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Government Efficiency

Yeah right... Stopping the work on nights and weekends will make a better work/life balance. It seems the Canadian government is implementing a Blackberry blackout between 7 PM and 7 AM. While this idea seems like it should work... How can it? The work that doesn't get done at these times has to get done at some other time. When will that be exactly?

Here is the Yahoo! article for more.

What are your thoughts?

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Open Source, Schmopen Source

Tom Keating takes us through an interesting tour through Shmooze and wonders aloud if this product is the Yiddish Asterisk. I'll give you a hint... It is not the Yiddish Asterisk but it is no chopped liver either.

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ITEXPO East 2008 Videos

There was in independent reporter at ITEXPO interviewing yours truly and some of the exhibitors from the show. There are two Quicktime files for your enjoyment... One is an interview with me discussing the consumer side of communications opportunities and then there are some testimonials from just a few of the exhibitors who were happy with the show. Enjoy.

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Mitel Agrees on Talkument

Thanks Mitel for agreeing with me that Talkument is a really interesting and different product, worthy of distinction.

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Microsoft to buy Yahoo!

One of the longest-running tech rumors around is that of Microsoft buying Yahoo! in an effort to become more competitive with Google. The concept of Microsoft as an underdog in any market would have been tough to swallow just a few years back but thanks to Google, anything is possible.

Today, rumors have become reality as Microsoft has made an offer of $31/share in cash and stock for a total of $44.6 billion dollars.

While this deal would obviously provide both companies with massive scale and Yahoo! is the most visited site on the Internet, the problem at Yahoo! is how to monetize this massive web traffic effectively.

I do not have high hopes that Microsoft is an expert in monetizing eyeballs but I do see that the Redmond-based software company has become a much better these past few years than at any time in recent memory.

If they can bring this management skill and momentum to the Yahoo! team and assets, they will be in good shape. The problem could be the scale of this acquisition and merging disparate cultures.

If I were Google, I wouldn't be scared just yet but I would keep at least one big eye on this new, combined competitor. Assuming that is, that the regulators allow this acquisition to take place. After all, underdog or not, Microsoft is still Microsoft and already has tremendous power and influence in the market that many deem monopolistic. Giving Microsoft the most popular website on the planet has got to raise an eyebrow or two.

More from Greg Galitzine's blog and TheStreet.com

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