Google Version 2.0: Googzilla - The Calculating Predator
Google is perhaps today's best example of a company built on calculative thinking. Like a grand master in chess, Google uses strategic feints to obtain its objective - winning the game. Google Version 2.0 shares the search and ad capabilities of Google Version 1.0, but it is much, much more. With a little more effort, Google could become the largest information publishing, distributing, archiving, and retailing operation in the world.
Senate Democrats hinted at payback for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called Barack Obama an untested candidate beholden to Democratic interest groups in a prime-time GOP convention address.
AFP - Authorities in China's Muslim-populated far northwest are seeking to prevent mass prayers and the distribution of religious material as part of a security crackdown for Ramadan, government notices said.
Reuters - Condoleezza Rice travels to Libya on
Friday, the first trip there by a U.S. secretary of state in 55
years, signaling improved ties between the two countries.
