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Welcome to the Monday, January 5 SearchEngineWorld Daily News Tracker digging into news of China targeting Google and Baidu in Web crackdown, using Google Insights for Search as prediction tool, VeriSign addresses recently-demonstrated SSL certificate flaw, Apple's Steve Jobs has hormone imbalance, and more.


Lane R Ellis      
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SearchEngineWorld

 3:55 pm on Jan. 5, 2009 (utc 0)

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China targets big Web sites such as Google and Baidu in Internet crackdown

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5040F120090105
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7811550.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/05/world/AP-AS-China-Pornography.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd9c3a30-daf7-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/05/china_net_campaign/
http://profy.com/2009/01/05/google-and-baidu-are-told-to-threaten-morals-in-china/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/05/china-internet-crackdown-google
http://www.webmasterworld.com/asia_pacific_search_engines/3819464.htm

Google Solicits Suggestions For Mobile Products

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=97653

Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales 'absolutely' not out

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10130577-52.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/02/wikipedia_fundraising_2m_jan_2/
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090102/tc_afp/usbritainitinternetwikipedia
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/62_million_wikipedia_reaches_fundraising_goal.php
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/who-the-hell-writes-wikipedia-anyway
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/02/wikipedia-raises-62-m-exceeds-2008-fundraising-goal/
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5122766/wikipedias-jimmy-wales-almost-out-of-a-job

Google Hopes to Further Open a Trove of Little-Seen Books

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/technology/internet/05google.html

Google to expand Gmail in 2009: InformationWeek

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/post_3.html
(related: Google's Matt Cutts on clearing out a Gmail inbox)
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/gmail-inbox-zero/

Google plans paid Android application marketplace

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212700424&_requestid=407515
(related: developers "intent" tool)
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/01/can-i-use-this-intent.html

CatholicGoogle uses custom Google tool to offer Catholic-specific search

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/02/catholicgoogle-your-search-engine-for-all-things-catholic/

Using Google Insights for Search as prediction tool

http://adage.com/article?article_id=133548

WEB / OTHER

Apple founder and chief executive Steve Jobs Has Hormone Imbalance, Will Remain CEO / Macworld conference begins

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/05/business/AP-Apple-Jobs-Health.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5042EL20090105
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5451646.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jan/05/apple-steve-jobs-health-pancreatic-hormone
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123116265092753643.html
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/steve-jobs-cite.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7811857.stm
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-01-05-apple-jobs_N.htm
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090105/steve-jobs-explains-his-health-problem-hormone-imbalance-predicts-recovery-by-spring-will-stay-on-as-ceo/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/156316/steve_jobs_addresses_health_concerns_in_open_letter.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a1e37a6-db34-11dd-be53-000077b07658.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10130981-37.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=a7UYyp5rjeS0
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/steve_jobs_resp.html
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/05/news/companies/steve_jobs/index.htm?postversion=2009010509
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-steve-jobs-admits-new-illness-but-stays-as-ceo-says-treatment-is-simple/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/steve-jobs-addresses-his-health-in-open-letter-aapl
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/05/steve-jobs-not-on-the-deathbed-has-hormonal-imbalance-will-remain-ceo/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/

VeriSign addresses SSL certificate flaw

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2233256/verisign-addresses-ssl-flaw
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/verisign_announ.html
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nf/20090102/tc_nf/63825

Facebook pulls polling business tool

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/04/facebook-quietly-pulls-polls/

Facebook files copyright lawsuit against Brazil's Power.com

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/facebook-sues-powercom/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10130543-2.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/02/facebook-defends-its-turf-sues-powercom/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/02/facebook-sues-social-network-connector-powercom/

LG Adds a Direct Internet Link to a Line of HDTVs / Netflix, others help television and Web Marry

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/technology/05tele.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123111603391052641.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5040E820090105
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/2009-01-05-lg-netflix_N.htm
http://news.cnet.com/LG-adds-direct-Internet-link-to-a-line-of-HDTVs/2100-1041_3-6248641.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/TV_theater/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212700513
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-getting-rid-of-the-box-netflix-software-to-be-embedded-directly-into-lg/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/netflix-streaming-tvs
http://www.slashgear.com/netflix-equipped-hdtvs-coming-from-lg-0528741/
http://gigaom.com/2009/01/04/here-come-broadband-tvs/

All a-Twitter About Stars Who Tweet

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/technology/internet/05link.html

Facebook sees its highest-ever usage day before Christmas

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/02/foul-weather-is-friend-to-facebook/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10130700-93.html
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/02/christmas-eve-was-facebooks-busiest-day-ever/
http://www.inquisitr.com/14053/facebook-gets-a-christmas-bonus-record-traffic/

Changing Tack, RIAA Ditches MediaSentry

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123109364085551895.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10130785-93.html

Twitdom launches Twitter application database

http://mashable.com/2009/01/04/twitter-app-database/

Twitter users facing phishing attack

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10130566-2.html
http://mashable.com/2009/01/03/warning-twitter-phishing-attack-underway/
http://www.centernetworks.com/twitter-phishing-scam
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/04/you-dont-want-that-free-iphone-another-twitter-scam-breaks-out/
http://www.inquisitr.com/14172/phishing-scam-targeting-twitter-users/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2349
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jan/04/twitter-phishing

Intel, Adobe team up for Flash for televisions

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10131000-92.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/05/adobe_intel_flash_chip/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2233259/intel-adobe-put-flash
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/put-flash-on-your-tv-intel-and-adobe-scheming/

Power Twitter Firefox plugin launches

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/03/power-twitter-for-firefox-inline-media-integrated-search-and-a-lot-more/

EMC Acquires SourceLabs, And With It Open Source Documentation Project SWiK

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/03/emc-acquires-sourcelabs-and-with-it-open-source-documentation-project-swik/

Mail.ru Investor Offloads Stake; decreasing likelihood of IPO

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-mail.ru-investor-offloads-stake-ipo-looks-less-likely/

Advertising giant WPP To Cut ‘Thousands’ Of Staffers; North America And Europe Bear The Brunt

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-wpp-to-cut-thousands-of-staffer-north-america-and-europe-bear-the-brunt/
http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/item/63793/254/5/3

Behavioral Targeting Punishes Producers of Original Content: AdAge

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=133523

Linux pioneer Alan Cox moves from Red Hat to Intel

http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-257316.html

Mozilla chief executive John Lilly is fired up about making a better Web browser

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-himi4-2009jan04,0,4910475.story

 


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