google acquired Picasa from
idealab, the business incubator, right before IPO. (idealab does it again - genius) these guys are the ones who raised $1 BILLION+ dollars during the bubble. idealab is also responsible for flipping overture to yahoo. and they have more planned. so idealab has a stake in yahoo and google if you think about it. I receive their quarterly reports, because I flipped something to them in the past. they also have a powerful email/desktop search tool called
X1 , which may be competing with or will be acquired by someone. idealab was also responsible for flipping: Commission Junction, HomesDirect, DotTV, Paypal, etc and they also own a stake in
clearstone ventures