The List - April 8

Every week we run across a number of articles that catch our eye. As a regular feature, we round them up for a little something we call The List:

• Reality Check: Before you leap to Web 2.0, try Web 1.0 - GCN
• VCs Aim to Out-Angel the Angels - Business Week
• Convera Sheds Government Work, Targets Vertical Search For Publishers - Information Week
• Google's Victims - Valleywag
• Don't build solely on another's technology... re: Flock - CenterNetworks
• Web 2.0: End of Innocence - GigaOM
• Google's Core Competency May Not Transfer To Offline Media - Seeking Alpha
• How to Beat Google - Valleywag