Google TV Aims for Living Room, YouTubers Upload a Day of Video Every Minute

• Over a decade ago, Web TV seemed to represent the future of television and Web browsing, but the technology never truly fulfilled its promise. According to the New York Times, some heavy hitters are currently investigating a similar system; Google, Sony and Intel are reportedly developing an Android-based 'Google TV' Internet platform for televisions and set-top boxes. [From: Engadget]
• Even though users were uploading 20 hours of content to YouTube every single minute, the site challenged its members last year to add even more useless footage. Those pleas for more material have somehow produced their intended results, as people now upload a staggering 24 hours of video to the site every minute. [From: YouTube]
• It seems that being incredibly patronizing and disdainful may actually be a prerequisite for working for a major tech company. When discussing the iPad, Apple's Steve Jobs recently claimed that people aren't "going to read for 10 hours." Now, a Microsoft spokesperson has told Engadget that the new Windows Phone 7 Series won't allow for copy and paste because people "don't actually use it" very often. Hmm. The customer is always . . . ah, who cares, right? [From: Engadget]
• One of the few drawbacks of Twitter's micro-blogging system is the dubious security of shortened URL's, and the ability of scammers to hide malicious links in them. The site is now directly combating this epidemic with the development of its own shortener, twt.tl, which it hopes will heighten security and increase user comfort. [From: Download Squad]
• Facebook attracts the majority of the public's attention over privacy issues, but MySpace is also firmly establishing itself at the forefront of the troubling debate. The site is apparently allowing Infochimps, a data collection service, to sell user information to third-party developers as part of a revenue-sharing agreement. [From: PC World]
• Upon its release, Google Buzz immediately inspired a heated debate over privacy issues. Although Google has actively addressed the specific issues, the service is still drawing significant criticism. Pamela Jones Harbour, the outgoing Federal Trade Commissioner, told a roundtable gathering that "protecting consumer privacy is of upmost importance," and that Google's Buzz launch represented "irresponsible conduct." [From: The Wall Street Journal]

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