Last week Google announced that it was buying Writely, an intriguing online word processing program that lets users share documents.  As Google gobbles more and more Web 2.0 applications, how much Google is too much Google?

Plus, the Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital is one of  a new breed of  American hospitals:  luxury institutions that some say look more like hotels than hospitals.  Is this the future of care in America those who can afford it? 

Google buys Writely

http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=181502479

Very interesting article on Google's future that appeared after we recorded this episode

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1726230,00.html

One of the deluxe hospitals

http://www.toshospital.com/