Microsoft Live Search testing new Kumo.com name and design

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/microsoft-live-search-in-quest-of-new-name-and-design/
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5837914.ece
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090302/a-sneak-peek-look-at-microsofts-new-kumo/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123604319518315217.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5220GB20090303
http://www.pcworld.com/article/160541/sneak_a_peek_at_microsofts_kumo_search.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10186108-56.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/03/microsoft_search_kumo/
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2237651/microsoft-rebrand-live-search
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-kumo-the-beta-memo-2009-3
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101335
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-blodget-wrong-about-kumo-because-hes-the-tiger-woods-of-searching-2009-3
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/advertising_search/microsoft_eats_kumo_dog_food.html
http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/02/microsoft-kumo-lets-hope-its-results-look-better-than-it-does/
http://www.inquisitr.com/19130/live-search-rebranding-kumo-sneak-peek/
http://www.webmasterworld.com/msft/3861588.htm

Yahoo adds new Flickr video features including two free video uploads monthly

http://ycorpblog.com/2009/03/02/more-videos-for-everyone/
http://mashable.com/2009/03/02/flickr-video-hd/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-gone-in-90-seconds-flickr-allows-video-uploads/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/flickr_adds_video_and_hd_to_free_acs.php
http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/02/flickr-video-opens-to-all-and-hd-video-for-pro-users/
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090302/tc_afp/lifestyleusinternetfilmcompanyyahoo
http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/03/flickr-video-go.html

SEO Investments Expected To Grow More Than 20 percent: eMarketer report

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101301

Google Webspam head Matt Cutts: Paid posts should not affect search engines

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/sponsored-conversations/

Real-Time Search Available on Google

http://www.expertsem.com/2009/03/03/real-time-search-available-on-google/

Google adds chat feature to iGoogle site

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/chatting-away-on-igoogle.html
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/03/google_sticks_c.html
http://www.inquisitr.com/19173/igoogle-gets-direct-access-to-gmail-chat/

White House Denies Shunning YouTube

http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/03/white-house-videos-on-youtube.html
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/white-house-denies-it-is-shunning-youtube/
http://mashable.com/2009/03/03/white-house-youtube/

Google executive bonuses fall slightly

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090303/atta-boy-google-rewards-execs-for-a-job-sort-of-well-done/
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-tough-bonus-year-not-for-google-execs/

Microsoft says research budget may create new jobs

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5222C420090303
http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft-says-research-budget-may-create-new-jobs/2100-1014_3-6249164.html
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Research-Budget-May-Create-New-Jobs/

Search Features Eking Into More Products: Laurie Sullivan for MediaPost

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101302

YouTube unveils first symphony orchestra

http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=Hc0bh6GiXlw
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/youtube-symphony-orchestra-winners-are.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5216QM20090303
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5836109.ece
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/youtube_music_announces_sympho.php

Neil Young: Failed Warner/YouTube Negotiations 'Penalized' Artists

http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/03/neil-young-yout.html

Yahoo Tries to Bake Up Some Sales Excitement in the Desert

http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090302/yahoo-tries-to-bake-up-some-sales-excitement-in-the-desert/

Kenshoo search marketing start-up gets increased funding from Sequoia

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/03/sequoia-pumps-more-funding-into-search-marketing-startup-kenshoo/

Flock Ditching Firefox, Moving To Google Chrome

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/02/flock-ditching-firefox-moving-to-google-chrome/

Google's Vint Cerf on Recession, Recovery and Innovation in Hard Times

http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/02/epicenter-qa-vi.html

Google pushing IE7 to rid the web plague that is IE6

http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/02/google-pushing-ie7-to-rid-the-web-plague-that-is-ie6/
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/03/get-faster-gmail-google-toolbar-and-new.html

AOL's MapQuest launches two new advertising products / business finder

http://www.mapquest.com/businesslocator-detail
http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3if1b7ae560fd416a7e3f770cc2f4341e3

Google launches Tasks standalone application similar to Google Gmail tasks widget

http://www.google.com/tdlist/
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-03-03-n11.html

Maps + business data = Microsoft Single View: Mary Jo Foley for ZDNet

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2216

Pennsylvania couple wants U.S. federal judge to reinstate Google Street View suit

http://www.mercurynews.com/google/ci_11819367

Google named best intranet search solution by Intranet Journal

http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200902/ij_02_25_09c.html
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2009/03/oscar-night-for-enterprise-search.html

Google Maps and Twitter Search for Ski Party

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2009/03/google-maps-twitter-search-for-ski.html

Yahoo observes 14th year since its founding

http://ycorpblog.com/2009/03/02/where-were-you-in-1995/

Twitter as the new parasite host: SEO Black Hat

http://seoblackhat.com/2009/03/03/twitter-the-new-parasite-host-on-the-block/

Google reveals how it brought social media to Virgin-backed rowing expedition site

http://googlesocialweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/adding-engagement-to-virgin-global-row.html

WEB / OTHER

The Review Site Yelp Draws Some Outcries of Its Own: New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/technology/start-ups/03yelp.html

Time Warner placing television network streams online for subscribers

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/jeff-bewkes-goes-over-the-top/
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=aOXoSKBhFpfo
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/03/adobe_and_time.html

U.N. Says U.S. Internet & Telecom Lags at 17th place overall, but It's Cheap

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/un-says-us-internet-telecom-lags-but-its-cheap/
(related: USDA study looks at rural U.S. Internet access conditions)
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/the-many-blessing-of-rural.ars

Thomson Reuters Plans Video-on-Demand Service for June

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/business/media/03reuters.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE52203D20090303
http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-thomson-reuters-to-launch-video-news-service-in-june/
http://www.businessinsider.com/thomson-reuters-builds-a-web-only-tv-network-2009-3

2009 PC sales to face sharpest decline ever: Gartner forecast

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/03/02/pc-news-gets-worse-again/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123600862340010425.html
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090302/pc-sales-crashing-like-an-unpatched-windows-machine/
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/desktop_mobile/grim_reaper_gartner_taunts_windows_7.html
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/pc-sales-set-to-fall-in-record-numbers/
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-274245.html

Selling Expertise On the Internet For Extra Cash

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123604090494214861.html

Supreme Court to hear freelance writers' settlement

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5213P720090302
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10155805-38.html

Skype announces voice-to-text messaging / Skype investor to announce new fund

http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10186158-12.html
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d5be2d0-077f-11de-9294-000077b07658.html
(related: SpinVox Will Transcribe Your Skype Voicemails & Send You a SMS
)
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/get-your-skype-voicemails-sent-to-you-as-sms/

Dan Zarella launches new Twitter influence guage, ReTweetability Index

http://mashable.com/2009/03/03/retweetability-index/

Twitter chief executive Evan Williams interviewed on Charlie Rose program

http://mashable.com/2009/03/02/twitter-ceo-evan-williams-interviewed-on-charlie-rose-video/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/02/evan-williams-predicts-that-normal-people-will-use-twitter-in-five-years/
http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/02/video-evan-williams-explains-twitter-on-charlie-rose-or-tries-to/
(related)
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101256

Facebook Marketplace relaunched with Oodle's aid

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=57525537130
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10185534-36.html
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/03/oodle-on-facebook-is-live/

Government Keeping Its .Gov Domain Names Secret

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215600330

Socialtext Adds Twitter-like “Signals” And a Desktop AIR App

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/160565/socialtext_collaboration_platform_gains_microblogging.html
http://mashable.com/2009/03/03/socialtext-signals/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/03/socialtext-adds-twitter-like-signals-and-a-desktop-air-app/

Tuitionu.com Buys Student-Loan Micro-Finance Site Greennote.com

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-tuitionu.com-buys-student-loan-micro-financing-site-greennote.com/

Facebook Obtains Restraining Order Against Spammers

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=101328
http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/infamous-spam-king-sanford-wallace-sued-by-facebook/

Apple Safari Web browser market share passes 10 percent: Net Applications

http://www.itpro.co.uk/610047/safari-4-beta-grows-apple-s-market-share
http://www.inquisitr.com/19146/safaris-market-share-passes-10-and-it-deserves-it/

Opera plugs Web browser security holes; adds ALSR, DEP support

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=2745
(related: Browser Wars: Opera Says It’s Not Down or Out)
http://gigaom.com/2009/03/02/browser-wars-opera-says-its-not-down-or-out/