Microsoft Extends Hosted Services to Europe, Asia

http://www.pcworld.com/article/160462/microsoft_extends_hosted_services_to_europe_asia.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/02/microsoft-expands-online-business-services-trial-to-19-more-countries-signs-glaxosmithkline/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2200
http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=698

Yahoo paid $79 million to financial advisers

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE51P5KO20090227
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2237554/80m-ways-avoid-lover
http://www.businessinsider.com/yahoo-paid-bankers-79-million-for-blowing-microsoft-deal-2009-2
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-274161.html

Google delays some AdSense publisher payments until end of March

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/AdSense/thread?tid=4532c7206c263dcd&hl=en

Google Testing Yahoo-Like Quick Links

http://www.search-engine-war.co.uk/2009/02/google-testing-yahoo-like-quick-links.html

Rogue code led to Google Gmail shutdown

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c5dd4574-06a3-11de-ab0f-000077b07658.html

Marissa Mayer helps put a Bolder face on Google

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/business/01marissa.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/marissa-mayer-denies-plans-to-quit-google-friends-less-sure-2009-3

Google crowdsources Street View imagery

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/02/explore-more-with-user-photos-in-street.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10173905-39.html

Microsoft expands artificial intelligence push as PC sales fall

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/technology/business-computing/02compute.html

Internet Search Queries Mirror Recession’s Gloom

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/business/economy/02drill.html
(related: Recession Spurs Search Engine Spammers and LindedIn usage)
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101061
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134962

Google misses an opportunity with its Life magazine archive: Virginia Heffernan for the New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/magazine/01wwln-medium-t.html

Yahoo Teams With Newspapers to Sell Ads

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/technology/internet/28yahoo.html

Yahoo Chief Rearranges Managers Once Again

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/technology/companies/27yahoo.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123566810152084487.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2009-02-26-yahoo-shakeup_N.htm
http://www.inquisitr.com/19019/bartz-gives-backing-to-yahoo-newspaper-ad-project/

Google Puts Small Ads on Pages of News Site

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/technology/internet/27google.html
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090226/tc_afp/usitmediacompanyadvertisinginternetgoogle

White House ditches YouTube after privacy complaints / President Obama Abandons Twitter

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-10184578-46.html
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/president-obama-abandons-twitter/

Microsoft and FathomDB target 'relational' clouds

http://news.cnet.com/8301-19413_3-10184579-240.html

Brittish nuclear submarines shown on Google Earth

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/02/google_earth_base_shocker/

Phishers automate attacks using 'Google hacking': Tyler Moore and Richard Clayton study

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/02/phishing_hackedserver_survey/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cartoon_deworming.php

Alibaba CEO Jack Ma Plans to Double Size of Chinese Company's U.S. Workers

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aQQpNgJe0G6A

Paglo IT Search Engine Adds Netflow

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

WebMynd aims to improve search engines with new browser plugin

http://www.webmynd.com/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/01/webmynd-makes-your-search-engine-smarter-with-new-browser-plugin/

What An Antitrust Case Against Google Might Look Like: Eric Clemons for TechCrunch

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/01/what-an-antitrust-case-against-google-might-look-like/

AOL's YourMinis Gets Their Stomach Going; Injects Ads Into Widgets

http://www.centernetworks.com/yourminis-aol-widget-ads

Mahalo "Pauses" Greenhouse Submissions; Answers To Replace Greenhouse?

http://www.centernetworks.com/mahalo-greenhouse-answers

Google Maps and Earth Hackathon in NYC

http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-new-york-city-geo-apis-hackathon.html
http://www.centernetworks.com/google-maps-earth-hackathon

Microsoft lawsuit against GPS firm Tom Tom examined: Joe Wilcox for eWeek

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/microsoft_bangs_the_tomtom_too_hard.html

Pubcon South, SES NY, IM Spring Break and You: Chris Winfield for 10e20

http://www.10e20.com/blog/2009/02/27/pubcon-south-ses-ny-im-spring-break-and-you/

Google Earth images show Las vegas growth from 1984 to 2009

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/03/las_vegas_growth_-_1984-2009.html
(related: assortment of new imagery added to Google Earth)
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/02/new_imagery_google_earth_-_28-febru.html

Google Translate adds seven new languages

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/02/google-cloud-speaks-7-new-languages.html

Google adds dashboard to Google Apps

http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-status-dashboard-for-google-apps_25.html

Blogger and Google Friend Connect unite

http://googlesocialweb.blogspot.com/2009/02/blogger-and-google-friend-connect-unite.html
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/blogger-connects-to-google-friend.html

WEB / OTHER

ICANN chief executive Paul Twomey to step down

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20090302/ap_on_hi_te/internet_names

Twitter Investor Says There’s ‘No Rush’ To Make Money, But There’s Definitely A Plan

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-twitter-investor-defends-the-service-says-business-model-is-pending/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twitter_vc_laughs_at_the_idea.php
http://www.businessinsider.com/twitters-secret-business-model-on-track-and-will-work-vc-2009-3
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134954
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5162544/twitter-may-find-news-profits-that-eluded-publishers

Copyright Challenge for Sites That Excerpt: New York Times' Brian Stelter looks at scraping

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/business/media/02scrape.html
http://www.inquisitr.com/19082/media-companies-may-challenge-extract-linking/

Niche Web Sites Buck Media Struggles

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123595052933904905.html

Drupal content management system fans gather to talk code

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/nyregion/02open.html
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/content_managem_7.html

Facebook's Thiel Explains Failed Twitter Takeover

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2009/tc2009031_743025.htm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10185022-36.html
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-facebook-and-twitter-we-couldnt-agree-on-a-takeover-price/
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-facebook-blew-the-twitter-takeover-2009-3
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2009/tc2009031_743025.htm
http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/01/twitter-and-facebook-share-a-lot-in-common-and-are-still-said-to-be-talking/
http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3860900.htm

New York Times Goes Hyperlocal

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/02/new-york-times-goes-hyperlocal/

Court Upholds Anonymity on Web

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123585006166301881.html

TripAdvisor Travel Site to List Fees Included in Fares

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123568993168487611.html

The Black Hole: How the Web devours history

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/02/27/the-black-hole-how-the-web-devours-history/

Facebook users suffer viral surge: BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7918839.stm
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,159738/article.html
http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/03/rogue-apps-raise-concerns-over-facebooks-reactive-policies.ars
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/social_network/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215600076
http://www.webmasterworld.com/community_building/3860997.htm

The case against enterprise microblogging

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10184580-62.html

Conficker worm call-backs threaten to swamp legitimate domains

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/02/conficker_collateral_damage/

Apple overhauls MobileMe

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/02/mobileme_update/

Caching bugs exposed in second biggest DNS server

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/28/djbdns_cache_poisoning_vulns/

Controversial U.K. advertising system Phorm unleashes legal attack on critics

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/27/phorm_which/

All Things Digital's Peter Kafka asks: Can Web Sites Make More Money Selling Fewer Ads?

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090302/can-web-sites-make-more-money-selling-fewer-ads/
http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134941
(related)
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-media-must-charge-for-content-2009-3

eBay Shares Hit 7-Year Low; Counterfeiting Woes

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/02/27/ebay-shares-hit-7-year-low-counterfeiting-woes/

Apple Safari 4 Web Browser Beta Takes Page From Google Playbook: Review

http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/browsers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=214600323

Robert Cringely on how long Twitter fascination might last

http://weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely/archives/2009/02/twits_all_folks.html

Zuora Brings Subscription Billing To Facebook Apps

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/02/zuora-brings-subscription-billing-to-facebook-apps/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/02/demo-zuora-launches-subscription-engine-for-facebook-apps/

ToysRUs Buys Toys.com At Auction For $5.1 Million

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/27/toysrus-buys-toyscom-at-auction-for-51-million/

Spam King Faces Wrath Of Facebook

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101213

For Online Brand Reps, Getting Personal Can Be a Tricky Situation

http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=134923

Splashpress Media buys Twitter Buttons

http://www.inquisitr.com/19090/splashpress-media-buys-twitter-buttons/