Jupiter's new search forecast came out today; it projects slowing growth for paid search listings over the next five years.

TiVo scored on Wednesday when the Federal Communications Commission said subscribers to its service ought to be able to send TV shows over the Web to their PCs.

For days that turned into weeks and then months, Wall Street, the media, and tech pundits have drooled over Google's impending IPO. Google is hoping to raise about $3 billion through the IPO which could happen next Wednesday, at least that's what I'm reading.

Last night the folks from Microsoft held the second annual Emmessenny Awards at Crobar in New York City. The club, whose red velvet robes normally serve to keep people out, were ushering online creative and media teams in to honor break-out interactive campaigns that have run on MSN.

Now here's a headline: Monster, the online job service, says that 61 percent of Americans consider themselves overworked and 86 percent aren't satisfied with their job.

The Riff is on vacation but your Online Minute is not. We're here, having entered the hazy, hot, and humid dog days of August in New York City, full of new terror warnings and street closure announcements in advance of the Republican National Convention.

When anyone asks for a recommendation for always-on, super-fast broadband service my answer is always: "Why a cable modem, of course." And I'm not alone. According to market research, cable modem subscribers are on the rise for both the residential and business markets, and as our society becomes more and more dependant on the Internet, Wi-Fi access is becoming extremely popular for travelers on the go.

A few questions were raised in regards to streaming online video at this morning's Jupiter Advertising Forum. According to JupiterResearch data on video and rich media, two-thirds of advertisers ran streaming video ads in the last year, most of those in a test mode.

More big numbers were forecasted for online advertising by JupiterResearch. The market researcher projected that online advertising will more than double over the next five years, growing from $6.6 billion in 2003 to $16.1 billion in 2009. Paid search is poised to grow 30 percent compounded annually over the next two years, while display advertising and classifieds will each grow more than 25 percent annually.

Are online ad dollars really set to eclipse the dollars spent on magazine ads? They are, according to the Journal's exclusive today on a Jupiter Research report, and by 2008. The report also indicates that magazine ad spending will match online ad spending by 2007. Rewind a couple of years and this projection is astounding and encouraging. Online publishers, get ready to rumble!