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Week of October 30, 2006

November 1, 2006
Wiki site Jotspot is acquired by Google for an undisclosed amount
"Google's acquisition will allow it to plug into the resources that only a company of it's scale can offer, like a huge audience, access to world-class data centers and a team of incredibly smart people."

October 31, 2006
Investments drumming up again in the online advertising sector
The latest funding brings the total raised by Spot Runner to $60 million. The company previously collected $20 million in start-up funding from Index Ventures and Battery Ventures. The round also included investments from Allen & Company, Tudor Investment Corp., Capital Research and Management, media executive Lachlan Murdoch and financier Vivi Nevo, as well as follow-on investments from Index Ventures and Battery Ventures.

October 30, 2006
Is Google a little hypocritical?
“Google was a little hypocritical when they were refusing to honor a Department of Justice request for information because they were heavily in bed with the Central Intelligence Agency, the office of research and development,” said Steele.

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