A light Signal, as I am easing into vacation mode. There’ll be more for those of you who are email readers in the Weekend Edition. To the links:

Google: The search party is over (Fortune) One could have said that about Microsoft and Windows ten years ago. Anyone see their profits recently?

The Web’s New Gold Mine: Your Secrets (WSJ) Just came in, have not read it yet. But I’d watch this space. To call it “new” is pretty lame though.

Microsoft: We are focusing on eight core businesses (All About Microsoft) Just eight? Come on folks, go for ten! Then again, Google might learn something here.

Angel investor Ron Conway: Every entrepreneur should get funded (VentureBeat) I love Ron but – everyone?!

DST: A Mutual Fund of Hot Startups, With a Russian Accent (GigaOm) CEO Yuri Milner is speaking at Web 2 this year.

Marketers Ponder the Worth of Twitter’s Ads (ClickZ) I’ve seen behind the curtain. There is a real there there.

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Today’s FM’s campaign of the day is the Verizon / TechDirt Webinar.

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