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Is DIY Dying At Google?

For the second time this month, Google has ordered out for innovation. On Tuesday, Google <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/spot-on.html" target="_blank">said</a> it had <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193500815" target="_blank">acquired JotSpot</a>, a maker of collaborative online applications. Earlier in October, Google acquired YouTube, the leading online video community site.

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Thomas Claburn

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Thomas Claburn has been writing about business and technology since 1996, for publications such as New Architect, PC Computing, InformationWeek, Salon, Wired, and Ziff Davis Smart Business. Before that, he worked in film and television, having earned a not particularly useful master's degree in film production. He wrote the original treatment for 3DO's Killing Time, a short story that appeared in On Spec, and the screenplay for an independent film called The Hanged Man, which he would later direct. He's the author of a science fiction novel, Reflecting Fires, and a sadly neglected blog, Lot 49. His iPhone game, Blocfall, is available through the iTunes App Store. His wife is a talented jazz singer; he does not sing, which is for the best.