Yahoo Search Adds Deep Links To Wikipedia Via Search Monkey

http://ysearchblog.com/2009/01/15/wikipedia-searchmonkey-app-now-default-on/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/yahoo-search-adds-deep-links-to-wikipedia-via-search-monkey/

Google shuttering Notebook service

http://googlenotebookblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/stopping-development-on-google-notebook.html

Google to end uploads at Google Video

http://googlevideo.blogspot.com/2009/01/turning-down-uploads-at-google-video.html

Google Lays Off 100 Recruiters

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/changes-to-recruiting.html
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5522522.ece
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/google-lays-off-100-recruiters/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/15/google-cuts-100-jobs
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123197784922483617.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10143204-93.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212900621
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/15/technology/google_layoffs.reut/index.htm
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/14/google-finally-confirms-real-actual-layoffs-sort-of/
http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/item/63930/254/5/3
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5131536/googles-loss-of-innocence-100-jobs-cut
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/google-2009-estimates-still-too-high-goog
http://www.inquisitr.com/15326/google-cuts-100-jobs-closing-engineering-offices/
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/01/google_lays_off.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google15-2009jan15,0,794428.story

Google, SpotMixer Launch Self-Service Video Ads

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=98296

Google ends catalog searching service

http://booksearch.blogspot.com/2009/01/farewell-google-catalog-search.html

Google closing Dodgeball mobile social networking service and Mashup Editor

http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2009/01/changes-for-jaiku-and-farewell-to.html
http://mashable.com/2009/01/14/jaiku-open-source/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/shuttered-google-service-dodgeballs-co-creator-promises-to-make-a-new-one-before-sxsw-goog
http://www.inquisitr.com/15363/jaiku-to-live-on-open-sourced-on-google-app-engine/

Google engineers in three cities asked to relocate ; 70 affected

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/changes-to-engineering.html

Reaction to Google discontinuing services

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2009/01/google-killing-products.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/157734/google_kills_services_notebook_dodgeball_others_gone.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10143304-16.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10143314-2.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/google_axes_100_recruiters_cuts_products/
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/google_trims_fa.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/14/google-axes-dodgeball-jaiku-video-and-more/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Google-Cuts-Recruiters-Video-Notebook-Catalog-Search-and-More/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_giveth_and_it_taketh_away.php
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/15/googles-new-years-revolution-six-products-slashed-or-maimed/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/google-kills-a-bunch-of-products-that-made-it-no-money-goog
http://www.inquisitr.com/15358/google-massacre-google-closes-jaiku-dodgeball-notebook-catalog-search-google-video-downgraded/

Microsoft Is Exploring Job Cuts

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1449233320090115
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123197886745683743.html
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Mulls-Job-Cuts-as-US-Recession-Continues-WSJ/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/microsoft-layoffs-coming-tomorrow-msft

New Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz says instinct is to keep search: source

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50C5MY20090115
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123197898275483755.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-bartz-gut-instinct-is-to-hold-on-to-yahoos-search-business/

Google in 2012: A Motley Fool look

http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2009/01/14/google-in-2012.aspx

Ask.com parent IAC sells 23/6 comedy site

http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2009/01/14/iac-sells-its-236-comedy-site.aspx
http://www.inquisitr.com/15232/huffington-post-acquires-236-will-fold-into-comedy-section/

Google conquers 2008 search market in U.S.: Hitwise

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10143183-93.html
(related: Google U.S. search share dropped 1.2 percent during December: Nielsen Online)
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/reporting/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212900619

Police Blotter: Web searches nab hit-and-run driver

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10143275-38.html

Google updates Gmail with option to archive sent e-mail

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-in-labs-send-archive.html
http://mashable.com/2009/01/14/gmail-send-and-archive/

Google Gmail market share rose 43 percent during 2008: comScore

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/14/gmail-grew-43-percent-last-year-aol-mail-and-hotmail-need-to-start-worrying/

Scaling Apps on the Google App Engine

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Scaling-Apps-on-the-Google-App-Engine/

AOL Sports Channel Rebrands as FanHouse

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/agency/e3iba081c940e96dcf50dee4e8b67503b85

Google Checkout for Non-Profits donation system extended until 2010

http://googlecheckout.blogspot.com/2009/01/google-checkout-for-non-profits-in-2009.html

Tutorial offers tips for using Google Earth cache

http://freegeographytools.com/2009/using-the-google-earth-cache-basics

Google moves Maps help group to new forum platform

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-place-to-find-help.html

Google highlights Summer of Code developer projects

http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/01/globus-alliances-first-google-summer-of.html

Google offers verification of Google Sites and Blogger with Webmaster Tools

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/01/seamless-verification-of-google-sites.html

Google AdWords biggest conversion rate contest winners announced

http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/01/announcing-winners-of-website-workout.html
(related: Google Website Optimizer contest winners announced)
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/make-over-your-site-using-wisdom-of.html

Yahoo Shuts Down Content Network in U.K., Germany: report

http://www.ppchero.com/yahoo-shuts-down-their-content-network-in-europe/

WEB / OTHER

Apple chief Steve Jobs takes a temporary medical leave

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/technology/companies/15apple.html
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5522999.ece
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/what-if-steve-jobs-doesnt-come-back-to-work/
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/text-of-jobss-letter-to-apple-employees/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/15/steve-jobs-apple-nasdaq
http://seekingalpha.com/article/114835-apple-s-chief-cook-takes-over-for-ailing-jobs
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123196896984882901.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50D73V20090115
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7829879.stm
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/01/14/steve-jobs-medical-leave-health-problems-complex/
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2009/01/14/steve-jobs-health-tech-personal-cx_ec_0114jobs_lander.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-01-14-steve-jobs_N.htm
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/157110/no_jobs_no_apple.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090114-steve-jobs-health-complex-on-medical-leave-through-june.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a7be491e-e284-11dd-b1dd-0000779fd2ac.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10143206-37.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=a4yJ3mqvYDRo
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/14/jobs_health/
http://mashable.com/2009/01/14/steve-jobs-leave-of-absence/
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/14/technology/apple_jobs/index.htm
http://adage.com/article?article_id=133784
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_04/b4117000427605.htm
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-stevejobs15-2009jan15,0,3289515.story
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/why-jobs-isnt-c.html
http://www.webmasterworld.com/macintosh_webmaster/3826507.htm

Nuance Buys IBM Speech Technology

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123202456169485393.html
http://gigaom.com/2009/01/15/nuance-takes-on-microsoft-and-google-with-ibm-deal/

New Media Journalism Gets $5 Million from Knight Foundation

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/14/new-media-journalism-gets-5-million-from-knight-foundation/

World's second richest man gets Web name back for free

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50D5EQ20090114

Older adults among newer members on social networking sites: survey

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/hotsites/2009-01-14-social-networking_N.htm
http://www.pcworld.com/article/157753/social_network_sites_not_just_for_teens.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090115-teens-on-social-networks-still-outrank-adults-2-1.html
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090114/tc_afp/usitsurveyinternetfacebookmyspacepew

Mozilla Delays Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 Web browser

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/157744/mozilla_delays_firefox_31_beta_3.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/mozilla_delays_firefox_3_1_beta_3/

Improve Your Facebook Profile by Playing It Smart

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/157741/improve_your_facebook_profile_by_playing_it_smart.html

Ad Spending in U.S. Fell Most Since 2001 as Recession Trimmed Budgets

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aQ6dMsLKZ0Kc

Wikipedia parent foundation names Roger McNamee to advisory board

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/14/macnamee_joinds_wikiboard/

eBay Founder Omidyar Launching New Startup Ginx, A Twitter-Based Sharing Tool

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-ebay-founder-omidyar-launching-new-startup-ginx-a-twitter-based-sharing/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/14/omidyar-working-on-gnix-a-twitter-app-for-sharing-links/

United To Offer Internet Wireless on NY-SF Flights

http://gigaom.com/2009/01/14/good-news-united-to-offer-internet-wireless-on-ny-sf-flights/

Guardian asks: Has the volume of spam fallen because of the recession?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/15/spam-internet