AOL Attaches Itself To Goowy

You have to feel a bit bad for AOL and Goowy - here they are with a solid arrangement in place, and Microsoft's mammoth offer to Yahoo is all anyone can talk about.  Ah, well.  We'll try to toss a few paragraphs their way, and begin by pointing out that AOL acquired Goowy.

Countries Getting Internet Back After Cable Cutting

We're still waiting to hear what caused damage to several underwater Internet cables; it's likely to be either especially interesting (in an apocalyptic, WWIII sense) or completely mundane (think rusty old anchors).  But either way, affected nations are getting their access back.

What Everybody Seems to be Missing About Google

I’m surprised that even Kara Swisher has missed this. The bloggers are going nuts, once again, over the email that a Google lawyer sent to Microsoft regarding Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Yahoo. Here’s what’s really going on:

Penn Busts eBayer Without Auctioneer License

Some Pennsylvania bureaucrats have lost their minds, probably somewhere in the stack of papers their shuffling, after noticing how much money the state was losing by not enforcing an arcane law established long before anybody ever heard of eBay.