Google Ends Its Project for Selling Radio Ads, Laying Off Up To 40

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/technology/companies/13google.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-google13-2009feb13,0,4600101.story
http://google-tmads.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-exits-radio-but-will-explore.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123447502528279199.html
http://voices.allthingsd.com/20090213/google-cuts-off-its-big-media-dreams/
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51B64X20090212
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/159518/google_kills_radio_ad_service_lays_off_40.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ada20770-f95a-11dd-90c1-000077b07658.html
http://mashable.com/2009/02/12/google-radio-ads-shutdown/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/13/google_kills_radio_ads/
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aMBJN9LyRTfY
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090212/google-turns-off-its-radio-ad-business-up-to-40-layoffs/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/12/google-pulls-the-plug-on-its-radio-ads-retreats-to-what-it-knows-best/
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/02/google_switches.html
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100261
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134596
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ib79a0c63704566625212a97bcce39238
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5152688/google-cuts-off-its-big+media-dreams
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090212/tc_afp/usitinternetradiocompanycutsgoogle

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Collaborate to Clean Up Web

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/specify-your-canonical.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/google-yahoo-and-microsoft-collaborate-to-clean-up-web/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10163506-92.html
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-02-13-n76.html
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/canonical-url-tag-the-most-important-advancement-in-seo-practices-since-sitemaps
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3848488.htm

Google uses Maps Local Business Center to lure business owners

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/02/calling-all-business-owners.html

Microsoft Plans to Open Chain Of Retail Stores

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/technology/companies/14soft.html
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/161892.asp
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123448293075579777.html
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090213/department-of-deja-vu-last-microsoft-retail-store-foray-was-a-bust/
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51B7K620090213
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-02-12-microsoft-stores-take-on-apple_N.htm
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98b7dec0-f964-11dd-90c1-000077b07658.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10163338-60.html
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/02/13/microsoft_retail_store/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236407/microsoft-rolls-retail-plan
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=214000814
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/12/laugh-all-you-want-but-the-microsoft-store-could-be-great/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-mirosoft-going-into-owned-retail-stores-hoping-for-apple-magic/
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-to-open-retail-stores-2009-2
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-to-Roll-Out-Retail-Stores/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/12/the-next-microsoft-and-apple-battleground-retail/
http://www.inquisitr.com/18000/microsoft-to-open-retail-stores-bad-ideas/
http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-retail-stores-coming-part-products-part-windows-cheerleading-1334141/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2017
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=12881
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/feb/13/microsoft-stores
http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3848562.htm

YouTube renews music video deal with Sony Music: sources

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51C0NR20090213
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-sony-music-re-ups-with-youtube-first-major-label-in-second-wave/
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10163399-93.html
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090212/bruce-britney-beyonce-staying-on-youtube-sony-music-resigns/
http://www.businessinsider.com/sony-music-extends-youtube-deal-2009-2

Microsoft splits Zune team in two

http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-10CorpNewsPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press%20Releases
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10163257-56.html
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/13/microsoft-splits-up-zune-team-new-hardware-still-coming-though/
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-still-not-killing-zune-tries-zune-exec-team-shakeup-2009-2

Microsoft researcher stores digital life

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10163422-75.html

Microsoft Outlook Web Access to support more browsers

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10163423-2.html

HTC G1 Google Android Phone Gets Microsoft Exchange Support

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/htc_g1_android_1.html
(related: Microsoft Exchange Alternative Unveiled By Open-Xchange )
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213900995

Google Adds Attachment Control To Offline Gmail

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

Edit Google Spreadsheets On Android and Apple iPhone devices

http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/02/add-edit-sort-and-filter-improved.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/13/now-you-can-edit-google-spreadsheets-on-androids-and-iphones/

Google's Vint Cerf, NASA Develop Interplanetary Network: Laurie Sullivan for MediaPost

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100245

Google Chrome on the Apple Macintosh: A sneak peak

http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/13/early-pictures-chrome-on-the-mac/

What Google Lost In Russia: Svetlana Gladkova for Profy

http://profy.com/2009/02/13/now-this-is-what-google-lost-in-russia/

Google offers bloggers tips on adding Facebook content

http://buzz.blogger.com/2009/02/facebook-your-blog.html

YouTube Adds HD/HQ and Widescreen Options For Embedded Videos

http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=OhFryYqNavs

WEB / OTHER

Federal Trade Commission Skeptical of Internet Privacy Policies / Consumer groups fault FTC guidelines / Google reacts

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/02/reaction-to-ftcs-advertising-privacy.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/technology/internet/13privacy.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/google/ci_11690571
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/the-ftc-talks-tough-on-internet-privacy/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123448268250279765.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51B5AK20090213
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7887094.stm
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/02/ftc-warns-of-day-of-reckoning-for-online-advertisers.ars
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2009/tc20090212_751694.htm
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100249
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134587

An Effort to Upgrade a Court Archive System to Free and Easy

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/us/13records.html

Charter Communications to File for Bankruptcy

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/technology/companies/13charter.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123446235205578373.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/245062c2-f93d-11dd-90c1-000077b07658.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/13/charter_files_chapter_11/
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=ay1QaToMUzQc&refer=technology
http://www.informationweek.com/news/telecom/business/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=214000016

Firefox Add-Ons Double as Art, Pranks and Fun

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/firefox-add-ons-double-as-art-pranks-fun/

Electronic Frontier Foundation updates blogger legal guide

http://www.eff.org/issues/bloggers/legal
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/02/12/eff-updates-blogger.html

Microsoft offers $250,000 bounty for worm creator

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5726638.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7887577.stm
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236402/microsoft-offers-botnet-bounty
http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213901178
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/02/13/virus.downadup/index.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-offers-250k-reward-for-hacker-who-took-out-the-french-air-force-2009-2
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/microsoft-offers-25000-bounty-for-hackers/
http://www.inquisitr.com/17995/microsoft-offers-250000-reward-over-conficker-worm/
(related: Experts Warn of Second Wave of Conficker Worm Infections)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/159520/experts_warn_of_second_wave_of_conficker_worm_infections.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/159513/with_global_effort_a_new_type_of_worm_is_slowed.html

Fresh start for lost file formats

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7886754.stm

U.K. Tories admit to Wiki-alteration

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7884121.stm

Pew Internet & American Life Project Takes First Look At Twitter Users / Userbase growing

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/02/study-twitter-users-are-mobile-urban-and-engaged-online.ars
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100235
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090212/tc_afp/usitsocietyinternettwitterpew

TrueScoop Offers Free Public Record Search on Facebook

http://mashable.com/2009/02/12/free-public-record-search/

Twitter security - There's still a lot of work to do: Don Reisinger for CNET

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10162649-2.html

Mozilla asks developers to take Bespin HTML5 project for a spin

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/13/mozilla_bespin/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bespin_html_editor_cloud.php
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Mozilla-Ships-Bespin-Webbased-Code-Editor/
(related: Worried New Features Will Mean Firefox Bloat? Relax)
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/worried-ubiquit.html

ISPs need to add value to survive: Ian Williams for VNUNet

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/analysis/2236437/providers-add-value-order

Opera unveils turbo-charged browsing at Mobile World Congress 2009

http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2009/02/12/
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/browsers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=213901257
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/12/opera_turbo/

MySpace: User Engagement Up, Unique Users Flat

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/myspace_user_engagement_up.php
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/12/rules-of-engagement-users-are-spending-more-time-on-myspace/

Twitter plagued by "Do Not Click" glitch

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/dont_click_no_really_dont_even.php
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=12819
http://profy.com/2009/02/12/why-dont-means-do-for-so-many-internet-users/

RealNetworks Breaks Out Subscriber Numbers For First Time: 775,000 Pay For Rhapsody

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-realnetworks-breaks-out-subscriber-numbers-for-first-time-775000-pay-fo/

Russian Online Ad Market 2008: $590 Million

http://www.centernetworks.com/russian-online-advertising-market

Activating A Brand On Twitter: Max Kalehoff for MediaPost

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100285

Mother Jones Re-Launches Web Site

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100263