Google treats language translation as search problem / Web globalization bring non-English-language innovations

http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2008/12/translation-is-risky-business.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/technology/internet/31hindi.html

Google Suggests Gmail Users Stop Using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/google_vs_microsoft/for_the_love_of_chrome_googles_stealth_attack_on_ie_through_ie.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/156192/google_suggests_gmail_users_dump_ie.html
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/12/29/google-using-gmail-to-convert-ie-users-to-firefox-and-chrome
http://mashable.com/2008/12/30/google-chrome-ads-in-gmail/

Google: Weisel Sees Search Momentum Holding Up

http://voices.allthingsd.com/20081230/google-weisel-sees-search-momentum-holding-up/

John Malone has sold $17.5 million of Ask.com parent company IAC stock

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2008/12/30/john-malone-quietly-dumps-iac-shares/

LG Bringing YouTube Videos to Its Blu-ray Players

http://www.pcworld.com/article/156209/lg_bringing_youtube_videos_to_its_bluray_players.html
http://www.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10129820-100.html

Google’s Top Products / Crowdsourcing research and development

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_product_ideas_crowdsourcing_mobile.php
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/google-outsources-brainstorming-to-users-goog
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/31/googles-top-ten-products-more-or-less/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1213

Measuring Natural Search Marketing Success: MediaPost

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=97575

Standard & Poor's Sees Microsoft-Yahoo! JV, Google-Apple Tensions

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/12/30/sp-sees-microsoft-yahoo-jv-google-apple-tensions/

$3 billion buried treasure said to be found with help of Google Maps

http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/31/a-3-billion-buried-treasure-found-via-google-maps/

World Sunlight Map in Google Earth

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/12/world_sunlight_map_in_google_earth.html

WEB / OTHER

Ad Agencies Fashion Their Own Horn, and Toot It

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/business/media/31adco.html

Consumers Union to Buy Gawker Blog Consumerist

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/31/business/31consumer.html
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/12/31/ap5870496.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10129901-93.html
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081230/gawker-medias-nick-denton-sells-another-blog-and-puts-another-one-on-the-block/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-consumers-union-to-buy-gawkers-consumerist.com/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/gawker-sells-consumerist-to-consumer-reports
http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/30/consumer-reports-consumes-consumerist/
http://www.inquisitr.com/13746/consumers-union-acquires-the-consumerist/

Adobe's Flash and Apple's Safari Fail a Privacy Test

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/adobes-flash-and-apples-safari-fail-a-privacy-test/

U.K. housewives rule in online time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7789494.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/31/internet-housewives

Bad news for workers is good news for LinkedIn

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/hotsites/2008-12-30-social-networking-linkedin-growth_N.htm

Colleges, offices scrap land lines

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2008-12-29-nolandline_N.htm

PCWorld: Newzie Fulfills the Need for RSS Feeds

http://www.pcworld.com/article/156200/newzie_fulfills_the_need_for_rss_feeds.html
(related: Ambient News RSS reader)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/ambient_news_a_low-impact_rss_reader.php

Companies use Twitter to pack PR punch

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/607a9a28-d6a2-11dd-9bf7-000077b07658.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b58520a6-d6a2-11dd-9bf7-000077b07658.html

San Francisco-based hi5 Networks looks to innovate social media landscape

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20081231/kara-visits-hi5-the-quieter-social-network/

Consumers Don't See Mobile Banking As Secure: report

http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/business/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212700282

How 2009 Will Spur The Rebirth Of Cyber Squatting
: Fast Company

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/how-2009-will-spur-rebirth-cyber-squatting
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/30/squatters-are-screwed-nobody-cares-if-your-domain-has-that-hot-new-suffix/

AT&T’s YellowPages Paid $3.85 Million In Cash For YP.com domain name

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/30/atts-yellowpages-paid-385-million-in-cash-for-ypcom/

VentureBeat asks: An end to “dupes” on Digg?

http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/30/an-end-to-dupes-on-digg/
http://www.inquisitr.com/13780/digg-will-address-duplicate-entries-sadly-tools-not-included-but-top-submitters-are/