the-fast-company-blog/1104764?rsstype=latest&cid=40 This morning Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] confirmed rumors that it will be acquring Powerset, a Bay Area-based company specializing in natural language Web search. According to press materials, Redmond's strategy is to incorporate Powerset's proprietary t... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fc-now-the-fast-company-blog/1104764?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:03:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1104655?rsstype=latest&cid=40 $$$ You blew my mind too, Kevin Rose-- Barry Diller [NewsGroper]$$$ How to Increase the Value of Yahoo! (YHOO), Revisited [LoSC]$$$ Winners & Losers in Bank of America's Purchase of Countrywide [DealJournal]$$$ This Week in Duh : Domestic Auto Sale... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/deal-breaker/1104655?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:58:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/infectious-greed/1104919?rsstype=latest&cid=40 So, the venture capital asset class is in crisis. Or at least that's what the NVCA is saying today as it rings the alarm bell asking for politicians, regulators, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, dogcatchers, presidential candidates, philatelists... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/infectious-greed/1104919?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:37:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1105011?rsstype=latest&cid=40 I don t want to get all patriotic on you or anything, but I came across a couple of tributes to our home and native land (okay my home and native land anyway) and they were sufficiently funny and yet true at the same time that I couldn t help... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/mathew-ingram/1105011?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:14:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104733?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Microsoft s (MSFT) search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search provider for an undisclosed sum. Will it be enough to close its yawning Google (GOOG) (and even Yahoo) (YHOO) sear... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104733?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:31:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1104935?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Microsoft s (MSFT) search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search provider for an undisclosed sum. Will it be enough to close its yawning Google (GOOG) (and even Yahoo) (YHOO) sear... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1104935?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:31:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1104371?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Apollo Group Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL) is seeing shares surge in after-hours after the company posted better than expected earnings. The for-profit and online...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1104371?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:46:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104969?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Clay Felker, a legend in magazines and journalism, died today. I had to honor to work with Clay Felker for a few years, making magazines and websites as part of my time at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He was in poor health for much ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/john-batelles-search-blog/1104969?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:45:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/infectious-greed/1104920?rsstype=latest&cid=40 I have various proprietary tools I have created to track layoffs, and they are all through the roof right now. Admittedly the tools have only been around for one economic cycle, but the explosion in layoffs I've been observing over the last ten days ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/infectious-greed/1104920?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:35:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104489?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Lately, I have been playing with Posterous -- a no coding necessary, post by email blog site. Email text, pictures, mp3s, whatever -- Post@Posterous.com -- and it appears like magic. It is absurdly simply to use, and I already see how it is going t... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1104489?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:30:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104811?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Last week, OStatic noted the rumor, first reported by VentureBeat, that Microsoft intended to buy Silicon Valley semantic search engine Powerset for $100 million. Lo and behold, Microsoft and Powerset are confirming today that an acquisition agreemen... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104811?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:29:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1104773?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Microsoft is trying to. It's up on PeerToPatent and you can comment on this patent application (and the USPTO will presumably listen to you) if you'd like to help keep the world free of really silly software patents. Following is the abstract. ... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/feld-thoughts/1104773?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:06:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104738?rsstype=latest&cid=40 With the summer blockbuster season officially underway, audiences can expect to see more movie marketing campaigns appearing across all types of media. As an avid Internet user who is behind on my theater-going, I wondered how people engage with onli... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104738?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:58:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1104940?rsstype=latest&cid=40 With the summer blockbuster season officially underway, audiences can expect to see more movie marketing campaigns appearing across all types of media. As an avid Internet user who is behind on my theater-going, I wondered how people engage with onli... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1104940?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:58:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104739?rsstype=latest&cid=40 So, the venture capital asset class is in crisis. Or at least that's what the NVCA is saying today as it rings the alarm bell asking for politicians, regulators, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, dogcatchers, presidential candidates, philatelists... http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1104739?rsstype=latest&cid=40 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:57:51 -0400