Microsoft adds Live Search option for Firefox

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10153155-75.html
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10434
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2235469/firefox-gets-microsoft-live
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/qi-lu-at-work-microsoft-search-now-actually-useful-on-firefox-msft

Yahoo Briefcase online storage to close, while more information on Google's possible GDrive circulates

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/barrons/techtraderdaily/feed/~3/6xKh08Ii9E8/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/30/briefcase_murdered/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10153275-2.html
http://mashable.com/2009/01/30/gdrive-rumor/
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/gdrive-desktop-backup-software-included/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/30/with-an-official-description-google-drive-is-more-real-than-ever/
http://www.slashgear.com/google-gdrive-online-storage-backup-service-leaked-3032608/
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-01-30-n16.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1247

Google and Plaxo release OpenID / OAuth combination

http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2009/01/bringing-openid-and-oauth-together.html
http://step2.googlecode.com/svn/spec/openid_oauth_extension/latest/openid_oauth_extension.html
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/29/google-plaxo-offer-simplified-version-of-friend-connect/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/openid-oauth-two-great-tastes-that-taste-great-together/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_plaxo_openid_oauth_usability.php

Google Delays Employee Stock Option Exchange By Five Days

http://idea.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288776/000119312509014285/dex991.htm
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/google-stock-options-plan

Google Earth reveals two-acre field of marijauna to Swiss police

http://arstechnica.com/software/news/2009/01/google-earth-reveals-two-acre-field-of-weed-to-swiss-police.ars
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/30/google_earth_plantation/
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ijU2wg5cVrOioHNX21y_uCXj0yKQD960RP9G0

Microsoft asks open source developers to play in Web Sandbox

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/01/microsoft-asks-open-source-developers-to-play-in-web-sandbox.ars

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's sentiment engine

http://scobleizer.com/2009/01/29/zuckerberg-facebooks-intense-year/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10153216-36.html

Google fakes out Hotmail for Chrome support

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10153165-2.html
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-01-29-n48.html

White House expands use of robots.txt search-blocking code

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-10153244-46.html

BBC scraps Web search

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2235447/bbc-scraps-web-search

YouTube makes video annotation feature more prominent

http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=PqTYRSf2G4I
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/ive-got-a-bad-feeling-about-this-adding-youtube-annotations-just-got-easy/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/youtube_makes_annotating_video.php

Yahoo puts down pets service

http://blog.dogster.com/2009/01/28/yahoo-quietly-shutters-yahoo-pets-grin/

Read Write Web: The State of Blog Search, 2009

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_state_of_blog_search_engines.php

BusinessWeek asks: Could Google Fix Detroit?

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_06/b4118032619547.htm

Google TV Ads platform said to supply better television viewer information

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99364

When Google’s more-prominent-than-ever "Did You Mean" suggestions push away better search results

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-01-29-n34.html

Slate: How Google's Gmail destroyed Microsoft's Outlook

http://www.slate.com/id/2210090/

Google offers developers new code project hosting features

http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2009/01/post-commit-web-hooks-for-google-code.html

Google gives AdWords new traffic estimation model

http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-year-new-traffic-model-for-ad.html

Google Earth: Don't blame us for terrorist attacks

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5615916.ece

Web innovator Martin Schaedel, friend of WebmasterWorld.com, dies with one other in small plane crash

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-planecrash30-2009jan30,0,4233479.story
http://www.examiner.com/x-2215-Denver-Aviation-Community-Examiner~y2009m1d30-GM-of-popular-aviation-site-dies-in-crash
http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2009/January-2009/01_30_09_Victims_of_Plane_Crash_Worked_for_Air_Travel_Sites.html
http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmasterworld/3838266.htm

WEB / OTHER

Amazon posts strong earnings as profit rises

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/technology/companies/30amazon.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123326309581630125.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7859651.stm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10152828-93.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/29/amazon_q4_earnings/
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=a1Z3wReVVqAU
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090130/amazon-shares-on-the-moon/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2235448/amazon-storming-2008
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/retail/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213000027
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/amazon-earnings-preview-cautious-optimism-amzn
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2009/tc20090129_529117.htm
http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/item/64137/254/5/3
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/29/amazon-defies-retail-downturn/
http://www.inquisitr.com/16850/amazon-bucks-recession-posts-9-profit-gain-amzn/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11928
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090130/tc_afp/usinternetearningscompanyamazon

Photojojo site helps aspiring digital photographers with do-it-yourself projects

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/photojojo-just-wants-you-to-have-fun/

Wall Street Journal asks: Does Adobe Deserve the Most Downloads Record?

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200901/012809AdobeFlashInstall.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/01/29/does-adobe-deserve-the-most-downloads-record/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_adobe_overhyping_air_adoption.php

Facebook’s Latest Craze: Tag, You’re It (Repeat 24 More Times)

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090130/facebooks-latest-craze-tag-youre-it-repeat-24-more-times/

Red Hat: The Facebook Of Software

http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/29/software-equities-enterprise-technology-enterprise_tech_0129_red_hat.html

PBS's Mark Glaser warns: Dependence on Facebook, Twitter Could Be Hazardous to Your Business

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2009/01/warning-dependence-on-facebook-twitter-could-be-hazardous-to-your-business029.html
(related: New employees through Facebook)
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99390
http://venturebeat.com/2009/01/30/appirio-helps-companies-tap-into-facebooks-social-graph/

VisualPin Will Plot Your Videos On Google Maps

http://www.visualpin.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/29/visualpin-will-plot-your-videos-on-the-map/

Study: Company Blogs Lead Social Media Options

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99389

MediaPost on Web behavioral targeting: Why Are You Following Me?

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99409

MediaPost asks: What Is The Purpose Of Online Advertising?

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99400

Court Asked To Uphold Order Allowing Webcast of Filesharing Case

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=99388
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_11589191

ABC Says Web Viewers Will Tolerate Twice the Ads

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134209