According to TechCrunch, EMC has acquired Mozy, a popular online storage start-up. Mozy has become an important part of my small portfolio “go to” Web-based services along with Paypal, StumbleUpon, eBay and Google Reader. Mozy works because it’s a snap to set up and configure, user-friendly and, most important, it does the job. I’ve been using the free version, which gives you 2GB of storage. As much as it sucks when a cool start-up is snapped up by a corporate behemoth, it’s encouraging to see that Mozy attracted a $76-million takeover offer – a huge win for its investors who provided $1.9-million in financing. Here’s hoping EMC doesn’t screw up a very good thing.

Great, just great! A week after I get a new Blackberry 8800 because it was the only Blackberry that came with GPS, Rogers unveils the Curve 8310 with GPS and a camera – which is the killer one-two punch. I wonder if the good folks at Rogers would be willing to take back my week-old Blackberry for a Curve?

Apparently, Okrut is coming out with a new look and feel. The question is does anyone care outside of Brazil where Okrut, which is Google’s social networking service, is extremely popular? How is it that Google can have such a strong brand and large followings for search, blogging and GMail but be such a minor player in the hot social networking space? You figure Sergey and Larry would have tapped some of the billions in the Google vaults to jump-start the business but therein lies the mysteries of Google.

ValleyWag is suggesting that Craigslist domo Craig Newmark may be moving on – a possibility fueled by the fact he’s no longer listed on the company’s management page. With the iconic Craig out of the day-to-day picture could this be a sign that Craigslist is ready to really embrace capitalism and the concept of maximizing profits? With eBay getting more serious about Kijiji, now may be the right time for Craigslist to jump-start its strategic direction and expand its business – and I’m not talking about attracting more free listings.
Update: Rumours of Craig’s departure are premature. He’s alive, well and continues on as Mr. Customer service for Craigslist. See his comment.

Skype’s still down. Unlike many people, I don’t people are going to lose their confidence in VoIP or Skype but it’s still frustrating not to be able to use Skype. For many people, the outage illustrates just how valuable Skype has become – something you can’t say about a lot of other Web-based services.

Hugh Macleod gets a sense that some veteran bloggers are writing less these days. Truth be told, writing is hard work – harder after the initial flame of enthusiasm begins to burn lower.