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by The Economist
China will soon boast more internet users than any other country. But usage patterns inside China are different from those elsewhere.
by Brooke Crothers, CNET News.com
by Heng-Cheong Leong, MyAppleMenu
Microsoft And Yahoo's Shotgun Marriage, by Tim Weber, BBC. Making the offer is an admission that Microsoft's management has been scared by the success of Google. The bid is also an acknowledgement that its numerous attempts to become a dominant internet content provider have failed.
Yahoo! Can't Say No: The Logic Of Microsoft's Brilliant Bid, by Henry Blodget. Yahoo!'s days as a stand-alone public company are almost certainly numbered. Yahoo! shareholders aren't going to let Yahoo! management say no to Microsoft without a fight.
Analysis: Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Won't Dethrone Google, by Jon Brodkin, Network World.
Microsoft Plus Yahoo? The Sum Is Less Than The Parts, by Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard. You will see most of Yahoo's smart people depart, and its customers gradually parceled out to attempt to bolster Microsoft's ever-faltering efforts to build an online business.
Get Off Of My Cloud: Why Microsoft's Play For Yahoo! Isn't About Search, by Chris WIlson, Slate. Yahoo!'s experience as a portal and Microsoft's position as the leading provider of offline software are the ingredients for a powerful Google alternative.
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