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Google Talk debuted today.  It allows instant messaging using its own client software, or can be used with third party products like Trillian that allow you to centralize all of your IM communications.  In addition, it has a voice component that sort of makes it like a light version of Skype.

It turns out that relying on the masses to help you pick your NCAA bracket can work.  As I explained before, I made my picks for March Madness this year based on what the majority of CBS Sportsline users had done.  Since I generally stink at this stuff, I figured I had nothing to lose….

Heather Green over at BusinessWeek’s Blogspotting writes: PaidContent and Techdirt dig through the two conflicting surveys from JupiterResearch and CLX on podcasts…and come up with the most logical line on who the audience for podcasts is….No one knows.

Cough-drop maker Ricola has come up with a creative way to market its product — the Mystery Cougher contest.  I heard it on the radio on the way in to work and checked it out online.  The gist is that if you offer a Ricola to someone coughing in public and that turns out to…

MediaPost reports: DELL COMPUTERS, INC., WHICH CAME under fire this summer from blogger Jeff Jarvis, says it has new procedures for dealing with the blogosphere. The company’s public relations department monitors blogs, looking for commentaries and complaints–and, starting about a month ago, began forwarding complaints with personally identifiable information to the customer service department so…

MediaPost Publications – New Search Engine Will Give Users Premium Content, For Free Congoo’s business model questioned (tags: PaidContent VerticalSearch Search)