Around the Web 1.19.09: Inauguration security, Downadup virus, YouTube downloads, ghost hunts online

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-- A limousine called ‘The Beast’ and other high-tech tools the Secret Service is using to protect Barack Obama during the inauguration. LAT

-- Obama may be able to keep his BlackBerry after all. CNN

-- YouTube tries letting users download videos (not just stream them), such as Obama’s weekly address. Ars Technica

-- Introducing Prototype B of the tablet computer known as the CrunchPad. TechCrunch

-- Napster to customers: When Best Buy bought us, it also bought your personal info. PaidContent.org

-- The Downadup virus is spreading fast but appears to be a dud. AP via Washington Post

-- Hollywood seems to be backtracking on anti-piracy measures. Is it the economy? NewTeeVee

-- But the recording industry has learned an important lesson from pirates: People like free music. NYT

-- GoFish, the Web media company focusing on kids, has a new name: Betawave. PaidContent.org

-- President George W. Bush leaves behind a mixed legacy on technology issues. Some defining decisions by his administration: supporting warrantless wiretaps, settling the Microsoft antitrust case and opposing Internet taxes. CNet

-- Wall Street could see EBay’s first quarterly revenue decline in a decade. Digital Daily

-- Former Google employees sound off on why they quit. TechCrunch

-- Go ghost hunting, with your Web browser. MakeUseOf.com

-- Finally, this is a little old, but it’s too good to pass up: ‘Don’t let the bastards take your Blackberry away,’ and other things Barack Obama can do to stimulate the tech industry, by Forrester Research’s CEO. George Colony

-- Chris Gaither