AOL Laying Off 700 Staffers as ad income falls at Time Warner's Internet division

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123317089938325253.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/28/the-aol-layoffs-memo/
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c911e0b6-ed93-11dd-bd60-0000779fd2ac.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10151907-93.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aG2leHwp4qz4
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090128/exclusive-aol-to-layoff-10-percent-of-staff-due-to-ad-meltdown-to-refocus-on-new-structure/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/aol-axing-700-employees/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/aol-to-layoff-700
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99311
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134158
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i165e023c0c7fdef38c000265e2d1b35c
http://gigaom.com/2009/01/28/why-for-aol-the-future-is-content/
(related: AOL may shutter Weblogs, Inc.: Read Write Web)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/aol_blogs.php
http://www.inquisitr.com/16739/aol-cuts-700-including-weblogs-inc-lifestyle-blogs/

YouTube Close to William Morris Agency Video Deal for Pro Talent

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/business/media/29youtube.html
http://mashable.com/2009/01/29/youtube-william-morris/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-youtube-goes-hollywood-deal-with-william-morris-agency-appears-near/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/youtube-is-going-hollywood-goog
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/28/hollywood-stars-pass-studios-go-directly-to-youtube/

Netherlands-based search engine Ixquick stops logging IP addresses

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/29/ixquick_ignores_user_data/

Google executive Katie Jacobs Stanton joins Obama administration

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-industry-moves-google-business-dev-exec-joins-obama-administration/
(related) Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and 12 other executives meet with President Obama to discuss stimulus
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=a7hedup8R3UE
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090128/obama-gets-a-google-vet-but-not-for-cto/
http://www.mercurynews.com/google/ci_11577856

China's top search engine Baidu and display ad firm Sohu get strong revenue growth forecasts

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/01/28/baidu-sohu-bernstein-bullish-on-china-internet-plays/

The impact of eco-friendly search engines: VNUNet

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/analysis/2235354/analysis-impact-eco-friendly
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/data_centers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212903187

Microsoft Silverlight adoption hampered by economy: InfoWorld

http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/01/28/Microsoft_Silverlight_adoption_hampered_by_economic_crisis_1.html

Pipl.com people search engine tops December 2008 category share: comScore

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/piplcom-people-search-engine-so-good-it-will-scare-your-pants-off/

Google captured 90 percent of total U.S. search growth during 2008: comScore

http://www.comscore.com/2008-digital-review/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/google-gobbled-up-90-percent-of-all-us-search-growth-in-2008/
(related: Top 100 Web properties during 2008)
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/comscore-report-fastest-growing-sites-and-top-ten-advertising-magnets/

Yahoo Mail follows Google's Gmail lead with new IM and SMS texting features

http://mashable.com/2009/01/28/yahoo-mail-im-and-sms/

Synop.it: A Different Take on Cataloguing the Web

http://www.synopit.com/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/synopit_cataloguing_summaries.php

Yahoo U.S. search market share sees stabilization

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/important-yahoos-share-of-search-market-has-stabilized-yhoo

Using Google Reader to manage Twitter streams: eWeek

http://blogs.eweek.com/brooks/content/internet/how_i_harness_my_twitter_stream.html

How Search Fits Into The Web Site Design Process: MediaPost

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99289

Marin search engine marketing tool assigns keyword return on investment

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99314

Imagesize Operator in Google Images

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-01-29-n29.html

Aporee.org puts sounds of life on Google Maps

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-01-28-n57.html

Google highlights recently-funded research projects

http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2009/01/posted-by-juan-vargas-university.html

Google offers AdWords Conversion Tracking tool and Optimizer

http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/01/do-more-with-less-part-2-of-3.html

WEB / OTHER

New Yorker interview with Justin Ouellette, founder of online music mixing firm Muxtape

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sashafrerejones/2009/01/return-of-the-m.html

Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox face clickjacking threat

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10152438-83.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-264761.html
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090128/tc_afp/usitinternetadvertisefraud
(related)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-10152333-68.html

Glam Media Buys Ad-Technology Firm AdaptiveAds

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123319057833626493.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/glam-snaps-up-adaptiveads/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/glam-claims-200-year-over-year-growth
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/28/glam-buys-adaptiveads-to-improve-targeting-for-display-ads/

Hiring Middlemen to Sell Stuff on eBay: Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123319302822427169.html

Web video studio Revision3 program views increase 140% to 46 million in 2008

http://newteevee.com/2009/01/28/revision3-views-up-140-despite-self-imposed-standards/

Businesses risk $1 trillion losses from data theft: study

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE50S2FX20090129
http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/28/cyber-espionage-ip-technology-security_0129_cyber_espionage.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10152246-83.html

Irish ISP agrees to disconnect repeat P2P users

http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/01/irish-isp-agrees-to-disconnect-repeat-p2p-users.ars

UK.gov backs ISPs on charging content providers, throttling P2P file-sharing traffic

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/29/carter_net_neut/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/29/digital-britain-lord-carter-broadband

EC may force users to pick a Windows browser, says Microsoft

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/01/29/microsoft_ec_browser_warning/

Akamai Losing Some Apple Business To Limelight

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/01/28/akamai-losing-some-apple-business-to-limelight/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/apple-using-limelight

The case against Web apps

http://weblog.infoworld.com/fatalexception/archives/2009/01/the_case_agains.html
(related)
http://etech.eweek.com/content/application_development/eweek_looks_at_the_state_of_ria_platforms_adobe_air_curl_microsoft_silverlight_mozilla_prism_and_sun_javafx.html

Adobe AIR reaches 100 million installations / Flash usage rises as well

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/adobe-air-is-flying-100-million-installations-accounted-for/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Adobe-AIR-Flash-Installations-Surge/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/29/flash-and-air-record-downloads-winning-platform-race/

Find Your Brand’s Influential Voices With BuzzGain

http://www.buzzgain.com/
http://mashable.com/2009/01/28/buzzgain/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/28/buzzgain-launches-do-it-yourself-pr-service-to-the-public/

WPP Invests $25 Million In Online Audience Researcher Omniture

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-wpp-invests-25-million-in-online-audience-researcher-omniture/
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99342

SEAmail: Applying Semantic Technology to Email

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/seamail_a_semantic_email_system.php
(related: Expert System Brings Semantic Smarts to Advertising)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/expert_system_semantic_advertising.php

E-mail "Render Rate" metric introduced

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99334

Consultant: Social Media Has A Price

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99319
http://www.expertsem.com/2009/01/28/the-future-of-social-media/

Charter offers fast 60Mbps Internet connections

http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/charter-offers-ludicrous-internet-speed-at-60mbps/