Now that eBay has admitted they overpaid about a billion bucks for Skype, what’s next for the service? Who knows. It’s a terrific service, and hopefully eBay has some sort of a master plan, though I hope it’s more than trying to move a boatload of 1-gig jump drives and Plantronics headsets out the door.

“Trust none of what you hear, and less of what you see.”
—Bruce Springsteen

According to Digital Media Wire, a billion dollars has been invested in virtual worlds in the past year.

A billion dollars. With a “B.” Billion. Okay, so 70 percent of that is Disney’s acquisition of Club Penguin, but still.

This is simply brilliant.

Either the permanent marker isn’t really permanent, or the eraser doesn’t work. Either way, this is just plain silly.