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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style="">4Cast #88: Microsoft/Yahoo, New Google Views, Amazon/Audible,
Going
Green<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">February 5, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">1. <span
style=""> </span>“Microsoft +
Yahoo = ?”<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
<span style=""></span><br>
Microsoft’s bold and unsolicited $44.6B bid for Yahoo
shocked many and even <a
href="http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/2008/02/01/microsoft-yahoo/">appalled
a
few bloggers</a>.<span style=""> </span>Meanwhile, the world
waits for Yahoo to make its move.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1708993,00.html">Microsoft
Offers $44.6B for Yahoo</a> (TIME)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://time-blog.com/nerd_world/2008/02/yahoo_and_microsoft_two_soso_t.html">Yahoo
and Microsoft: Two So-So Tastes that Will Taste All Right Together</a>
(Nerd World)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.news.com/Microsofts-big-bid-for-Yahoo/2009-1028_3-6228762.html">Microsoft’s
Big Bid for Yahoo</a> (CNET News)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/yahoo-and-future-of-internet.html">Yahoo!
and the Future of the Internet</a> (The Official Google Blog)</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2. <span
style=""> </span>New Search
Views in Google<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For as long as we can remember, Google search
results have
been displayed in a vertical list of 10 results.<span style=""> </span>Now,
in addition to this list, you can also <a
href="http://www.google.com/experimental/index.html">view results by
Map,
Timeline, or Info</a>.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/introducing-new-search-views.html">Introducing
New Search Views</a> (The Official Google Blog)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://mashable.com/2008/01/28/google-experimental-view/">Google’s
Experimental Views Improve Perfection</a> (Mashable)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/2008/02/03/google-offers-new-experimental-search-views/">Google
Offers New Experimental Search Views</a> (ResearchBuzz)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.google.com/experimental/index.html">Check Out
Google’s Latest Ideas</a> (Google Experimental Labs)</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3. <span
style=""> </span>Amazon Buys
Audible<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Internet giant <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">Amazon.com</a>
has announced that it will acquire a leading online provider of spoken
word
audio content, <a
href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/homepage/AnonHome.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes">Audible.com</a>.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/technology/01amazon.html?_r=1&ex=1359608400&en=19cfbe7298937a4e&ei=508&oref=slogin">Amazon
to Buy Audiobook Seller for $300 Million</a> (The New York Times)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/could-amazon-and-audible-rewrite-the-rules-of-publishing/">Could
Amazon and Audible Rewrite the Rules of Publishing?</a> (The New York
Times Blog)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7818">Amazon.com Buys Audible;
March Into Digital Content Distribution Continues</a> (Between the
Lines)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1102509">Amazon.com
to Acquire Audible.com</a> (Amazon News Release)</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4. <span
style=""> </span>The Green
Scene<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Libraries are an obvious choice for the “green”
consumer,
and now they’re kicking it up a notch by introducing additional green
initiatives and ideas.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/pressroom/pressrelease/08pr/pr2801.cfm">SLA
Announces Green Initiative</a> (Special Libraries Association)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://greeningyourlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/better-world-books/">Better
World Books</a> (Going Green @ Your Library)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://greeningyourlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/01/05/green-cleaning-in-your-library/">Green
Cleaning in Your Library</a> (Going Green @ Your Library)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/03/clu-librarian-is-hip-to-green-issues/">Eye
on the Environment: CLU Librarian is Hip to Green Issues</a> (Ventura
County Star)</li>
</ul>
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