SEARCH Yahoo Shows Search Ads With Images and Video http://www.ysmblog.com/blog/2009/02/18/your-ads-richer/ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/technology/companies/19yahoo.html http://news.cnet.com/Yahoo-shows-search-ads-with-images%2C-video/2100-1024_3-6249025.html http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090219/the-little-engine-that-could-yahoo-paid-search-adds-video-and-pictures-trying-for-more-clicks/ http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-tries-universal-search-2009-2 http://www.webmasterworld.com/yahoo_search_marketing_overture_ppc/3853054.htm Google Webmaster Central highlights PubCon presentation by search quality team member Matt Cutts http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2009/02/state-of-index-my-presentation-from.html http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/2008-webmaster-seo-tools/ Google Mobile Application now available for Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system devices http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-mobile-app-now-available-on.html http://mashable.com/2009/02/18/google-app-for-windows-mobile/ Yahoo Search turns five http://ysearchblog.com/2009/02/18/five-years-of-yahoo-search/ http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_search_turns_5_has_tech.php China's Top Search Engine Firm Baidu Posts Rise, Sees Headwinds http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123501331121019505.html http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/19/baidu-china-update-markets-equity_internet_04.html http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=akvnsNVjX.aw Google Gives And Takes Away: Why it's hard to find useful information using Google http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/18/google-internet-advertising-technology-internet_google.html Italian judge give Google hosting case go-ahead http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2009-02-18-google-italy_N.htm Google demonstrates mobile version of Gmail for both Apple's iPhone and Google's Android phones http://www.pcworld.com/article/159803/offline_gmail_coming_soon_on_iphone_android.html http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/02/18/video-offline-gmail-web-app-for-webkit-browser-phones-demoed/ http://www.appletell.com/apple/comment/offline-gmail-for-iphone-demoed-at-mwc...-coming-soon/ http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/18/video-a-sleeker-gmail-experience-on-the-iphone-with-offline-capabilities/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=3099 (related) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aow3VTNo_jEY&refer=technology Mashable asks: HTML5 Enabled Gmail - What Does it Mean? http://mashable.com/2009/02/19/html5-gmail/ Recovery.gov blocks search engine crawling http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-10167373-46.html Google may face monopoly probe http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236785/google-face-monopoly-probe http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=100571 Political advocacy groups increasingly use search marketing campaigns http://undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com/2009/02/groups-reach-americans-via-sti.php Google Latitude topped 1 million users in first week / cellphone location-tracker raises privacy concerns http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/18/while-people-worry-about-facebook-photos-a-million-users-let-google-know-exactly-where-they-are/ http://localmobilesearch.net/news/social-networks/google-million-users-latitude-week-one Google accepting developer-created videos http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2009/02/now-playing-developer-created-videos.html Google Maps on Verizon's BlackBerry Storm now uses GPS for My Location http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-maps-on-verizons-blackberry.html Google AdWords to go offline during Saturday, February 21, 2009 maintenance http://adwords.blogspot.com/2009/02/adwords-system-maintenance-on-february.html Google drops Japan's Google.co.jp site toolbar PageRank from 9 down to 5 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/pointers-for-google-japan-paid-post-story/ Google makes Google Documents available for downloading via its Documents List Data API http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2009/02/start-downloads.html Google updates Google Pack http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2009/02/faster-way-to-get-to-docs-and-other.html Google Earth reveals secret history of US base in Pakistan: London Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5762371.ece Microsoft Virtual Earth on Microsoft cloud operating system Windows Azure http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/archive/2009/02/18/microsoft-virtual-earth-on-windows-azure.aspx WEB / OTHER Hulu To Cut Off Users of Boxee Video Software http://blog.hulu.com/2009/2/18/doing-hard-things http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/19/hulu-withdraws-its-content-from-tvcom-boxee/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/hulu-will-cut-off-users-of-boxee-video-software/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/159823/hulu_pulls_content_from_tvcom_boxee.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10167152-93.html http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090218/did-big-cable-force-hulu-off-boxee/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/18/content-owners-force-hulu-to-kill-boxee-support/ http://www.businessinsider.com/big-media-forces-hulu-to-pull-shows-off-boxee-2009-2 http://www.centernetworks.com/hulu-boxee-removal http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/hulu-says-bye-bye-to-boxee/ http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/18/hulu-goes-all-michael-corleone-boxee-support-also-killed/ http://www.inquisitr.com/18371/hulu-cuts-off-boxee-old-media-takes-one-step-forward-two-steps-back/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=3103 The Consumerist: The Blog That Ignited a Privacy Debate on Facebook http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/consumeristcom-sparks-privacy-debate-on-facebook/ http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/facebook-to-defend-english-from-the-lawyers/ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/18/recapping-the-three-day-facebook-firestorm/ http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-privacy-snafu-is-nbc-nightly-news-2009-2 http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/02/the_complaint_a.html http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/facebook-flap.html Unigo.com Gives Everyone a Say About College Picks http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123499498840816053.html Expedia Posts $2.76 billion fourth-quarter Loss on Write-Down http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123504365515721761.html http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/02/19/ap6070846.html Wikileaks Forced to Leak Its Own Secret Info http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/wikileaks-force.html Facebook offers best practices for making advertising money on social networking site's platform http://developers.facebook.com/news.php?blog=1&story=196 http://mashable.com/2009/02/18/facebook-app-ad-network/ http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/18/facebook-begins-testing-ads-for-third-party-applications/ Mobile advertising edges closer to breakthrough: Kate Holton for Reuters at World Mobile Congress in Barcelona http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51I3WV20090219 Hollywood struggles to find wealth on the Web http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE51I01520090219 Online Social networking 'harms health': Doctor http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7898510.stm http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10167352-71.html Hacker pokes third hole in secure sockets layer http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/19/ssl_busting_demo/ FlipGloss Media offers Web Ads That Look Like Magazine Ads http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090219/no-one-likes-web-ads-what-about-web-ads-that-look-like-magazine-ads/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/flipgloss-wants-to-be-magazine-20/ http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-forbes-media-backed-flipgloss-launches-beta/ Social networks driving Flash Lite usage http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2236814/social-networks-driving-flash http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Social-Networking-Drives-Adobe-Flash-Lite-Adoption/ ImageShack launches Yfrog, alternative to Twitter photo-sharing site TwitPic http://yfrog.com/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/19/imageshack-launches-mediocre-twitpic-alternative/ GeoTweeter Apple iPhone App Tweets Your Location, Shows Your Followers The Way http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/02/18/alone-at-the-bar-again-schmaps-geotweeter-app-will-tweet-your-location-and-guide-the-way/ Report: Mobile Ads Are ‘Stickier;’ iPhone Users Are The Most Receptive Audience http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-report-mobile-ads-more-sticky-iphone-users-most-receptive-to-mobile-ads/ SpeakerRate Helps Speakers Get Honest Feedback http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/speakerrate_honest_feedback_speakers.php New allegations claim Yelp suppressed bad reviews http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/is-yelp-cheating-us-funny-business-galore/
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