CNetNews.com has a great interview on “the constant search for disruption” with Steve Jurvetson, managing director of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Menlo Park, California.

AP reports that “Google Inc.’s top executives expressed hope Thursday that the Internet search leader will be able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. — a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp. renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo.”

According to Wired, “

[l]ocal governments in California and the United States have long had the power to declare property a public nuisance when their owners allow their land to become denizens of drugs, gangs, prostitution and gambling.  The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, following New York’s lead, is adding a new category: music and video piracy.  In an ordinance just adopted, the five-member board is declaring that piracy "substantially interferes with the interest of the public in the quality of life and community peace, lawful commerce in the county, property values, and is detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare of the county’s citizens, its businesses and its visitors."

The Mercury News writes that “Social-networking giant Facebook, which has faced political pressure to increase online safety, is putting in place 40 safeguards to protect young people from sexual predators and cyberbullies, the Palo Alto company announced Thursday.  The procedures, part of an agreement with attorneys general from 49 states, include age and identification tools and automatic warning messages when a child is in danger of giving personal information to an unknown adult. Facebook, which has 70 million online users, followed the steps of MySpace, which agreed in January to implement similar safeguards
 
ZDNet News asks whether Wall Street has too much sway over the tech sector.