Wall Street Journal: Microsoft Bid to Beat Google Builds on a History of Misses / Microsoft: Google Apps No Threat

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123207131111388507.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10144195-75.html
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/microsoft-google-apps-no-threat-msft-goog

New Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz gives first speech

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/technology/internet/16yahoo.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/yahoo-shares-fall-on-ceos-comments/

Google launches YouTube for Television

http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=sDFlZe7FwJI
http://mashable.com/2009/01/15/youtube-on-ps3-and-wii/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/youtube-comes-to-the-wii-and-ps3-but-not-xbox/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/15/youtube-continues-to-make-inroads-into-the-living-room/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/google-delivering-youtube-video-to-wii-and-ps3-and-not-xbox-goog

MSNBC Eases Search of Videos

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123206940674788409.html

Yahoo Ties New CEO's Pay to Stock, $19 million package in 2009

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123206609376588147.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE50C5MY20090115
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10143704-93.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/compensation/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212900922
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/15/technology/yahoo_ceo.reut/index.htm
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/New-Yahoo-CEO-Carol-Bartz-Gets-19-Million-Pay-Package/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-8-k-watch-yahoo-ceo-bartz-gets-1-million-salary/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/carol-bartzs-pay-1-million-salary-2-million-bonus-yhoo
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jan/16/yahoo-yahoo

Google launches iGoogle homepage theme customization for all users

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/making-your-personalized-homepage-even.html
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/google_gets_per.html
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/15/move-over-celine-dion-and-radiohead-custom-themes-for-your-igoogle-homepage/
http://www.inquisitr.com/15406/igoogle-finally-gets-user-generated-theme-support/

Yahoo BOSS Developer Fuses Yahoo News With Twitter To Create TweetNews

http://zooie.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/twitter-boss-real-time-search/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/boss-developer-fuses-yahoo-news-with-twitter-to-create-tweetnews/

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft top comScore December 2009 top U.S. Web properties list

http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2685

Social application maker iLike launches Google Friend Connect gadget

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/01/adding-social-playlist-to-your-site.html

Google Search Appliance touted by Illinois State University

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/hear-how-illinois-state-university-uses.html

Microsoft launches Live Search Maps for The Netherlands

http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archive/2009/01/15/live-search-maps-netherlands-geboren.aspx

WEB / OTHER

InsideView, social Web profile creator for Business, Raises $6.5 Million

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/insideview-raises-funds-to-crawls-the-web-for-businesses/

Three million hit by Windows worm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7832652.stm
http://www.pcworld.com/article/157829/uk_ministry_of_defence_stung_by_rapidly_spreading_virus.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10143714-83.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/15/conficker_worm/
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/the_downadup_wo.html
http://weblog.infoworld.com/securityadviser/archives/2009/01/conficker_malwa.html

ISPs can profit from busting file sharers

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10144105-93.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/16/internet-filesharing-p2p
http://mashable.com/2009/01/16/european-isp-privacy-censorship/
(related: rewards for turning in software pirates)
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/16/bsa_snitchers/

Universal Music expands Web video with Kyte

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10144173-93.html

Photo of Hudson River plane crash downs TwitPic

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10143736-93.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/plane-crashes-in-hudson-first-pictures-on-flickr-tumblr-twitpic/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/15/twitter-and-the-iphone-on-the-scene-of-the-us-airways-hudson-river-crash/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/us-airways-crash-rescue-picture-citizen-jouralism-twitter-at-work
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jan/16/hudson-river-plane-crash-internet

Twitter offshoot Twttrstrm turns user questions and answers Wiki-like pages

http://www.squidoo.com/twttrstrm
http://mashable.com/2009/01/15/twttrstrm/

Twitter Launches Suggestions Tool

http://mashable.com/2009/01/15/twitter-suggestions/
http://twitter.com/invitations/suggestions

Mozilla Updates Firefox Tool Ubiquity

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/browsers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212900831

TechCrunch: MySpace Building Stealth Webmail Product

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/15/confirmed-myspace-building-stealth-webmail-product/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/15/how-big-could-myspace-email-be/

Los Angeles Radio Station Goes Web-Only

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-los-angeles-radio-station-goes-web-only/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/radio-station-indie-1031-goes-online-only

Sony Electronics holds a virtual trade show

http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/15/sony-electronics-holds-a-virtual-trade-show/

Malcolm Gladwell's 'Outliers': Hard Work Matters

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=98481

BrightRoll: Video Ad Rates Fell 25% In fourth quarter of 2008

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=98482