2008 Legacy: Fewest IPOs in 3 Decades (Red Herring)
NVCA predicts that drought will slow new investments and fundraising in 2009.

Obama Calls for Doubling Clean Energy (Red Herring)
The President-elect renews his goal of getting more energy from renewable sources like wind, solar, and biomass.

A look at 2009's video game hits (The Homer Sun)
Most video gamers spend the early part of the year catching up on software they couldn't get around to during the holiday glut. Maybe you've been meaning to check out "Fallout 3" or "Fable II," or dig in and finish up that "LittleBigPlanet" level you've been working on.

2009: The Year Microsoft 'Gets' Users? (InternetNews.com)
If it's going to fight Google and Apple on their own turf while figuring out cloud computing, Microsoft will have to 'think different.'

SearchDay | Search Shifts and Predictions for 2009 (Search Engine Watch)
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Search Ad Quality Score 101; What Makes a Successful Online Promotion?; 5 Web Resources to Find a Job in Search; and more.

"Price-sensitive" CompactPCI board uses Celeron (WindowsForDevices)
— Dec. 15, 2008 — Kontron announced a 6U CompactPCI (CPCI) board for "price-sensitive" automation and IP switching applications.