Om Malik / GigaOM:
Drop It Like It’s DropBox  —  Personal file storage, sharing and syncing is one of those categories of technology problems that, despite all efforts, no one ever seems to get right.  Most of the current offerings, even the better ones, leave something to be desired.

Eric Schmidt / Official Google Blog:
We’ve officially acquired DoubleClick  —  I’m pleased to share the news that we completed our acquisition of DoubleClick today.  Although it’s been nearly a year since we announced our intention to acquire DoubleClick last April, we are no less excited today about the benefits that the combination …

Richard Defendorf / CNET News.com:
Google’s drop in paid clicks: Part of the grand plan  —  After ComScore reported a recent decline in Google’s paid clicks, the Net ratings service followed up, noting evidence that the drop was due to “Google’s own quality initiatives that result in a reduction in the number of paid listings […]

Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
CBSSports.com Opens March Madness On Demand Video For Easy Access From Any Site  —  Seeking more online viewers for games and ads, CBSSports.com and the NCAA are announcing a “developer platform” for March Madness on Demand.  It’s not the kind of developer concept where people are encouraged to build apps […]

Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Hostility Has Its Rewards  —  MENLO PARK, Calif. — “It’s crazy to say you will only grow through innovation,” Larry Ellison, the hard-charging chief executive of Oracle, was telling me last week.  “It’s bizarre that there’s a stigma to buying something rather than building it yourself.”

Between the Lines:
EU approves Google’s DoubleClick acquisition; Here comes the display ad ripples  —  Updated below: European regulators on Tuesday approved Google’s purchase of DoubleClick setting up the search giant’s big splash in the display advertising market.  —  According to the EU’s competition committee …

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
EU approves Google’s DoubleClick acquisition; Here comes the display ad ripples  —  European regulators on Tuesday approved Google’s purchase of DoubleClick setting up the search giant’s big splash in the display advertising market.  —  According to the EU’s competition committee …

EU Press Room:
Mergers: Commission clears proposed acquisition of DoubleClick by Google  —  Mergers: Commission clears proposed acquisition of DoubleClick by Google … Google operates an Internet search engine that offers search capabilities for end users free of charge and provides online advertising space on its own websites.

Anil Dash / Movable Type:
A WordPress 2.5 Upgrade Guide  —  As you might know, WordPress 2.5 is about to be released, and we wanted to encourage WordPress users to upgrade.  To Movable Type.  —  The truth is, there are lots of good blogging tools out there, and they’re all good at different things.

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Searchme: A New Visual Search Engine  —  Today, Sequoia Capital, which has been a key investor of search giant Google, as well as Yahoo, will unveil its latest investment in search, a visual search engine called: Searchme.  —  The Mountain View, Ca.-based company, which has been germinating for three years … […]