Google Wants Out of AOL Investment

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/google-wants-out-of-aol-investment/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/04/google_and_aol/
http://www.mercurynews.com/google/ci_11628121
http://www.fool.com/investing/high-growth/2009/02/05/googles-ready-to-escape-from-aol.aspx
http://uk.reuters.com/article/burningIssues/idUKTRE5135UX20090204
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10157314-93.html
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200902041720DOWJONESDJONLINE000806_FORTUNE5.htm

Google, Helped by IBM, is Moving Again in Health

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/google-helped-by-ibm-is-moving-again-in-health/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123379708243750291.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5141Y520090205
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/04/google-ibm-healthcare-technology-internet_0205_google.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/05/google-heart-rate-health/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/industry/health-care/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213201320

Blinkx Video Search Tool Shows Web Video News for Couch Potatoes

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/blinkx-shows-web-video-news-for-couch-potatoes/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/TV_theater/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213200121

A Makeover for Your Google Results

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123379331364449967.html

Yahoo Lets Users Take Notes

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/04/yahoo-lets-users-take-notes/
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5135D020090204
http://mashable.com/2009/02/04/yahoo-searchpad/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/search/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213001891
http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search/3842443.htm

Google starts activating offline calendar access

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/02/offline-also-available-in-google.html
http://news.cnet.com/?tag=hdr%3bsnav
http://mashable.com/2009/02/05/google-calendar-offline-gears/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_calendar_gets_offline_mode.php
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/05/google-calendar-joins-gmail-offline/

Microsoft search bribery machine refuses to pay up: Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/04/another_microsoft_cashback_glitch/

YouTube Adds Title and Rating to Embeds

http://mashable.com/2009/02/05/youtube-embed-metadata/

Google Book Search Goes Mobile

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

WEB / OTHER

New York Times asks: Did Ad Standards Kill the Online Ad Business?

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/did-ad-standards-kill-the-online-ad-business/
(related)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123379182761749823.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/is-the-worst-behind-us-online-ad-revenues-pick-up-in-the-fourth-quarter/

Chinese Learn Limits of Online Freedom as the Filter Tightens

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/world/asia/05beijing.html

Commercial Twitter spamming tool hits the market

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2477
http://www.pcworld.com/article/158980/new_app_lets_spammers_target_twitter.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/04/tweettornado/

U.S. Online Video Viewing Surges 13 Percent in Record-Setting December: comScore

http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2714
http://onespot.wsj.com/technology/2009/02/04/273282094-u-s-online-video-viewing-surges

Content Management Vendor Box.net Gets Social

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/159005/content_management_vendor_boxnet_gets_social.html
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/02/boxnet-takes-online-file-storage-collaborative-social.ars
http://mashable.com/2009/02/05/box-enterprise-file-sharing/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/storage/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213200027
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-hones-in-on-businesses-with-new-social-features/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/boxnet_updates_interface_new_social_features.php

'Spam-friendly' domain registrars named and shamed

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/spam_registrars/

InformationWeek asks: How Common Are Fake Reviews?

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/how_common_are.html

[edited by: Lane_R_Ellis at 6:59 pm (utc) on Feb. 5, 2009]