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Google, Skype and the Future of IM

Matt Veenstra sent in a nice little piece of rumor mongering about how Google's new Talk/Jabber/IM thing is just a stepping stone, but it's really just a foreshadowing of their future buyout of Skype. Worth some thought anyway.

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  1. Come on... by daniil · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's Wednesday. Tuesday was yesterday. Your troll is a day late.

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  2. Oh good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Google topic. I was startin' to get the jitters waiting for my fix. Tx Taco!

  3. Or not... by jpsowin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Worth some thought anyway.

    Or not. I have better things to think about than rumors of Google buying companies they haven't offered to purchase. Like commenting on this story about the rumors!

  4. I pity the foo' by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 2, Funny

    who can't stop all this jibber-Jabber about Google.

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  5. Re:Using Google Talk by GraemeDonaldson · · Score: 2, Funny

    s/dim-wit/yet

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  6. Re:"News" implies some basis in fact... by WilliamSChips · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought that was John Dvorak who predicted Apple moving to Intel five years in a row

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  7. Re:"News" implies some basis in fact... by op12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't wait for Chuck E Google! Maybe they'll make Chuck more aesthetically pleasing :)

  8. Re:"News" implies some basis in fact... by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 2, Funny

    Input port I can understand. If something is coming out of the port, you have some choices: get a tissue, or catch the baby, or push the ben-wa balls back in.

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  9. Re:"News" implies some basis in fact... by Dutch_Cap · · Score: 3, Funny

    Twice.