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Viral Video: Have Yourself a Merry Little Festivus! (Now, for the Airing of Grievances and the Feats of Strength!)

Kara Swisher in News on December 24, 2009 at 2:30 pm PT

There are a lot of Christmas classics, many of which are now but a click away, in a cavalcade of online video clips available. While I style myself as a Scrooge, each and every one gets to me right where it counts–most especially the first I posted here: Judy Garland at the peak of her promise, singing, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” in the movie, “Meet Me in St. Louis.” So, have yourself a Merry little Festivus now, and enjoy four others I posted too.

Too-Powerful Google Thumbs Its Nose at Everyone–Good Luck With That, Eric!

Kara Swisher in News on September 18, 2008 at 3:22 pm PT

It used to be, many years ago, that longtime Silicon Valley tech exec Eric Schmidt could work up a very significant head of steam when talking about the thuggish monopolistic practices of Microsoft and its negative impact on the tech industry. And, for the most part, Schmidt was dead right. Thus, BoomTown is both gobsmacked and a bit in awe that Schmidt–now sitting atop at the high-tech pig pile as CEO of the powerful search giant, Google–can, with a straight face, make the argument that everyone is wrong to be nervous about its deal with Yahoo to serve some of its search ads, even though the pair make up more than 80 percent of the search market. Still, at a press conference yesterday, Schmidt went on the offensive to defend the Yahoo deal, which is set to begin in a few weeks, in a most peculiar way.