Kiwibox was an early social networking pioneer in 1999. Professionally edited content now sets the teen network apart from MySpace and Facebook. Founder Mike Howard talks about the plans for 2009.

James Moran compares Yipit to Mahalo. The hyperlocal search site has ambitions beyond furniture retailers in New York.

The week before Christmas NYU technology management professor Nina Ziv hosted an event on innovation in the music business. Indaba Music founders Dan Zaccagnino and Matt Siegel presented their case.

In a keynote at SC Magazine’s Enterprise Data Security conference former FBI Director (1993-2001) Louis Freeh commented on the new CSIS report Securing Cyberspace in the 44th Presidency. The congressionally sponsored study calls for sweeping regulations.

CyberSynchs is a new smartphone data backup service. Founder Amos Winbush built a team of ten people to realize his vision. ‘When you have a service people believe in, they’ll sign on board with you.’