SEARCH Ask.com parent IAC turns profit as revenue dips / media and advertising businesses see 19 percent revenue drop http://iac.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1638
http://uk.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNewsUS/idUKTRE5123WK20090203
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10155473-93.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-earnings-iacs-still-hopes-on-ask.com-37-million-in-impairment-and-write/
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/02/03/iacinteractive-q4-revs-adjusted-earnings-come-in-light/
http://business.techwhack.com/4983-interactivecorp
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200902030848DOWJONESDJONLINE000331_FORTUNE5.htm Ask.com turns to Symantec to secure more traffic http://iac.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1639
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-02-03-ask-symantec_N.htm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10155192-83.html
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2235610/ask-com-teams-symantec
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCbzq1yK4pDUxUNeA_O6PECcaxkwD96472900 Google Executives Face Jail Time for Italian Video http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/google-executives-face-jail-time-for-italian-video/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/03/google-jail-offensive-video/
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090203/google-che-diavolo-italia/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-google-execs-face-italian-trial-for-offensive-video-free-speech/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/googles-reyes-drummond-on-trial-in-italy
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Google-Privacy-Exec-Facing-Criminal-Charges/
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99571
http://www.inquisitr.com/17142/google-execs-facing-jail-in-italy/
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-02-03-n69.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=12087
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/03/google-trial-privacy Yahoo chief executive Carol Bartz vents as chief communications officer Jill Nash departs http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/02/yahoos-bartz-vents-as-exec-departs/
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090202/hey-big-spender-the-goodbye-memo-from-yahoo-pr-head-jill-nash/
(related: Bartz said to ask for resignation of press leak source)
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/yahoos-bartz-on-verge-of-making-first-big-mistake-yhoo Hone Google and Yahoo search results with Search Cloudlet http://www.pcworld.com/article/158532/hone_search_results_with_search_cloudlet.html Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser loses more share, slides to new low http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/158746/microsofts_ie_loses_more_share_slides_to_new_low.html
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090202/ie-ya-slippin/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/soon_majority_will_drop_ie.php
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/02/internet-explorers-browser-market-share-shrinks-because-ie6-is-finally-dying/
http://www.inquisitr.com/17110/internet-explorer-loses-more-ground-while-other-browsers-grow/ Google and Nasa back new school for futurists, Singularity University http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b162dfc-f168-11dd-8790-0000779fd2ac.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/world-renowned-scientists-team-with-google-and-nasa-to-launch-singularity-university/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/02/the-singularity-is-near-and-it-has-a-university/ Google releases mobile version of Gmail Tasks http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/tasks-paper-vs-iphone.html
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/02/tasks-now-available-for-your-phone.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/02/gmail-tasks-on-iphone/
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/google_powers_t.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/googles-task-list-turns-up-on-your-android-or-iphone/
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/gmail-adds-task.html Headup puts semantic search in your browser http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10155093-2.html French court fines Google over trade marked keywords http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/google_france/ Microsoft Open Source Code used by Google's Chrome http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/microsoft_open_1.html Yahoo Stops Serving Ads In RSS Feeds http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/yahoo-stops-serving-ads-in-rss-feeds/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/yahoo-gives-up-on-rss-ads-yhoo
http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/item/64148/254/5/3 Bebo Co-Founder: AOL Sale Would Be ‘Mildly Disappointing’ http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-bebo-co-founder-aol-sale-would-be-mildly-disappointing/ Google And Yahoo, Both Trailing In Korea, Join Forces http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/google-and-yahoo-both-trailing-in-korea-join-forces-goog-yhoo Former Yahoo executives Cheryl Kellond and Usama Fayyad hired by ChoiceStream for online display push http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ic76b333f26567c67732aabb3998bc01f Pingdom examines Google Analytics script load times http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/30/google-analytics-script-loads-97-slower-at-peak-hours-%E2%80%93-in-europe/
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-02-02-n33.html Google names Jonathan Lister managing director and head of Google Canada http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20090202managingdirector.html Google offers video recap of AdWords TV program summit http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-tv-ads-summit-recap.html WEB / OTHER Hulu online video hub unveils intentions with comic Super Bowl ad http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/hulu-unveils-evil-intentions-with-free-super-bowl-ad/
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090202/hulus-super-bowl-pump-fake-not-coming-to-an-ipod-near-you/
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99574 Online music service MediaMaster.com closes down operations http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/03/burn-rate-mediamaster-goes-under/ Super Bowl Ads Harness Twitter http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123361722870741333.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/02/what-is-twitters-vision/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/tweetbowl-taps-into-twitter-to-find-the-super-bowls-real-winners-the-ads/ HarperCollins Expands Into Video Books for Download http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123362056606541549.html
(related: Interest in eBooks Continues to Grow
)
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/hitwise_interest_in_ebooks_kindle_grows.php BitTorrent Researcher: Copyright Will Be Obsolete by 2010 http://newteevee.com/2009/01/31/bittorrent-researcher-copyright-will-be-obsolete-by-2010/
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090202/0121203596.shtml
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-02/st_thompson
(related: Kiwis get strict copyright, three-strikes law at month's end)
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/kiwis-get-strict-copyright-three-strikes-law-at-months-end.ars
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/03/eircom_agrees_to_three_strikes_enforcement/ BBC on Your 'Twitter Value' and TweetValue.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/02/how-much-are-you-worth-on-twitter/ Forbes names top 25 Web celebrities including PubCon 2009 Austin keynote speaker Guy Kawasaki http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/29/web-celebrities-internet-technology-webceleb09_0129_land.html
(related: London Times 50 most popular celebs on Twitter)
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5641893.ece Travel firms respond to events, share news via Twitter http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2009-02-02-hotel-airlines-travel-twitter_N.htm A third of adults without Internet don't want it: Pew report http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-02-02-internet-access_N.htm VideoSurf rides surging Web video wave http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2009-02-02-videosurf_N.htm Skype VoIP application releases updated 4.0 version http://mashable.com/2009/02/03/skype-version-4/
http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10155181-12.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-265763.html
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/03/windows-gets-skype-upgrade/ Mashable asks: Who Is That New Twitter of Friendfeed Follower? Ask Socialwhois http://www.socialwhois.com/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/02/socialwhois/ Pajamas Media Ad Network Shutting Down http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090203/another-blog-casualty-conservative-pajamas-media-ad-network-shutting-down/
http://www.inquisitr.com/17071/pajamas-media-fallout-gets-nasty-bloggers-accused-of-accepting-welfare/ LinkedIn experiences downtime http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/03/oops-linkedin-goes-down-cant-get-up/ MySpace Says 90,000 Sex Offenders Blocked From social networking Site http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/03/responding-to-subpoena-myspace-says-90000-sex-offenders-blocked-from-site/ Facebook chief operations officer Sheryl Sandberg interview at Davos forum: TechCrunch http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/02/techcrunch-interviews-facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-at-davos/
(related: Facebook Growing Seven Times Faster Than LinkedIn)
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/facebook-growing-seven-times-faster-than-linkedin RockYou Adds Video Ads To Widget Network http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99575 ISPs Conjoined With NebuAd Claim Innocence http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99570
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