Around the Web 1.19.09: Inauguration security, Downadup virus, YouTube downloads, ghost hunts online
-- A limousine called "The Beast" and other high-tech tools the Secret Service is using to protect Barack Obama during the inauguration. LAT
-- Obama may be able to keep his BlackBerry after all. CNN
-- YouTube tries letting users download videos (not just stream them), such as Obama's weekly address. Ars Technica
-- Introducing Prototype B of the tablet computer known as the CrunchPad. TechCrunch
-- Napster to customers: When Best Buy bought us, it also bought your personal info. PaidContent.org
-- The Downadup virus is spreading fast but appears to be a dud. AP via Washington Post
-- Hollywood seems to be backtracking on anti-piracy measures. Is it the economy? NewTeeVee
-- But the recording industry has learned an important lesson from pirates: People like free music. NYT
-- GoFish, the Web media company focusing on kids, has a new name: Betawave. PaidContent.org
-- President George W. Bush leaves behind a mixed legacy on technology issues. Some defining decisions by his administration: supporting warrantless wiretaps, settling the Microsoft antitrust case and opposing Internet taxes. CNet
-- Wall Street could see EBay's first quarterly revenue decline in a decade. Digital Daily
-- Former Google employees sound off on why they quit. TechCrunch
-- Go ghost hunting, with your Web browser. MakeUseOf.com
-- Finally, this is a little old, but it's too good to pass up: "Don't let the bastards take your Blackberry away," and other things Barack Obama can do to stimulate the tech industry, by Forrester Research's CEO. George Colony
-- Chris Gaither
Photo: Barack Obama waves from his high-tech limo in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. Credit: Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images
