Recently I was browsing the web, and I came across an ad or two for Google AdSense, their advertising program for web site operators. At first I thought it was a google ad, that is, on the google network, much like their public service messages, but as I looked further I realised that this was not a google-served ad, but rather some other advertising system.
So Google does not eat its own poison when it comes to purchasing advertising space, preferring to advertise itself outside of AdSense. Or, if it does eat its own poison, it also eats other poisons. In any case, I can't recall ever seeing an ad for AdSense on google ads.
It might be speculated that their upcoming IPO might have something to do with what could be interpreted as a symptom of a more agressive marketing campaign to promote their advertising network-- in this case, to grow their network and enhance their value permanently.
Interesting. Of course, the value of their advertising network, among other things, is a subject of debate-- more specifically, whether or not Google has been overvalued in setting the suggested share price of $108 to $135.
But this is speculation. Let's wait for further news.
It appears that Ken Brown's controversial Samizdat paper, previously covered here on CP, has been leaked on Wikisource. See for yourself.
Seems like everyone and their uncle is coming out with a handheld game console these days. Pretty soon we're going to have so many N-Gages, Gizmondos, Zodiacs, PSPs, MoMAs, and DSs that none of them will sell and we'll end up tossing them into a massive "handheld" dumpster.
But I digress. A startling new development in a sea of new developments has come to light: namely, a new handheld from a behemoth of a company, capable of coming on top in the upcoming handheld war.
Our fearless reporter E. went to great lengths to dig up this exclusive photo from the internal development department of the largest software company in the world! No, not McDonalds; Microsoft.
We also have some information about this monster, the Xbox Portable. It will have a high resolution CRT screen, some buttons, and will sell for no less than $600 and no more than $1.6 billion. Mr. Gates is reputedly "very pleased."
I think it brings new meaning to the word "portable."
