Initially I was against the Microsoft Yahoo deal that is raging right now. It angered me that Microsoft was intending to spend 44 billion dollars on a company that I feel is a pile of rancid crap. A short time ago I changed my mind however because I am hoping that Microsoft will spend so much money on this deal that it will ultimately contribute to their demise. Why would I want Microsoft to die? Because they are no longer a technology leader and we need new blood in the computer technology industry. As long as Microsoft is around we will stay mired in legacy technologies that have run out of...

Have you ever really tried the exact same search term on Google, MSN (live.com) and Yahoo!? I think usually people tend to have settled on a particular search engine and that’s where they stay. At least that is the behavior I have noticed in my friends and co-workers. It is almost as if they don’t know the other search engines exist. Anyway, I run a few web sites and I also do web development so I find myself testing different search engines to see how a particular site is ranking. I also consult others on getting their business web sites higher in the search engine rankings so...