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Pd - 10 May 2008 17:03 GMT

Here's spooky: I'd just finished reading the BBC article regarding
anti-trust concerns about Google and Yahoo working together. One letter
included the fear that "We face a possible future in which no content
could be seamlessly accessed without Google's permission".

Having finished the article, I clicked on my bookmark for Fake Steve
Jobs, and was presented by a Google page:

> Google Error
> We're sorry...
> ... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer
> virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your
> request right now. We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so
> try again soon.

I guess blogspot has been DOSed or something.

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Woody - 10 May 2008 22:52 GMT

> Here's spooky: I'd just finished reading the BBC article regarding
> anti-trust concerns about Google and Yahoo working together. One letter
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>
> I guess blogspot has been DOSed or something.

No, you get those from time to time. I have had a couple. I presume if a
few people request the same thing at one time or something.

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Tim Hodgson - 10 May 2008 22:55 GMT

> > Here's spooky: I'd just finished reading the BBC article regarding
> > anti-trust concerns about Google and Yahoo working together. One letter
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> No, you get those from time to time. I have had a couple. I presume if a
> few people request the same thing at one time or something.

Sorry, I know I'm being very dense here, but where does Google come into
it when you click a bookmark?

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Woody - 10 May 2008 22:58 GMT

> > > Here's spooky: I'd just finished reading the BBC article regarding
> > > anti-trust concerns about Google and Yahoo working together. One letter
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> Sorry, I know I'm being very dense here, but where does Google come into
> it when you click a bookmark?

Oh, I missed that it was via a link.

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Pd - 11 May 2008 12:21 GMT

Google owns blogger/blogspot.

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Tim Hodgson - 11 May 2008 21:05 GMT

> > Sorry, I know I'm being very dense here, but where does Google come into
> > it when you click a bookmark?
>
> Google owns blogger/blogspot.

Ah - makes more sense now.

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