I can\’t be the only that is seeing what is happening with regard to Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Yahoo, am I?

I have been waiting and watching for the next e-vrolution of the world wide web.

Google has been a great search tool but never could fully understand how it could have a stock value of:

GOOGLE(GOOG)
463.29 -10.49 (-2.21%) Aug 29 4:00pm ET
Open: 470.00
High: 473.78
Low: 462.33
Volume: 3,848,298
Avg Vol: 3,950,000
Mkt Cap: 145.68B
vs.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
27.29 -0.65 (-2.33%) Aug 29 4:00pm ET
Open: 27.70
High: 27.94
Low: 27.29
Volume: 50,753,881
Avg Vol: 67,129,000
Mkt Cap: 249.16B

Microsoft just launched IE8 that allows you to browse In Private without any browsing history and bought Ciao.com for 480M.

What that means is Google can no longer collect analytical data of EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SEARCHED FOR with using your computer.

Did you know that preety much every computer has a unique id and its location disclosed by identifying the ISP provider and address assigned? My prediction is that those prices will be reversed in >5yrs.

Google has become a lazy person\’s tool.
What I mean is that I would bet that most people used it to not have to type in a web address they already know.

The search within a website search is a cool feature on the results page but there is not enough content on most sites to be useful or too basic to find a product. People like to browse and experience the site they are visiting.
The Google \”drive-thru\” menu is truly worthless except for looking at books online.

Google is \”recomends\” using Mozilla as a slam to Microsoft till the get the chrome browser figured out.

Yahoo\’s only value is that mail (the old version) works well and the new version is way too small too read and people don\’t care about the drag and drop feature into folder feature.

Web2? is here, a new web is not until there is another e-vrolution with regard to hardware or operating system.

When I can pull out of my pocket a wallet size computer and link up instantly to any flat screen in the room to be used as a monitor, then I would say its here.

IBM where are you? Sleeping?

Google has missed the boat and getting too fat and slow.

They missed the boat to colonize into what cars.com, hulu, myspace and facebook have become.

Google apps? ya right. If Apple can get it together and put a tie once in awhile they might be able to compete better. They are not a failure but step up already and enouht with the cute ads.

All apple needs to do is pick the 5 most important business software tools, make them better than anything else and start hustling and hand selling the Mac to corporate accounts.

Knock knock Amazon? who\’s there? Microsoft, oh crap!

I suspect that a lot of the people having the discussion arent technical enough to be having it, which is why they resort to platitudes and evangelic blanket statements. I used to work with such people, ang they are annoying.

Its important that the techie-level discussions take place, but it is equally important that someone then explain it to the rest of us in a way in which we can understand and make reasonably sound decisions.

Kid Mercury wrote.

Alexander Francani

Have you seen the games of Centrobasket 2008 where JJ Barea has been having one of his best all time performances?

So we are drowing in information from self proclaimed experts.

Could we have an online tracking system (social network?) of what they said vs. what happened so we can gauge the gravity of their latest position or prediction?

Until some sort of a new clearinghouse comes along, we are just left to our favorite blogs, magazines and personalities with too little time to comment because we are drowning in information.

Biotechs may be having an interesting year in the stock market. There will be lots of technical, ethical and other discussions on this.

And the run up in gas prices has caused a shift in efforts toward energy. Should the U.S. drill in Alaska? What about alternative sources of energy? Public transportation?

The boom in commodities and growth in the world may cause a renewed interest in tech that improves ag productivity around the world. GMO vs. non-BMO … organic and natural vs. regular … rice production and yields … etc

Finally, technology today may apply to risk management: income volatility, disability, relationships, viability of employer, etc … You see a lot of discussion on moral hazard, bankruptcy laws, health insurance, labor markets (uemployment and participation rates) … How does tech impact this? (monster.com, social networking – linkedin, etc) What should be done about big financial losses at GM and other large entities?