SEARCH YouTube launches partner video downloading program, with fees for certain types of offline access http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=Mp1pWVLh3_Y
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/12/the-most-direct-youtube-monetization-buy-videos/ Google launches social networking tool for Web sites, Friend Connect Social Bar http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-friend-connect-introduces-social.html
http://googlesocialweb.blogspot.com/2009/02/social-bar-for-your-site.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/11/friend-connect-social-bar/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10161912-2.html
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213900102
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/11/google-friend-connect-introduces-the-social-bar/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/11/googles-new-social-toolbar-lets-web-sites-add-simple-social-features/ Google plans data center at old Finnish paper mill http://www.storaenso.com/media-centre/press-releases/2009/02/Pages/stora-enso-divests-summa-mill.aspx
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINLC40921720090212
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090212/google-gets-into-the-paper-mill-business/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/12/google-buys-a-paper-mill/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Google-Plans-Data-Center-at-Finnish-Paper-Mill/ Voice recognition for cellphone Web searches is evolving: USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2009-02-11-mobile-search-voice_N.htm Google launches My Tracks Android mobile application - GPS Navigation comes to G1: JG Mason for Gadgetell http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/happy-trails-with-my-tracks-for-android.html
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/android-first-gps-navigation-comes-to-g1/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=12750 Samsung Delays Google Android Phone http://www.pcworld.com/article/159441/samsung_delays_google_android_phone.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/12/mobilephones-google Cyber-law professor argues that Wikipedia is doomed http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/02/doomed-why-wikipedia-will-fail.ars
(related: What's in a name? Everything, when you're talking wiki value - Seth Finkelstein for The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/12/wiki-answers-wikia Google augments open-source spell-check http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10162503-2.html Microsoft hires former Yahoo executive Larry Heck http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aYLe1FAye2KE
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10162305-75.html
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090211/what-the-larry-heck-is-happening-to-yahoo-search-another-defection-to-microsoft-thats-what/
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-poaches-another-yahoo-search-veteran-2009-2 Business Week asks: Can Microsoft Catch Up in Mobile? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2009/tc2009029_908364.htm Google Book Search settlement site for authors and copyright holders open until January 2010 http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/11/google-book-settlement-site-is-up-paying-authors-60-per-scanned-book/ Citi's Mahaney Bangs Google Drum: Silicon Alley Insider's Henry Blodget http://www.businessinsider.com/citis-mahaney-bangs-google-drum-2009-2 Google: Paid Search Drives TV Tune In: Wayne Friedman for MediaPost http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100138 Analyst sees Ask.com parent IAC stock as value: Eric Savitz for Barron's http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/02/12/iacinteractive-cowen-sees-compelling-value/ Yahoo photo-sharing service Flickr celebrates five years since launching: Heather Champ for Flickr http://blog.flickr.net/en/2009/02/10/5-years-ago-today/ Ask.com Launches Serial NASCAR Push: Kenneth Hein for Brandweek http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/agency/e3i7aabd374e1b54f16e79e49095da01329 Microsoft-hosted e-mail for educational users now named 'Outlook Live': Mary Jo Foley for ZDNet http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2010 Google Android developers share integrations tips in free video series: Jason Chen for Google http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/02/apps-that-work-together.html Google backs European Commission social networking self-regulation position http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/02/safer-social-networking-and-self.html Google telecommunications policy counsel Rick Whitt video interview on broadband implications in economic stimulus plan http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/02/broadband-provisions-in-economic.html Google asks webmasters for input with survey http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/help-us-help-you.html Google Webspam head Matt Cutts offers Python programmers Google Spreadsheet tips http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/write-google-spreadsheet-from-python/ WEB / OTHER Facebook and Nokia consider forming alliance http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123439645252474935.html
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090212/friending-without-benefits-but-facebook-keeps-on-forging-into-the-mobile-market/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10162438-36.html
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/11/facebook-begins-mobile-blitz/
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/11/facebook-pokes-nokia-will-they-hook-up/ Facebook appraisal pegs company's value at $3.7 billion http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-02-12-facebook_N.htm
http://mashable.com/2009/02/12/facebook-valuation-3/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10162468-36.html
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090212/caveat-emptor-eh-microsoft/
http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-to-winklevoss-twins-please-we-arent-worth-anywhere-near-15-billion-2009-2
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5152040/facebooks-value-37-billion-and-dropping
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=12768 New York Times technology writer David Pogue on learning Twitter http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/technology/personaltech/12pogue.html Twitter Shorty Awards http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/the-scene-at-the-twitter-awards-chatter/
http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-award-show-crowd-ignores-cnn-host-2009-2
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/11/live-twittering-the-shorty-awards/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123439568330074869.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/12/fashion-tweets-ruffles-feathers/ Twitterers Worldwide Gather for Fund-raising Twestival http://twestival.com/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2009/feb/11/twitter-charity-twestival
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/twitter-communities-worldwide-gather-for-twestival/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/11/help-twestival-raise-1-million/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10162449-36.html Trident Finds It Hard to Go Viral http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123439670534574971.html
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090212/viral-online-videos-the-funny-edition-doombas-and-anchors-away/
http://mashable.com/2009/02/11/how-to-monetize-your-site-with-video/
(related: Viewers respond to video: The power of 'emotional metadata')
http://weblog.infoworld.com/yager/archives/2009/02/video_opens_min.html Queen Elizabeth launches new-look website http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7885005.stm
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE51B35Y20090212
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10162513-238.html
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236355/queen-launches-look-royal-web
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5716197.ece Tweet The Pirate Bay Trial http://www.pcworld.com/article/159442/tweet_the_pirate_bay_trial.html EU Presses UK Over Online Advertising System http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/159443/eu_presses_uk_over_online_advertising_system.html
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/phorm-damn-the-eu-full-speed-ahead.ars HP, IBM Push New OASIS Encryption Key Standard http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/159439/hp_ibm_push_new_oasis_encryption_key_standard.html Moonlight brings Microsoft Silverlight to Linux http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/02/moonlight-10-brings-silverlight-to-linux.ars
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/moonlight_first_release/ A Web of deception / fake responses and product enthusiasm: Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d321c9b6-f85d-11dd-aae8-000077b07658.html Shakespeare performed on Twitter http://mashable.com/2009/02/12/shakespeare-twitter/
http://www.reducedshakespeare.com/podcasts.php?subaction=showfull&id=1234248069&archive=&start_from=&ucat=8& National Security Agency said to offer 'billions' for Skype eavesdrop solution: The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/nsa_offers_billions_for_skype_pwnage/ Synchronica enables mobile email for all http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236268/synchonica-enables-mobile-email Dead man blogging / The era of blogging for bucks may already be over: Info World http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2009/02/dead_man_bloggi.html Twitter-for-business application Yammer releases hosted version http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/12/yammer-reaches-beyond-corporate-firewalls-open-sources-iphone-application/ MySpace's Former Owner: Facebook Will Win - for Now http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/myspace_former_owner_facebook_wins.php Twitter authorization tool OAuth enters private beta / Never Share Your Twitter Password Again http://blog.inuda.com/2009/02/12/never-share-your-twitter-password-again/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_oauth_spotted.php Photo-Sharing Site YoBusted Runs Afoul of Facebook / Charges fee to remove photos http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2009/tc20090211_007201.htm
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5152015/photo+humiliation-site-brings-paparazzi-headaches-to-masses Federal Trade Commission Unveils New Privacy Guidelines http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100211 Study: Social Networks Drive Video Views http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100166 Texas Judge Orders Topix To Reveal Anonymous Users' ID Info http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100173 O2 first operator to run branded version of social networking service Bebo: Alex Farber for Marketing Week http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=64279 Feeva announces partnership with Cisco to distribute Web ad-targeting service: Matt Marshall for Venture Beat http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/12/feeva-helps-advertisers-target-users-with-unprecedented-precision/ Online virtual world Second Life Attempts to Stage a Rebirth: Brian Morrissey for AdWeek http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i7aabd374e1b54f16cb1273f6833814d6 Hacker contest at CanSecWest conference targets Web browsers, smart phones: Ryan Naraine for ZDNet http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2531 U.S. Retail E-Commerce Declines 3 Percent in Q4 2008: comScore http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2720 Media groups launch Japan advertising network http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090212/tc_afp/japanmediaadvertiseinternet
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