Many people predict that blogs will invade the corporate world over the next years, and Forrester Research seems to embrace the idea. They recently released, in fact, a market research titled “The ROI of Blogging” where they outline the benefits, costs and risks of corporate blogs.

There are many people claiming that the current wave of venture capital funding and investments into Internet-based companies, most of them tagged with the term Web 2.0, could inflate too fast and explode just like the dot-com bubble back in 2000.

After the Google-YouTube deal it looks like old-school players are waking up to the wonders of online video. Dow Jones Online and CNN Money recently launched their online video channels.

Already in January of 2006 there were rumors that Microsoft was considering to buy Yahoo. Guess what, people are starting to talk about it again. Some time ago an analyst from Merrill Lynch declared that “the possible acquisition of Yahoo would be a strategic positive in our view.”

When Google announced that it was acquiring YouTube people immediately started commenting the deal. Some, like Mark Cuban, argued that it was a really bad move from Google’s part. Others celebrated as if it was the victory of online video over traditional media.

The deal is finally closed. Google announced that it will buy YouTube for $ 1,65 billion. In my opinion this acquisition will have some large repercussions on the Internet.

Most of the people agree that knowledge and information are two distinct concepts. But do they also agree upon the differences that separate the two concepts? Not really.

Internet is undoubtedly one of the biggest innovations of the last decades. It has changed the way we gather information, communicate, work and ultimately the way we live.