»  Why Google’s 2007 purchase of YouTube may turn out to be one of the savviest M&A deals of all time. [Watch Mojo]

»  Steve Ballmer: separating the OS from the internet is “not a sensible concept.” [TechCrunch]

»  The story behind Zero Hedge, the blog that got the government to crack down on Goldman Sachs’ now-illegal computerized trading.  [NY Mag]

»  Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is trying to get university students to use the Kindle for school purposes. [Daily Princetonian]

»  Recovery.gov is increasing the data available on how federal funds are being spent, town by town. [ComputerWorld]

»  The Secret Service is now involved in the search for the creators of the “Should Obama Be Killed” Facebook poll. [Huffington Post]

»  One of the largest New York regional hospital groups has committed $400 million to digitize patient records throughout its system. [NY Times]