Warner Music Removes Its Videos From YouTube as Licensing Talks Stall

http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=Gg-mX2mof8c
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/business/media/22warner.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122980193788724073.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4BJ1EY20081221
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/big-tech/2008_12_21_warner_music_and_youtube_in_a_spat.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081221-web-content-licensing-stumbles-amid-youtube-warner-spat.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7086561a-ceae-11dd-8b30-000077b07658.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-someone-forgot-to-tell-warner-youtube-has-the-upper-hand-wmg-pulls-musi/
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=97154

Google’s China Presence Grows, But Baidu Still Dominates

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2008/12/22/googles-china-presence-grows-but-baidu-still-dominates/

Japanese group asks Google to stop map service

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4BI1GC20081219

Decency group goes after YouTube users' comments

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081221-ptc-goes-after-youtube-user-comments.html

YouTube Unveils Unique View Counts

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/19/youtube-unveils-unique-view-counts-now-you-can-tell-if-your-mom-is-your-only-fan/

Korean Search Firm Naver Acquires Twitter-like Microblogging Site Me2Day

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-nhns-naver-acquires-microblogging-site-me2day/
http://www.web20asia.com/346
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_korea_acquired_by_naver.php

Google Docs Gadget For Google Desktop

http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/google_apps/google_docs_gadget_for_google_desktop.html

Failure to Launch: Google Research Datasets

http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/failure_to_launch/failure_to_launch_google_research_datasets.html

Google Image Search adds clip art category

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-search-by-style-options-for-google.html
http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/19/find-your-favorite-clip-art-on-google-image-search/
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-12-20-n30.html

Google Reader launches “What’s hot” area

http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/19/google-reader-quietly-launches-a-whats-hot-area-wheres-the-most-shared-area/

SeeqPod, a way to search for music and video on your mobile phone

http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/19/seeqpod-a-way-to-search-for-music-and-video-on-your-mobile-phone/

AOL using AIM chat to boost Bebo, challenge Meebo

http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/19/aol-using-aim-chat-to-boost-bebo-challenge-meebo/

Latest search numbers not good for Microsoft

http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2652
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1780

Top US search engines by share in October 2008

http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=15301

Alps Ski Information Layer in Google Earth
from Google Earth Blog

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/12/snow-conditions-of-alpine-skiing.html
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/12/alps_ski_information_layer_in_googl.html

Optimized search results pages for Android and iPhone

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2008/12/optimized-search-results-pages-for.html

Google offers webmasters Quick and easy tips for the holiday rush

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/12/quick-and-easy-tips-for-holiday-rush.html

Vodaphone Releases Pocket Life Mobile with Microsoft Virtual Earth

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archive/2008/12/19/vodaphone-releases-pocket-life-mobile-with-virtual-earth.aspx

WEB / OTHER

Mideast Undersea Cable Repairs Begin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7795320.stm
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4BJ0FV20081221
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122990369002025163.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/155872/undersea_robot_searches_for_severed_cables.html
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20081222/ap_on_hi_te/ml_mideast_internet_outage

Filtering Twitter, One Tweet at a Time

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/filtering-twitter-one-tweet-at-a-time/

Blogs Find Favor as Buying Guides

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/22/business/22drill.html

China blocks Internet access to New York Times

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE4BJ0NL20081220

Nokia Opens up Beta Test of Ovi Mail Service

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/155871/nokia_opens_up_beta_test_of_ovi_mail_service.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/22/nokia-debuts-worldwide-mail-on-ovi-beta-service/

NeoEdge Takes On comScore

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=97112
http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/22/neoedge-networks-launches-neomom-to-measure-product-tastes/

YuMe Drops In ComScore Rankings

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=97121