Around the Web 7.31.08: E-mail is overloading, blog comments are overwhelming, complete privacy is overrated

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-- Suffering from e-mail overload? You’re not alone. E-mail has ‘taken over the workplace like a midsummer algae bloom.’ Some people are stressed to the breaking point, and entrepreneurs are stepping in to try to help. LAT

-- Tired of e-mailing? Why not just leave a blog comment? Don’t worry about grammar, courtesy or accuracy. Many people don’t (Of course we’re not talking about our intelligent audience here at the Tech blog). LAT

-- Google: ‘Complete privacy does not exist.’ The company says that in court documents, responding to a lawsuit brought by a Pennsylvania family unhappy that their home was included in Street View photos. Smoking Gun

-- China has backed off its pledge that journalists will have access to the open Internet at the Olympics. Washington Post

-- David Sarno takes a trip to San Francisco to visit with Revision3, the Internet TV start-up founded by the guys behind Digg. Web Scout

-- Google may be working on creating a venture capital arm. Lots of other high-tech companies already have them. WSJ

-- Another Netflix deal: This fall, LG is releasing a Blu-ray player that also streams Netflix movies to your TV. VentureBeat

-- Fewer analysts for us to quote? Forrester Research is buying Jupiter Research for $23 million. PaidContent

-- Yahoo’s shareholder meeting on Friday might get ugly. But Carl Icahn says he’ll stay away. CNet

-- Microsoft is suing a Taiwanese company it says is violating its patents relating to computer mice. CNet

-- Apple says the MobileMe service is finally fixed, three weeks after its launch. PC Magazine

-- Broadband growth is slowing, according to those who read the Comcast earnings tea leaves. GigaOm

-- Chris Gaither