Quote from Rod Drury, founder and CEO of kiwi web email company AfterMail (which was acquired by Quest Software for US$45 million in January 2006): "We demonstrate globally from our

- The Return of Mr Safe (like a geeky version of Inspector Clouseau, Mr Safe is one of the enduring characters of the tech blogging world... in this latest episode

On my ZDNet blog, I've reviewed the best Web Office products currently on the market. I believe some of these may be acquisition targets for Microsoft, Google or even Yahoo

- TechCrunch leads Silicon Valley Web renaissance (I miss the Gatsby mansion... fun times in Silicon Valley) - Brian Oberkirch interviews Umair Haque (a nice Bubblegeneration 101 on Umair's theories,

- Amazon Plans Music Service To Rival iTunes (nice opportunity for server-->device integration here... among the plans: Amazon-branded portable music players for retailers and a subscription service) - MySpace goes mobile

Excellent quote from Joshua Schachter of del.icio.us: "Aggregation is often a focus of attention (latest, most active, etc.) As the population gets larger, the bias drifts; del.icio.us/popular becomes less interesting

- The Evolution of Information Grazing (more cow metaphors) - James plays the field ("Grazing, on the other hand, is feed promiscuity. No commitment.") - Ross Levinsohn on Fox's Digital

I've read some absurd things in my time, but this one really takes the cake. It's by a 'big media' guy at CBS News, who has written an astonishing spiel

After my post about Personalized Megite, I got taken to task by both Gabe Rivera from Memeorandum and Nik Cubrilovic from OmniDrive - two developers who have had a lot

- The Trendiest Web2.0 Page on the Net! (it's funny cause it's true... apologies to Fred, who for all I know may've invented the 'big red jagged circle' effect) -