Google Eye Tracking Escalates War For Eyeballs

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/eye-tracking-studies-more-than-meets.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/search/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213300801

Microsoft Live Search expands U.K. advertising options

http://adcentercommunity.com/blogs/advertiser/archive/2009/02/06/fourth-mainline-ad-position-added-to-the-uk-market.aspx

Google partners with TrueSwitch to streamline Gmail import

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10159440-2.html

Google acquires Korean blogging application company TNC

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122125443925329739.html

Yahoo Details Plans To Open Up Web Sites

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122116793296225073.html

Microsoft to launch cell phone software store: paper

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51811V20090209
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10159157-94.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213401416
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Microsoft-to-Launch-Cell-Phone-Software-Store-Paper/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/06/zunephones-if-you-build-it-microsoft-will-come/

Google chief to advise Britain's Conservatives

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/02/09/ap6026567.html

Microsoft Offers Tool to help businesses Calculate Carbon Footprint

http://www.pcworld.com/article/159170/microsoft_offers_tool_to_calculate_carbon_footprint.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10158547-54.html
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/Microsoft-Dynamics-AX-Dashboard-Helps-Business-Go-Green/

Mozilla to Join EU Suit Against Microsoft

http://www.pcworld.com/article/159169/mozilla_to_join_eu_suit_against_microsoft.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/11bfbbee-f690-11dd-8a1f-0000779fd2ac.html
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/02/09/mozilla_supports_eu_against_ie_windows_tying/
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/mozilla_to_europe_handcuff_microsoft.html
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/mozilla-to-eu-can-we-help-kneecap-microsoft-msft

Google map tracks deadly Aussie fires

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/02/mapping-australian-fires.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10159214-93.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/08/google-australian-fires/

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer: 'Fundamental economic reset' necessary

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10158959-38.html

Microsoft Tag mobile tagging service Beta test

http://www.microsoft.com/tag/content/what/

A look at Google losses from Jaiku purchase and AOL stake

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/09/dziuba_google_spending/
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/google-next-victim-of-creative-destruction-goog

Google Gmail Within Striking Distance Of Hotmail

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213300662

Clickable Launches Version 2.0 Of Search Ad Management Software Suite

http://www.clickable.com/blogs/clickableblog/archive/2009/02/09/clickable-pro-version-2-0-integrates-emerging-google-ad-formats-and-bulk-keyword-editing-across-networks.aspx
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/09/clickable-launches-version-20-of-powerful-search-ad-management-software-suite/

Technorati Retiring Old Crawler

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

Microsoft's Razorfish Cuts Another 70

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/microsofts-razorfish-cuts-another-70-msft

Google said to be deleting music blogger posts: Inquisitr

http://www.inquisitr.com/17533/breaking-google-deleting-music-blogger-posts/

MediaPost: SEM Is A Service, Not A Product

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99931

Clickable Rebuilds 'Bionic' Search Management System

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99945

Google Apps offers business perspective on migrating from Microsoft Exchange

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/02/migrating-from-microsoft-exchange-to.html

Google offers market algorithms and optimization tips

http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2009/01/market-algorithms-and-optimization.html

Guardian: The foresight of Google

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/09/google-future-models

Google anti-spam team head Matt Cutts to present keynote speech at WebmasterWorld's PubCon South

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/2009-travel-schedule/

Wikipedia bolts its open door: London Times

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5682896.ece

WEB / OTHER

Online marketing's bright spot: In-text ads

http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/06/technology/vibrant.fortune/index.htm

MySQL Leaders Bail Out of Sun Microsystems

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/mysql-leaders-bail-out-of-sun-microsystems/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/interviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213300987
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/database_apps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213300900

Facebook adds new APIs for direct access to user's status, links, and notes

http://developers.facebook.com/news.php?blog=1&story=193
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10159110-2.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/07/why-facebook-isnt-poised-to-steal-twitters-thunder/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/07/facebook-and-twitter-theres-blood-everywhere-but-no-one-is-dying/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/06/facebook-pushes-status-notes-links-and-videos-to-apps-and-the-web/
http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3844374.htm

Best Buy to Acquire Napster

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122148359646535989.html

Court Overturns Spammer Conviction

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122123009064328107.html

Why do People Buy Virtual Goods?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123395867963658435.html

Bahrain web crackdown triggers calls for reform

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5183Y320090209
(related: Cuba to keep Internet limits after fiber optic cable)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090207/tc_afp/cubaitinternetvenezuela

E-mail professionals help get the word out / VerticalResponse's Janine Popick

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-02-08-e-mail-professionals_N.htm

Scientists warn of fake Facebook pages

http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/02/scientists-warn.html
(related)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/09/del_piero_facebook_lawsuit/

Kaspersky, OpenDNS Collaborate to Slow Conficker Worm

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/159165/kaspersky_opendns_collaborate_to_slow_conficker_worm.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/07/opendns_conficker_protection/
(related: Kaspersky Lab hacked)
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/08/kaspersky-lab-hacked-another-sign-of-the-losing-war-against-hackers/
http://www.inquisitr.com/17616/kaspersky-site-hacked-to-exposed-sensitive-data/
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-267121.html

New Opera JavaScript engine supports native code generation

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/02/new-opera-javascript-engine-supports-native-code-generation.ars

Sales of PCs to fall for first time in eight years

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e16eb92c-f617-11dd-a9ed-0000779fd2ac.html

Twitterhawk: Clever Twitter marketing, or spam?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10158914-2.html

Register looks at link-spamming

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/09/home_office_link_spam/

Live Inside Twitter and Still Stay Productive: Mashable

http://mashable.com/2009/02/09/twitter-productivity/

HelloTxt Launches Status Message API

http://hellotxt.com/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/07/hellotxt-api/

TwitStat Twitter analytics firm releases top client list: Web, TweetDeck, Twitterfeed, Twhirl in top four spots

http://twitstat.com/twitterclientusers.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/07/twitter-clients/

Start-up Delivr tests Web-to-mobile content service

http://delivr.com/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/07/delivr/

Facebook popularity climbs beyond MySpace in U.S.: Nielsen Online

http://mashable.com/2009/02/06/facebook-myspace-twitter-traffic/

Web charting service Lovely Charts launches

http://www.lovelycharts.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/09/create-stunning-diagrams-on-the-web-with-lovelycharts/

ShopIt Acquires Triana Global, Launches Ad Network For Social Networks

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/08/shopit-acquires-triana-global-launches-ad-network-for-social-networks/

Aviary launches Raven online vector graphics editor

http://www.aviary.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/06/aviary-encroaches-on-adobe-illustrator-with-raven-the-first-vector-graphics-editor-for-the-web/

eWeek examines Amazon SimpleDB for Web-Based Data Storage

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/Amazon-SimpleDB-a-Solid-Choice-for-Simple-WebBased-Data-Storage/

Zappos CEO Talks Culture Fit and the Importance of Creating a 'Wow' Experience

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

Dalai Lama Joins Twitter

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/his_holiness_the_14th_dalai_la.php
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090209/en_afp/usitinternettwitterindiatibetdalai

Ad Industry Cut Another 18,700 Jobs in December: AdAge

http://adage.com/article?article_id=134423
(related: Ad Agency Makes Publishers Wait Extra 120 Days For Pay)
http://businesssheet.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/ad-agency-makes-publishers-wait-for-pay

AdAge asks: Amazon vs. eBay: Who's the Online Sales King?

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134401

PopularMedia Expands Social Ad Options

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=99917

Economist: Hulu online video plan works

http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displaystory.cfm?subjectid=348963&story_id=13059735

Internet intelligence goes beyond book smarts

http://dailybruin.com/news/2009/feb/02/iinternet-intelligence-goes-beyond-book-smartsi/

10e20 asks: How Can Lawyers Use Twitter?

http://www.10e20.com/blog/2009/02/06/twitter-for-lawyers-legal-professionals/