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Is Google Too Big? 
I didn't write this, but I'm posting it because I thought it was a good write up.


Written by Scott Spanbauer at PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132989-c,privacysecurity/article.html

From search to e-mail, from calendars to spreadsheets and text documents, more and more of what PC users read and create flows through one firm: Google.

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