Today's Sizzlin' Search Industry Rumors: Google, Yahoo and Rupert Murdoch
I'm organizing my posts a little differently today cause there's so many juicy rumors flying. Plus I want to get the news covered by noon so I can work on some other exciting projects :)

Free Wi-Fi Network from Google

Ok, so first on the list is the free Google Wi-Fi network. Woah! Free Wi-Frikkin-Fi for everyone? Here's the paragraph from Om Malik's post that's got everyone linking:

"So once the GoogleNet is built, how would consumers connect for free access? One of the cheapest ways would be for Google to blanket major cities with Wi-Fi, and evidence gathered by Business 2.0 suggests that the company may be trying to do just that."

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Greg Sterling's pretty psyched about the idea: "'Appealing?' Perhaps that’s too tepid—more like boom chaka laka!"

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Yahoo VoIP

In a more substantial rumor, Yahoo's launching a VoIP service in the coming weeks according to Red Herring (who says Safa Rashtchy told them so).

"He expects that one service could be supported by an advertising service while another could be a paid premium service."

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LATimes: Murdock Seeking Blinkx

Rupert's after Blinkx according to the LATimes.

Gary Price offers the past year's news on Blinkx for those of us playing a little catch up... thanks Gary!

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Update: Missed one.

The iTunes on Google rumor.
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