Around the Web 1.8.09: In the land that CES forgot
-- Happy new year, and welcome back to the daily bogus Yahoo rumors. Boomtown
-- Google is tightening its belt; will it pull back on all these products that don't make money? Google Blogoscoped
-- No technology venture is immune to the economic maelstrom. One Laptop Per Child
-- Never fear, Obama's new technology czar is almost here. Daily Beast
-- Dilbert for technology czar! The Internet will transform our economy. Scott Adams
-- Renkoo reinvents itself -- again? GigaOm
-- Blimey, Yelp expands to London. Financial Times
-- The recession can't take the bite -- or the bark -- out of Dogster. VentureBeat
-- Microsoft gives us something to sing about in the shower. ReadWriteWeb
-- And there will still be parody videos to watch: JibJab raises $7.5 million (thank Sony and Will Smith). TechCrunch
-- A Google search guru paints us a picture of his ideal conference badge. Matt Cutts
-- So don't let all the belt tightening get you down: Now is your moment of belt-expanding Zen. SkyMall
Photo: Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang at last year's Consumer Electronics Show. Credit: Ethan Miller / Getty Images
