SSL certificate authority weakness causes increased Web security concerns

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/outdated-security-software-threatens-web-commerce/
http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/156151/researchers_devise_undetectable_phishing_attack.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10129693-83.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/30/ssl_spoofing/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2339

Wall Street Journal asks: How Long Can Wikipedia Sustain its Ambitions?

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2008/12/29/how-long-can-wikipedia-sustain-its-ambitions/

How YouTube alters the way in which we think: Wired

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-01/st_thompson
(related: Bloggers word-of-mouth and YouTube videos help musician attract fans and record deal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123060241431841475.html

Glassdoor lists Google as its seventh best employer on annual list, Ask.com parent IAC 43rd

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/30/netflix-adobe-google-make-best-places-to-work-list-att-ebay-radioshack-among-the-worst/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/amazon-netflix-top-holiday-customer-satisfaction-rankings-amzn

Second Authority-Based Twitter Search Engine Launches: Twithority

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/29/second-authority-based-twitter-search-engine-launches-twithority/

Cuil search engine firm among BusinessWeek’s Most Successful of 2008 List

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/106341/Most-Successful-U.S.-Startups-2008
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/12/1217_hottest_startups/index.htm
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/29/cuil-on-businessweeks-most-successful-of-2008-list/

Mar.com launches digital marketing, search engine optimization and advertising ranked news service

http://mar.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/29/meet-marcom-the-techmeme-for-marketing-and-communication-that-isnt/

Some Google Docs data seen as being open to hijacking

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

European Union-backed OpenKnowledge program aims to search for little-know Web resources

http://www.openk.org/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/open_knowledge_sharing_for_the_dynamic_web.php

CenterNetworks asks: Should Google Reader Disable Mobile Browsing Option?

http://www.centernetworks.com/google-reader-resize-mobile-browsing

WEB / OTHER

Conferences and hotels face increased Internet bandwidth demands

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/business/30internet.html

NBC Bridges Series Gaps With Online Minidramas

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/arts/television/29webi.html

Internet Providers Move to Shape Broadband Push

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10129795-38.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123059580600140977.html
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/universal-broadbands-potential-winners-cmcsa
http://gigaom.com/2008/12/30/universal-broadband-the-begging-begins/

The future of wireless is Down Under with forthcoming 14 megabits per second speed rollout

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/30/technology/mehta_telstra.fortune/index.htm

Internet Cable Repair Delay to Disrupt Middle East Telecommunications Until Jan. 4

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aAc0XI20FkKw

Apple Safari mobile Web browser saw user increase during holidays: Net Applications

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9124443
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20081230/insert-bad-surfin-safari-pun-here/

InfoWorld book review: Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong

http://weblog.infoworld.com/stratdev/archives/2008/12/everything_you.html

TipBase social network startup offers tips and tricks

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/30/tipsbase-a-place-to-share-tips-and-tricks-about-anything/

Mobile social network Brightkite used Facebook Connect to expand userbase

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

Selling opinions online: BusinessWeek

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2008/tc20081229_038849.htm

Using Twitter as Your Focus Group

http://adage.com/digitalnext/article?article_id=133509

Social Plagiarism examined: ZDNet

http://blogs.zdnet.com/crm/?p=110
(related: free speech online)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/29/censorship-andyburnham