Newsfactor asks what Google will gain from launching a browser. Answer: Nothing, except bruising the already badly bloodied nose of one Mr. Gates.
Steve Krause points to the absurdity of User Agreements of consumer services like Car Rental firms.
Information Week analyzes Googles’s weaknesses, namely,
excessive reliance on search advertising, lawsuits, eroding public trust, lack of focus and the competitive threat from Microsoft
and wonders how long the Googleboy will run like Superman.
Jason Kottke ponders over the editorial quality and varying styles at the news communities like Digg and Slashdot. Somewhere in there, he quotes from the Wisdom of Crowds where James Surowiecki writes that,
... in order for a crowd to be smart, says it needs to satisfy four conditions: 1. Diversity, 2. Independence, 3. Decentralization, and 4. Aggregation.
