by Gouda » Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:32 am
<!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39260264,00.htm">Google accused of bio-piracy</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>First it was China, now it's genetics; Google is in hot water with privacy advocates again</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>***<br>Search giant Google has been accused of being the "biggest threat to genetic privacy" for its alleged plan to create a searchable database of genetic information...<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/print?id=1787748">What is google up to?</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Google's Billions: Is 8 Enough?</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>Google Announced Stock Sale Will Add Billions to the Company's Cash Reserves <br>The search engine giant has nearly $8 billion in cash reserves, but on Wednesday it announced plans to sell more than 5 million shares of stock to raise $2 billion more...<br><br>Some Believe Cash Points to Secret Plans<br>...<br><br>"I suspect there is more to this than meets the eye," said Bill Whyman, president of the Precursor Group, a research firm for institutional investors.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>***<br><br>And take a look at this:<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.robinsloan.com/epic/">www.robinsloan.com/epic/</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>A short video project clip which looks into the future of the mediascape, and especially the possibilities/potentialities with Google. The video predocuments the progression and consolidation of media via a very plausible war between Google and Microsoft. Very well made and thought provoking. Go on an EPIC tour to 2014. “You’re about to watch a future history of the media…” <p></p><i></i>
