CHART OF THE DAY: Online Retail Sales Growth Remains Weak

Online holiday sales are set to grow a modest 8% this year according to research from Forrester, by way of Read Write Web.

Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell Out

Microsoft (MSFT) CFO Chris Liddell will leave the company at the end of 2009.

Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal Approved -- In Canada And Australia

Yahoo's (YHOO) deal to outsource its search business to Microsoft (MSFT) remains under review in the US and Europe.

Hulu Nation Is Growing -- And Fast

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The Hulu nation is growing -- and fast.

Fueled by the fall TV season and the addition of ABC shows to its library, traffic to the video site backed by NBC, ABC and Fox spiked nearly 47% in October from the prior month, the biggest single-month percentage gain of the past year.

Time Inc. Shutters InStyle Weddings

The magazine publisher is folding In Style's wedding spinoff, a source confirms.

The quarterly title will cease with the publication of the winter issue, on sale from Dec.

Facebook Cofounder Dustin Moskovitz Raises $9 Million For New Startup

Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is starting a new startup called Asana to solve enterprise collaboration, and he just closed a $9 million series A round from Benchmark Capital and Andreessen-Horowitz.

Google Tinkering With New AdSense Formats

Google is experimenting with the AdSense platform by expanding the role of the traditional text link and short description.

AOL Spotted Hiring J-School Grads

AOL is hiring -- for its Patch network of local news sites.

Last Friday, Patch's president Warren Webster was at an NYU Journalism event along with Darien Patch editor Cecilia Smith.

Google's Ad Exchange Gets A New Sales Boss

Google (GOOG) today announced it named former American Express exec Lexi Reese its US director of sales for the DoubleClick ad exchange.

New 'Swype' System Dominates iPhone In Typing Test

Swype could completely change the way we type on touchscreen smartphones -- and potentially pose a real challenge to the iPhone.