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I don’t normally make any comment on Dave Winer’s views on things, sometimes I agree with him, sometimes I don’t.
But this time he is smack bang on:

Standards devised by one tech company whose main purpose is to undermine another tech company, usually don’t work.
……What would be exciting and uplifting, a real game-changer — Internet […]

Google bought Jaiku the Finnish based “social network based in and on the web & mobile phones” for an undisclosed sum.
Whats the new name? Jaioogle? Jaigle? Jagle?

What does that mean? First and foremost, we’re of course continuing to support our existing users. So fear not: your Jaiku phone, the Web site, IM, SMS, and […]

I get a link yesterday from someone (who shall remain nameless, unless they want to be named), to a thread on Boards.ie discussing IRMA’s alleged letter sending campaign to filesharers.

A open-eyed reader had a quick look at IRMA’s website and found….to shock and horror:

Now that is disgraceful! IRMA using filesharing and music download (from the look of the links, possibly illegal music downloads at that!).

I wonder if anyone from IRMA would be available for comment on how they appear to be cashing in on Google Adwords to make money? Or are they using it for more sinister means?

Just poping my gmail account (use it for misc stuff) and got the above error.
Hmm, not liking that.
If you continue, it does work, but, not liking expiring SSL certs.
Maybe a concidence, but listening to Adam Curry’s Daily Source Code podcast earlier, I heard him whining about Gmail being broken.

Google Desktop has become an Enterprise application with the release of Google Desktop for Enterprise
(I know this news isn’t exactly new, but I have started looking at this application only now)
The application can be downloaded from here. The main differences from the consumer grade version seem to be that it can be installed via Windows […]

….but only in the Bay Area in the US. Sorry for keeping you guessing!

I picked this one up via The Community At Large. Ta for that..
[UPDATE II:]
After doing a bit of poking around on (funnily) Google, and technorati I found someone who is using the GoogleNet application:
I read with excitement all the hoopla about Google […]