Official Google Reader Blog: Powering Down Google Reader

Official Google Reader Blog: Powering Down Google Reader? Yikes! So this is it then, the first crack in the ground that signals a new age of computing?  yes there are other readers, but none so elegantly thought out ... or as purpose-directed ... as Google Reader.  It's also perhaps a little frightening to read the part about Google being concerned, for the first time in history, that they are wasting manpower and seeking to consolidate their resources...