Google, Apple, Microsoft Sued Over File Preview

http://www.pcworld.com/article/156048/google_apple_microsoft_sued_over_file_preview.html

Future Bits: Google's Machiavellianism

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/24/future-bits-googles-machiavellianism/

"What Would Google Do?" among top Fortune book picks

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/24/technology/hempel_books.fortune/index.htm

Build Your own Model Parthenon with Google Sketchup

http://www.pcworld.com/article/155756/build_your_own_model_parthenon_with_google_sketchup.html

Twitter Reimplements People Search tool

http://mashable.com/2008/12/23/twitter-relaunches-blazing-fast-people-search/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_finally_ads_people_sea.php
http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/23/twitter-relaunches-name-search-still-no-tweet-search-on-site/
(related: 5,000-10,000 new Twitter accounts a day: study)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20081223/tc_afp/usitinternethubspottwitter

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales seeks $6 million from user donations

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/12/wikipedia_appea.html

Google to push Friend Connect advertisements: report

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/26/why-googlers-call-friend-connect-friendsense/

Court Denies Class Action Certification In Google Suit

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=97379

WEB / OTHER

Click Forensics chief executive Paul Pellman interview: fighting click fraud

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/12/fighting_click.html

Pew study: Internet takes over papers as news source for Americans

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10128861-93.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/25/pew-survey-confirms-what-we-all-know-net-beats-newspapers-as-a-source-for-news/
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20081224/tc_afp/usmediaindustryinternet

Some Online Ads Thrive in a Miserable Economy

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/24/online-ads-to-thrive-in-a-lousy-economy/
(related: NYT online ad sales down during November)
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081224/new-york-times-november-was-so-terrible-even-our-interent-ads-were-down/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/24/canary-in-the-coalmine-nyt-sees-first-decline-in-online-ad-revenues/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-nyts-november-revenues-bleed-is-still-on/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/sad-tidings-from-the-new-york-times-nyt
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=97378
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i13db0577bde6c55b1fd1a9b01b5ebbc0

Verizon Wins $33 Million in Domain Name Cybersquatting Suit Aginst OnlineNic

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/technology/companies/25verizon.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123013196536432935.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10128852-93.html

China Unblocks New York Times Web Site

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/world/asia/23china.html

To save future Skypes and YouTubes, Reboot the FCC: Newsweek

http://www.newsweek.com/id/176809
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081224-lawrence-lessig-says-its-time-to-nuke-the-fcc-from-orbit.html

Notebooks outship desktops for first time: iSuppli

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4BM5KV20081223
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081223-global-notebook-shipments-finally-overtake-desktops.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=azjR.oxga8ME
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212501888
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/notebook-pc-sales-outpace-desktops-good-news-for-apple-aapl
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Notebook-Sales-Outpace-Desktop-Sales/

Penny Web auctions under scrutiny

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7793054.stm

Acacia licenses wireless data technology patent

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/12/26/ap5860776.html

Feds consider searches of terrorism blogs

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-12-23-terrorblogs_N.htm

The Fall and Fall of eBay: Motley Fool

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2008/12/26/the-fall-and-fall-of-ebay.aspx
http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/25/the-grinch-pays-a-visit-to-ebay/

Web URL redirects open scareware loophole at major sites

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081224-url-redirects-open-scareware-loophole.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/23/open_redirect/

Mozilla releases second test version of Fennec mobile browser

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081224-mozilla-releases-second-alpha-of-fennec-mobile-browser.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10128919-16.html
http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS9771394687.html

Ruby on Rails and Merb to merge for Rails 3 programming language

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081224-ruby-on-rails-and-merb-to-merge-for-rails-3.html

MyTweetSpace: Free Twitter Background Generator

http://mashable.com/2008/12/25/free-twitter-background-generator/

Mashable offers online brand-monitoring tips

http://mashable.com/2008/12/24/free-brand-monitoring-tools/

Sun boosts OpenSolaris operating system on Atom

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/23/opensolaris_on_atom/

Voicetag offers voicemail product for Facebook

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/26/voicetag-brings-voicemail-to-facebook/

TwitTangle service Lets You Rate, Tag And Categorize Your Twitter Friends

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/24/twittangle-lets-you-rate-tag-and-categorize-your-twitter-friends/

IBM working on Next Generation Browser Platform Blue Spruce

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ibm_blue_spruce_first_look_redux.php

SSL Certificate Vendor Sells Mozilla.com Cert to non-Mozilla employee

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/SSL-Certificate-Vendor-Sells-Mozillacom-Cert-To-Some-Guy/

RotoHog Partners With GoDaddy For Facebook Game

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=97377

Teachers face dilemma with Facebook

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6174564.html
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2007

Skype Partners with a Ukrainian Mobile Carrier for inexpensive VoIP Calls

http://profy.com/2008/12/24/skype-partners-with-ukrainian-mobile-carrier-for-cheap-voip-calls/

Montenegro bans Facebook, YouTube in public offices

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20081224/tc_afp/montenegrogovernmentinternet