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people here at cnn are so addicted to them, they jokingly refer to them as crackberries. the early 2000s was a time when people were really paying very close attention to new technology and the internet. at the dawn of the internet age, there is stunning new evidence of the growing power of the new medium. internet pioneer america online announced today it is buying big, sprawling time warner, creating the world s largest media conglomerate. the aol-time warner merger was the classic dotcom insanity. $160 billion. the biggest corporate takeover ever. this merger will launch the next internet revolution. the merger of time warner and aol wasn t really a merger. it was a purchase. i am struck by this image today of the upstart aol gobbling up this media institution, time warner. shouldn t it be the other way around? well, you know, it s sort of
evidence of the growing power of the new medium. internet pioneer america online announced today it is buying big sprawling time warner, creating the world s largest media conglomerate. the aol-time warner merger was the classic dotcom insanity. $160 billion. the biggest corporate takeover ever. this merger will launch the next internet revolution. the merger of time warner and aol wasn t really a merger. it was a purchase. i am struck by this image today of the upstart aol gobbling up this media institution time warner. shouldn t it be the other way around? well, it s sort of startling that a company that couldn t even buy beer is now buying one of the oldest media companies in the country that took a century to get this big. we re just scratching the surface in terms of how great these products can become. whether it s the internet, the
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there s little doubt that the ubiquitous blackberry s become a vital tool in offices, in newsrooms, and in governments. it s a wireless information device and of course it does e-mail. got it. and how reliable is the service? can you use it anywhere? this is an amazing tool. actually, i use this all over the country. reporter: the blackberry was the most amazing, magical invention in the history of things you can buy. i ll tell you this. people here at cnn are so addicted to them they jokingly refer to them as crackberries. the early 2000s was a time when people were really paying very close attention to new technology and the internet. at the dawn of the internet age there is stunning new evidence of the growing power of the new medium. internet pioneer america online announced today it is buying big sprawling time warner, creating the world s largest media conglomerate. the aol-time warner merger was the classic dotcom insanity.