Startups are just getting less interesting. Blogs in general would not be down, as they are a cheaper form of entertainment, which should be on the rise in a bad economy.

everything interesting has been done to death. Now the only innovation(and I don't mean ____ + ____ mashup) will come from companies with a ton of money to spend on research.

pretty much a spin on "Everything that can be invented has been invented."

I don't believe it for a second. There will always be room for some kids in a garage to make a game-changing company.

everything that can be invented in the garage has been invented, now its getting to the point where any real technology needs a ton of R&D just to move forward

All the big tech blogs now suck. Except for Uncov.com, which rocks, and they aren't big. Actually I like Valleywag too, just because they're the only ones not circle jerking with the others.