Russia's Yandex search engine reports 80 percent revenue growth for 2008

http://company.yandex.com/press_center/press_releases/2009/2009-02-05.xml
http://profy.com/2009/02/05/yandex-reports-80-revenue-growth-for-2008/
http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/yandex-made-more-300mm-2008
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1012/42/374301.htm

Google adds multiple inbox option to Gmail Web-based e-mail service

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-in-labs-multiple-inboxes.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/06/gmail-multiple-inboxes/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10158168-2.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/gmail_multiple_inboxes/
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/view_multiple_i.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/gmail-adds-support-for-multiple-pane-viewing/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/gmail_gets_multiple_inboxes.php
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/05/gmail-gets-multiple-inboxes-desktop-email-gets-deader/
http://www.inquisitr.com/17459/gmail-gets-multiple-inboxes/
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-02-06-n87.html
(related)
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/is-gmail-way-better-with-google-labs/

New York Times's About.com cuts 9.5 percent of staff, guide pay

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5146D720090205
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/aboutcom-cuts
http://www.inquisitr.com/17429/aboutcom-slashes-staff-guide-pay/

Baidu's China Lead Over Google Takes a Hit After Web Search Controversy

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aHKbUucf.gS8

YouTube sets online video record during December: comScore

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7874000/7874601.stm

Fortune: Yes, you can dodge Google

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/05/technology/search.fortune/index.htm

Google Phone Helps Maker Post Solid Q4, New Products Coming

http://www.pcworld.com/article/159065/google_phone_helps_maker_post_solid_q4_new_products_coming.html
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/htc-january-sales

Google seeks new sources of aerial imagery for latest Google Earth incarnation

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/02/taking-in-view-introducing-googles.html
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/imagery/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10158287-93.html

Google gives away Gmail promotional stickers

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/06/getcher-free-gmail-stickers/

TechCrunch: Search engine optimization at the enterprise level disappoints

http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/02/05/seo-at-the-enterprise-level-a-major-flop/

Earthlink on AOL Dialup Acquisition: We Wanted To Buy, But Too Late Now; Other Bigger Options

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-earthlink-on-aol-dialup-acquisition-we-wanted-to-buy-but-too-late-now-o/

Domain Pigeon offers a mass domain name search service

http://www.domainpigeon.com/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/domain_pigeon_five_letter_domains.php

MediaPost asks: Search marketing - When is Enough, Enough?

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99843

Brick-And-Mortar Retailers Losing Search Battle: Internet-Engine study

http://www.internet-engine.net/RetailSearchPresence.htm
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99829

French Connection Giving Google More Legal Grief

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99831

YouTube replaces "most viewed" homepage videos with new "popular" category

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/02/youtube-popular.html

100 million photos suggests Yahoo's Flickr has put geotagging on the map

http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/02/04/100000000-geotagged-photos-plus/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/05/100-million-photos-suggests-flickr-has-put-geotagging-on-the-map/

Microsoft My Phone, aka SkyBox online backup, launches

http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-my-phone-aka-skybox-online-backup-launches-0633324/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=581

Disable Google Homepage Promotional Text in Firefox

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-02-05-n78.html

Google's 'Chief Internet Evangelist' Vint Cerf sees bigger, faster Web

http://www.mercurynews.com/google/ci_11637128

Google offers caption files for Google Developer videos

http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-caption-files-for-google-developer.html

WEB / OTHER

Facebook steps into OpenID Foundation

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10157980-36.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/05/facebook-openid/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/facebook-pledges-support-for-openid-but-will-anything-change/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_facebook_openid_good.php
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/05/facebook-to-offer-openid-support/

MySpace parent company News Corp. posts $6.4 billion quarterly loss

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c4886bb6-f3c7-11dd-9c4b-0000779fd2ac.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123386672335053793.html
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090205/news-corp-misses-estimates-huge-writeoff-murdoch-says-its-worse-than-he-thought/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/news-corp-misses-rupert-says-downtrun-severe-nws
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99848
http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/item/64201/254/5/3
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/06/myspaces-revenue-problems/

Meebo instant messaging site adds Facebook Chat

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/instant-messaging-site-meebo-adds-facebook-chat/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/05/facebook-chat-returns-to-meebo/
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090205/facebook-meebo-patch-things-up/
http://www.centernetworks.com/facebook-chat-meebo
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/05/meebo-launches-facebook-chat-officially-and-securely-this-time/

Wall Street Journal: Synchronizing Your Bookmarks on All Your PCs

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123379804164650385.html

ISPs claim innocence, blame controversial firm NebuAd in California litigation

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/isps-who-used-nebuad-hey-they-did-all-the-dirty-work.ars

Charter to place restrictive Internet usage limits on customer accounts

http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/02/charter-modifies-acceptable-use-policy-to-add-caps.ars
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/charter_and_time_warner_bandwidth_caps/

Coloring our perception: blue for creativity, red for safety / Web designers may use study information

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/coloreffects.html

BBC seen to yield over Omniture website snooping controversy

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/06/bbc_omniture/

Amazon pulls beta tag from its PayPal rival Flexible Payments Service

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/amazon_fps_general_availability/
http://www.centernetworks.com/amazon-flexible-payments-quick-starts

Opera building a new JavaScript engine for its Web browsers

http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/carakan-faq
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/05/new_opera_java_script_engine/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2235907/opera-promises-record-java
http://www.inquisitr.com/17402/opera-prepping-superfast-carakan-javascript-engine/

Condé Makes Another Digital Move: Someone to Sell Ads

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090205/conde-makes-another-digital-move-someone-to-sell-ads/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/conde-hires-chief-revenue-officer-for-digital

MySQL co-founder quits Sun

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2235902/mysql-founder-quits-sun

President and executives leave Salesforce.com

http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKN0538720920090205
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/three_execs_rep.html
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/three-top-salesforcecom-execs-depart-including-president-crm
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/barrons/techtraderdaily/feed/~3/fGG2hSdUfUo/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/collaboration/?p=290

VeriSign Sells Mobile Messaging Unit

http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/messaging/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213202093
(related)
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-verisigns-naming-business-health-checkup-online-ad-network-weakness-hur/

Tree.com Acquires Mint Competitor Thrive

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/06/treecom-acquires-mint-competitor-thrive/

Maryland General Assembly Bans state politicians from using Myspace And Facebook

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/maryland-general-assembly-bans-myspace-and-facebook
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/06/maryland-general-assembly-bans-facebook-myspace/

New Yorker's Ryan Lizza: The Internet Will Save Lives, Part 2

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/02/the-internet-wi.html

Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner offers online entrepreneurial video library

http://www.centernetworks.com/stanford-ecorner-video-library

eWeek offers glimpse inside Facebook's data center

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/An-Exclusive-Look-at-Facebooks-Main-Data-Center/

Unilever Uses Faux-Adobe-Flash Technology for Ads on Apple iPhone

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134331