Facebook Connect Launches - There has been a lot of work done with Identity, and up until now, it seemed like OpenID was slowly becoming the leading candidate, but as Om Malik points out in the article, the number and quality of launch partner sites is one reason why Facebook is going to get more traction compared to its rivals. Another article on the topic is Why Facebook Connect Matter & Why It Will Win.

Top Stories & Searches for 2008 - In a year that seemed dominated (on both sides of the border) by the political landscape, it might be a bit surprising that Britney Spears and WWE both ranked higher than Obama on the list, however, there’s probably a reasonable explanation for the results.

2nd Annual Open Web Awards Final Voting - It might be a bit questionable to have the ‘open’ web awards being offered by a commercial entity instead of an organization of sorts, but if it really is the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology, it’s definitely got clout. Final round of voting can be found here.

Browser wars continue - As mentioned in a post earlier this week, browser market share had some interesting numbers; Firefox has passed the 20% mark, IE is below the 70% mark, and Chrome and Safari are slowly clawing out their own niche in the market.

Hirings and Firings - Maybe the specific hires like Microsoft adding former Yahoo! Exec Dr. Qi Lu as President of Online Services Group aren’t the real story. With AT&T announcing 12,000 jobs will be cut (4% of its workforce) and Google looking to eliminate projects, the tech industry is definitely being affected by the slowing of the economy.

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