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As the wireless networks prepare for inauguration traffic jam, there are plenty of ways that users will be utilizing the Internet to stay up to date on their inauguration coverage, just as they did with the election. Of course Hulu has it covered, and has even gone so far as to provide an embeddable countdown:

Google employees in different cities around the world have been doing their best to prove that Google is not evil. Well, I haven't seen this cited as an official reason, and I like to think that they're doing it because they care, but different branches of Google are helping children in a variety of capacities this holiday season.

Facebook has found another way to make sure you stay connected with the social network from other sites besides Facebook Connect. They have now launched a feature that keeps you at Facebook, while also navigating other sites you got to from Facebook. When one of your friends posts a link, you can go to it while a Facebook navigation bar will show up on the top of your screen, allowing you to comment while you're at the third-party site.

It doesn’t get any more “official” than this here. Yesterday, Saturday at around 20:07, Germany’s oldest and perhaps biggest prime time news Tagesschau announced the following under the headline “Warning against internet browser"*:

Social networks are practically crawling with kids, according to a new report from the UK's Office of Communications.  What's more: the children are often on them in violation of the networks' rules, and their parents pay little attention.

With the open handset alliance, the scrutiny for Linux based cell phone operating systems is once again something that security engineers need to think about.

Talk about creative workarounds. Spammers have found a way to crack captchas so they can steal your email address. As if the vice of spamming isn’t bad enough, they are using a virtual stripper named Melissa to get real people to unwittingly participate in their evil craft.

The company unveiled a new tool to assist its AdWords advertisers in creating ads destined for the world of newsprint.