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11:15 PM ET, February 2, 2009

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John Hanke / The Official Google Blog:
Dive into the new Google Earth  —  As you read this, I am at the beautiful California Academy of Sciences, announcing the launch of the newest version of Google Earth.  This launch is particularly special to me because it marks the moment when Google Earth becomes much more complete — it now has an ocean.
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Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
Google Earth, Google Ocean: mysteries of the seafloor are mapped for the first time  —  Since Google Earth launched in 2006 ­millions of people have used its virtual globe to “travel” around the planet without leaving home, climbing a digital version of Mount Everest and even flying into space thanks to the website.
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News:
Google Earth adds Mars roving
Discussion: The Apple Core and Webware.com
Saul Hansell / Bits:
Google Executives Face Jail Time for Italian Video  —  Four executives of Google begin trial Tuesday in Milan on criminal charges of defamation and privacy violation in regard to a video posted on Google's Italian site.  —  The case involves a three-minute cellphone video …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo PR Head Jill Nash to Depart the Company  —  Jill Nash, Yahoo's chief communications officer, has told CEO Carol Bartz and other Yahoo staff this afternoon that she is leaving the company.  —  Yahoo has not made Nash's resignation official, but is likely to do so quickly as Bartz tries …
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Jessica Vascellaro / Digits:
Yahoo's Bartz Vents as Exec Departs  —  Carol Bartz has been CEO of Yahoo for only few weeks.  But she's already working through a to-do list of changes to push.  (Nothing yet about Microsoft deals or asset sales or cost-cutting, we're afraid.)  —  In the most recent of what's shaping …
Tom Espiner / CNET News:
IE slips further as Firefox, Safari, Chrome gain  —  The amount of market share commanded by Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has dropped for the seventh consecutive month.  —  Internet Explorer now has 67.55 percent of global browser market share, a drop of over seven percentage points in a year …
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Soon, Majority of Web Users Will No Longer Use IE  —  It might take a few more years, or it might happen suddenly, but trends appear to indicate that the time when Internet Explorer is used by the majority of people on the web will soon come to an end.  —  New numbers from analytics firm …
Discussion: Download Squad
Alexander Wolfe / InformationWeek:
Apple Planning Video-Call iPhone  —  Recent stories on Apple's iPhone patent have focused on Cupertino's threatened legal action against Palm, which is launching the iPhone-like Pre smartphone.  But a closer examination of the Apple patent yields much more interesting news.
Adam Frucci / Gizmodo:
Crackulous Allows for App Store Piracy  —  Crackulous, a program for pirating apps from the iPhone App Store, was just released.  Great for cheapskates, terrible for independent developers trying to make a living.  Updated: 4:35pm  —  You'll need to jailbreak your phone to get in on the fun …
Michael Bolin / Gmail Blog:
Tasks: Paper vs. iPhone  —  Among the world's leading productivity tools is an advanced technology known as paper.  Many of the world's top corporations and most active internet users have adopted paper as a method of organizing their daily lives.  When they think of something they need to do …
Tim Arango / New York Times:
Despite iTunes Accord, Music Labels Still Fret  —  Last month the music industry and Apple, long uneasy partners, seemed a picture of harmony when they agreed on new terms for pricing on iTunes, Apple's online music store.  —  Behind the scenes, however, the relationship remains as tense and antagonistic as ever.
Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
Venture Capital Returns Dip Below Zero  —  Like almost all investors, those who invested in venture capital funds lost money last year.  Venture investments returned -1.6 percent in the year ended Sept. 30, according to new data from the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters.
Discussion: VentureBeat and tinyComb
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Windows XP still powering 71 percent of business PCs  —  More than two years after the Windows Vista launch, XP is still the dominant business PC operating system in North America and Europe.  —  Windows Vista “finally appears ready to dethrone XP” as the operating-system choice for enterprise PCs …
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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Google: “We're Not Doing a Good Job with Structured Data”  —  During a talk at the New England Database Day conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Google's Alon Halevy admitted that the search giant has “not been doing a good job” presenting the structured data found on the web to its users.
Discussion: Data Methods
Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
Can't afford a G1?  T-Mobile will now let you split the bill across 4 months  —  Whether you only upgrade once every two years or every time a new handset drops, following the latest in mobile hardware can be an expensive hobby.  Lookin' to keep sales up in the face of an economic slump …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Interviews Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg At Davos  —  We saved the best for last.  Below is our interview with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week.  Sandberg, who says this is her first video interview since joining Facebook in March 2008 …
Discussion: Beet.TV
Moira Herbst / Business Week:
Microsoft: Layoffs for Some, Visas for Others  —  The software giant that has pushed for more H-1B visas faces tough questions as it lays off 5,000  —  Even as the economy hemorrhages jobs, many employers continue to advocate for fewer restrictions on importing foreign workers to fill specialized jobs.
Discussion: TechFlash and Microsoft Pri0
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Pete Carey / Mercury News:
Layoffs mean more than lost wages for H-1B visa holders
Discussion: Industry Standard
Fareastgizmos.com:
While in Korea download a 120-minute film in just 12 seconds!  —  Korea is to acquire the world's fastest wired and wireless Internet service at 10 times the speed of the current service by 2012.  The government and the communications industry plan to invest some W34 trillion over the next five years in the project.
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Mark Wilson / Gizmodo:   Korea to Get 1Gbps Downloading by 2012
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Yahoo Shuts Down Publisher Network RSS Ads  —  The next Yahoo program to be discontinued are the Yahoo Publisher Network RSS ads.  Here is an email I just received from Yahoo: … Yahoo launched the RSS ads back in November 2005.  I assume it never took off and they have now decided to drop that portion of the overall product.
Seagate Technology:
Seagate® Introduces Constellation™: All-Star Enterprise Hard Drives With The World's Highest Capacity And Power Efficiency  —  The Constellation family includes 2.5-inch nearline hard drive with lowest enterprise power consumption and record-setting 3.5-inch 7200-rpm 2TB hard drive for nearline Tier 2 enterprise applications
Chris Kanaracus / PC World:
Study: Certain IT Skills in Demand Despite Economy  —  Thirty-eight percent of U.S. companies are planning to trim IT staff this year, but certain skills remain hot, according to a new study by the IT staffing company Veritude.  —  The poll, taken in the fourth quarter of 2008 …
PR Newswire:
New Allio LCD TV-PC Models Available From Silicon Mountain  —  New Allio Lite LCD TV-PC from Silicon Mountain.  (PRNewsFoto/Silicon Mountain Holdings, Inc.)  —  BOULDER, CO AND MENLO PARK, CA UNITED STATES  —  Allio Lite combines high-definition television with PC and DVD player in a single, affordable device
Discussion: iTech News Net and Engadget
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman: “We Can Go Public Any Time We Want To”  —  Next up in my series of interviews recorded at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week is Reid Hoffman, the founder and CEO of LinkedIn.  I spoke to Reid for more than twenty minutes in the lobby of our hotel …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
AT&T Data Outage in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana  —  It's not your imagination.  There's an AT&T data outage currently smiting parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.  Yep, AT&T is headquartered in Texas, so insert irony tag here.  UPDATED.  —  Update 2: Everything should be cool now.
Discussion: The iPhone Blog, Thanks:charlie
Phil Carson / RCR Wireless News:
Analyst: Apple's IP battle over iPhone's multi-touch capabilities is ill-advised  —  FIRM REVIEWS APPLE'S PATENT FILINGS FOR WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY  —  Apple Inc.'s threat to sue competitors over multi-touch capabilities that violate its patents, a warning made during the company's earnings call last month …
Matt Rosoff / Digital Noise:
Live Nation can't keep up with Phish demand  —  Music forums were abuzz all weekend about Live Nation's inability to handle the millions of simultaneous online requests for Phish tickets.  The fabled jam band is reuniting for a summer tour after several years off, and is playing …
Geoffrey Fowler / Digits:
A Silver Lining in E-Commerce  —  By Geoffrey A. Fowler  —  The recession is taking a serious toll on American retail, but ecommerce could emerge as a winner.  —  According to a new report by Forrester Research, ecommerce sales (beyond travel) are likely to grow 11% to $156 billion in 2009.
 
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Portable Monkey:
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Sarah McBride / Wall Street Journal:
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Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Podcasters Set Ad, Measurement Standards
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Brandon LeBlanc / The Windows Blog:
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Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:
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Discussion: CNET News and VentureBeat
John Cook / TechFlash:
RNA Networks nails $7 million
Discussion: Market Wire and The Register
Michael Krigsman / IT Project Failures:
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Times of London:
Secret computer deals that are costing the taxpayer billions
 Earlier Items: 
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Eee PC 1000HE with 9.5 hour battery seeks friends, pre-orders
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and Electronista
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
The Challenges Of Tomorrow's Multimedia As Seen Through The Eyes …
Thanks:malpern
Aaron Ricadela / Business Week:
Want a Wireless Plan with Your Netbook?
Discussion: The Toybox