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(Newser) - How much is your digital self worth to you? At least one new website is betting it’s enough that you might want to pass on that value after you die, Mashable reports. Legacy Locker, which launches today, allows you to designate caretakers to take control of your YouTube videos,... More »

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social networking • Internet • YouTube • Web 2.0 • Flickr • estate • digital content • heir • Legacy Locker

 YouTrip: Salvia Is Web 2.0's 
 Favorite Hallucinogen 

Drug gains popularity through YouTube

Apr 7, 09 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Salvia, the highly hallucinogenic herb still legal in most states, may have been discovered by ancient Mazatec shamans, but its current popularity is due to something rather more modern: YouTube. The Daily Telegraph reports that widely viewed videos of people on salvia trips have fueled the drug’s spread. “... More »

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YouTube • salvia divinorum

5 Reasons Twitter's Worth $1B to Google

Flagging company could use a boost

Apr 3, 09 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google will look like a twit if it doesn’t snap up Twitter, and Henry Blodget of Silicon Alley Insider gives 5 reasons it should part with $1 billion to do so:
  • Search, Google’s bread and butter, is dwindling, and the company needs a new growth engine to
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Google • YouTube • acquisition • Twitter

Queen in a Huff Over Berlusconi Boisterousness

Video shows annoyed monarch; palace denies hard feelings

Apr 3, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - God save Silvio Berlusconi if he has irked the queen—and that’s just what the Italian premier appears to do in a video that’s become a YouTube sensation, the Telegraph reports. After Queen Elizabeth joined G20 leaders for a class photo, Berlusconi roared, “Mr. Obama!” Bristled... More »

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Barack Obama • YouTube • Queen Elizabeth II • Italy • gaffe • Silvio Berlusconi • G20 • President Obama

 Got a Minute? 
 See Forrest Run 
 —on YouTube 

Condensed versions of Gump, Kill Bill popular online

Apr 2, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hate sitting through long movies? YouTube is your friend. One-minute remakes of Forrest Gump and Kill Bill, shot by British college students in one take, are getting lots of attention, the Telegraph reports. In the 4 weeks since it was posted, the Gump short has racked up 1.5 million... More »

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social networking • YouTube • film • online videos • Forrest Gump • movies • Kill Bill

YouTube, SNL Receive Peabody Awards

Organization honors new media for first time

Apr 1, 09 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube, Lost, and CNN were all honored with a 2008 Peabody Award for contributions to broadcasting, the Hollywood Reporter writes. For news, NPR’s coverage of the earthquake in Chengu, China, and CNN’s 2008 election coverage were recognized, along with Saturday Night Live for the razor-sharp political satire it... More »

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Saturday Night Live • YouTube • Lost • HBO • Entourage • The Onion • Peabody Awards

(Newser) - Not even massive layoffs in its own house can stop Google from having a little fun on April Fools' Day, the Business Insider reports. The search giant announced it had turned on CADIE, the "world’s first 'artificial intelligence' tasked-array system." The neural network quickly went rogue and... More »

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artificial intelligence • Google • YouTube • prank • pandas • April Fools' Day

(Newser) - Walt Disney Co. has struck a deal with YouTube to show clips from ABC and ESPN shows on the video-sharing site, Variety reports. Facing another year of red ink—YouTube still isn't profitable, the Wall Street Journal says—the company agreed to let Disney show ads along with the clips... More »

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YouTube • ESPN • ABC • Disney • Hulu

China Reportedly Blocks YouTube

Tibet-related videos bring Great Firewall down on video site

Mar 24, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube is suddenly inaccessible for most of China, the BBC reports. Chinese censors have reportedly blocked the site after finding videos of soldiers beating Tibetans, including monks. China wouldn’t confirm whether or not the site was blocked, saying only that it “is not afraid of the internet.”... More »

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China • YouTube • censorship • Tibet • Internet censorship • Great Firewall of China

OPINION

 Hey Paul Krugman, 
 Your Country Needs You 

Why aren't you in the administration?

Mar 24, 09 3:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest video to shake up YouTube is a song plea that critical columnist Paul Krugman join the Obama administration and fix the economy. "Hey Paul Krugman, where the hell are you, man? Why aren't you in the administration?" sings songwriter Jonathan Mann. "When I listen to you... More »

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Barack Obama • YouTube • New York Times • Treasury Department • Paul Krugman • economy • Treasury secretary • Timothy Geithner • fiscal crisis • toxic assets

 YouTube  
 Streaming  
 NCAA Games 

Site launches broadcasts with little fanfare

Mar 20, 09 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - YouTube started streaming NCAA tournament games yesterday from CBS, joining several other sites, including ESPN, AOL, and Yahoo, CNET reports. But it seems strange, writes Greg Sandoval, that neither CBS nor YouTube has done much to promote the broadcasts there, given an audience recently estimated at more than 100 million.... More »

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YouTube • CBS • NCAA basketball • March Madness • college basketball • 2009 NCAA Tournament

 Pols Invade YouTube ... Badly 

Congress' channel filled with awkward clips

Mar 19, 09 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Congress got its own YouTube channel 2 months ago, allowing politicians to beef up contact with voters—but instead they're just floundering, the Daily Telegraph reports. Clips seem more awkward than anything else, analysts say. Many lawmakers ramble too long in speeches; other videos are just plain weird, like Nancy... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Internet • YouTube • rickrolling

 Teen Uses 
 YouTube to 
 Help Dad 

14-year-old's video a heartfelt tribute to his dad

Mar 18, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Mark Gullett lost his job as a marketing executive for the Tampa Bay Lightning, his son Ben, 14, knew what to do. He made a somber YouTube video in which he told Mark’s story in short sentences on poster boards. Now, after only 6 days, the video has... More »

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Florida • YouTube • family • video • unemployment • job • Tampa Bay

YouTube Musicians on Their Way to Carnegie Hall

Viewers vote 90 players onto orchestra

Mar 4, 09 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Even Internet boosters who predicted that the Web would democratize everything probably weren’t including classical music. The first YouTube Symphony Orchestra has completed auditions, and is set to perform April 15, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Ninety musicians—ages 17 through 55—from some 30 countries were voted onto... More »

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YouTube • classical music • Carnegie Hall • orchestra

ANALYSIS

Supreme Court Enters the Age of YouTube

Bringing video
evidence into cases changes judges' role

Mar 3, 09 8:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A Florida man who was Tasered by police three times after being stopped for speeding has petitioned the Supreme Court to hear his case. But that petition begins not with an affidavit or legal precedent; rather, he included a link to a YouTube video depicting what seems to be severe... More »

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YouTube • Stephen Breyer • video • police brutality • US Supreme Court • evidence

UK Cops Nab Pot Farmer Who Posted Crop
on YouTube

Using his real name likely hastened bust

Feb 24, 09 12:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Police taught aspiring drug lords everywhere a valuable lesson yesterday: If you’re going to grow pot, don’t put a video of yourself doing it on YouTube—and definitely don’t sign that video with your real name. But one 25-year-old Somerset man did just that, and was treated... More »

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YouTube • War on Drugs • England • marijuana • cannabis • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - The latest video to hit the spot with YouTube fans is footage of a bike-riding Dalmatian in Japan, reports the Telegraph. The dog appears to pedal down the street on a small bike with training wheels, stunning pedestrians. The video has garnered hundreds of thousands of hits, with one viewer... More »

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pets • YouTube • video • bikes • viral video • stunts • dog • dog tricks

 Crazy Airport 
 Tantrum 
 Goes Viral 

Watch it with the sound off

Feb 16, 09 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Congratulations are probably in order for YouTube’s latest celebrity: a Chinese woman whose temper tantrum at Hong Kong’s international airport has become the viral sideshow du jour, attracting more than half a million viewers to date. After missing her flight to San Francisco, the hysterical woman charges the... More »

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China • YouTube • Hong Kong • airport • viral video • temper tantrums

 'High' Boy Newest 
 YouTube Star 

Clip of woozy 7-year-old viewed over 6 million times

Feb 10, 09 7:55 AM CST
(Newser) - A YouTube video of a little kid's post-dentist trip has become a viral hit, reports the Daily Telegraph. Spaced-out 7-year-old David, belted into the backseat of a car after having a tooth removed, asks “Is this real life?” and "Is this going to be forever?" The video... More »

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YouTube • children • online videos • dentists • viral video

'Crazy Green Idea' Video Wins Students $25K 

Clip challenges techies to create long-term power-storage device

Feb 9, 09 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Two California film students won $25,000 for a YouTube video challenging the tech community to develop a rechargeable device far more eco-friendly than standard batteries, BusinessGreen reports. The clip was one of 133 entries in a contest to create a challenge to be met for a future environmental prize.... More »

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environment • California • YouTube • contest • battery • green energy • UC Irvine • X Prize Foundation

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