• Reuters, Thursday, September 10, 2009 3:01 PM

Yeah, about Google spreading itself too thin? The search (and only search) leader is getting into the solar technology business, boldly claiming that it can cut the cost of your average solar plant in half in less than two-to-three years. Now, we're not saying that Google can't solve all the world's problems -- particularly if it is committed to spending tens of millions of dollars every year on each one. And, of course, we'd like it to. It just strikes one as presumptuous that a company good at one thing thinks it will be good at anything and everything.

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