Around the Web 2.27.09: Digg toolbar, Dell drops, Stringer heads Sony

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-- Digg is beta-testing a new tool bar that does more than just Digg -- it shortens URLs (like TinyURL) and generates random pages (like StumbleUpon). TechCrunch

-- More Pirate Bay trial antics: A music executive incited laughter when he claimed that people would have bought every piece of music that they got for free by file sharing. Threat Level

Sony President and CEO Howard Stringer. Credit: Robert Scoble via Flickr

-- Dell’s fourth-quarter income fell 48%, proving that even a ‘robust’ low-priced-hardware business model struggles in this kind of downturn. LAT

-- Time Warner Cable blamed Internet slowdowns in SoCal on DDoS attack. Ars Technica

-- Chief Executive Howard Stringer will also become president of Sony, saying he’ll mold a leaner, more integrated company. LAT

-- Cablevision said it plans to charge for Newsday online access, and scathing criticism has already ensued. ValleyWag

-- AOL completely reorganized its ad network, Platform-A. BoomTown