Search Advertising Shrinks, The Online Inauguration, YouTube Downloads

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Holy Crap, Search Advertising Actually Shrank In Q4 Watch out below! U.S. search advertising spending fell an unprecedented 8% year-over-year in Q4, search marketing firm Efficient Frontier reports. It was the first time search advertising spending declined in a quarter year-over-year since Efficient Frontier began keeping track. Read > Google Search: Getting More And More Personal YouTube Offering DRM-Free Video Downloads

Microsoft's Mobile App Store Coming Next Month Microsoft is planning to make a big splash at next month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. According to Microsoft watcher NeoWin, that includes a preview of the next edition of Windows Mobile and some new services for consumers and companies. Read >

Why Are We So Afraid To Fix Banks The Right Way? The new administration has floated another outrageous, unfair plan to fatten bank stakeholders at taxpayer expense. Enough already! Here's a simple way to do it that won't cost taxpayers a dime. Read >

How To Watch The Inauguration Live Online NBC Universal and News Corp joint venture Hulu will stream President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration live Tuesday. We've embedded the video here, as it counts down to the big moment. Read >

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Advertisement Why Videogames Aren't 'Recession-Proof' The recession doesn't mean consumers won't buy videogames -- people need entertainment in every economic climate. But new stats show it does mean cash-strapped gamers are being more discerning with their dollars, and gravitating towards hits they're sure to like. Read > Apple's Newest Touch-Computing Rival: TechCrunch? While touchscreen tablet computers are nothing, a tech blog designing one is new. And from the video we watched (embedded), it appears as though the tablet that TechCrunch designed looks pretty good. Read > How Much Did Apple Lose Keeping iPhones Out Of Stockings? Apple's new iPhone contract requirements made it trickier to give the phone as a gift this past Christmas: To buy the phone at a retail store in the U.S., for example, you needed to sign a two-year contract with AT&T before leaving the store. That's different from 2007, when Apple sold iPhones as freely as iPods -- anyone, including foreigners, could buy an iPhone and give it away as a gift. Read >

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