Category: YouTube

It is never going to stop being okay to spoof 'Star Wars' or to make fun of politicians. Gabe Abelson, a former writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, as well as Bill and Hillary Clinton, obviously knew this when he started working on the second installment of his animated web series 'Race for the White House' (RFTWH). Barack is Luke Skywalker, Giuliani is Han Solo, Hillary is Princess ...

Now that he's stopped doing commercials for Nationwide Insurance, early-'90s rapper/dancer M.C. Hammer had to find a new way to keep from having to move into a trailer park. The one-time superstar who brought us "You Can't Touch This" is firing up his own Web 2.0 startup called DanceJam with members of the Flock browser team. DanceJam is a site where users can upload videos of themselves ...

YouTube has provided us with many nights (and mornings) of endless entertainment and sometimes even a little education. But now YouTube is being leveraged as a tool to dole out justice by frustrated shop owner Bob Guertin, owner of Big Sticks Fine Cigars in Mesa, AZ. Guertin's store was ripped off by a couple shameless thieves who hit during the early part of the day when the shop is quiet. One ...

Oprah is launching her own YouTube channel. Anyone who tunes in to the queen of talk TV's program tomorrow, November 6, will get to see the official unveiling, along with guests (and YouTube co-founders) Chad Hurley and Steven Chen. As Oprah herself states on the preview site up now, the channel will feature show excerpts, backstage footage (some of it shot by Oprah herself on the Flip Video ...

You live your life online -- and anyone can read it. Should employers be able to troll your Facebook or MySpace page? Or should everything that you put online be accessible to anyone, anywhere? With increasingly popular social networking sites aggregating unprecedented volumes of personal data, the age-old issue of online privacy is once again rearing its ugly head. We ask NYU professor ...

It's no secret that the Web's heavy hitters like to show their seasonal spirit with mods of the subtle and not-so-subtle variety to their brand identities. Google's logo has become especially known for its Google Doodles, and this year's full-on ghoulish painting logo continue that fine, quirky tradition. The search giant has even dressed up its significant new addition to the family in some ...

What happens when you cram 17,000 watts of pure audio power into a 2006 Ford Expedition? Apparently, it makes the whole thing bounce and shake like a giant slab of SUV-shaped Jell-O, or, as TechEBlog points out, an earthquake. Just watch the video as his 22-speaker sound system makes his iPod dance and the roof shudder like flag in the wind. This guy should be hired by the Pentagon to head up ...

For many young Americans, the 'Daily Show with Jon Stewart' is the only source for news. Until recently, 'Daily Show' addicts could only access a limited number of clips from shows past on the Comedy Central Web site. Yesterday, though, the Daily Show launched a beta version (meaning not finished) of its own dedicated Web site visitors mine through a 13,000 video clip archive of segments that ...

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) today, several major media and technology companies are joining forces to form the Masters of Evil! Wait... sorry, they are just joining forces to form an anti-piracy ring, no plots for world domination... yet. This coalition of super companies will be working together on copyright-related issues, including video piracy and ...

Earlier this year, there was speculation about bringing sounds to Google Earth, but the company has gone ahead and leapfrogged that idea and gone straight to integrating full YouTube videos (with sound) right into its mapping application. If you download the latest version and go to the "Featured Content" section, you'll find a new layer called YouTube. Click next to that and you'll start to ...

It's becoming increasingly clear elderly people are the new 11 year-olds, and that Nintendo's Wii is the new bingo. Four Erickson retirement communities put their heads together to organize Wii bowling tournaments in Wii Sports, and eventually the Wii Bowling Championship. Not only are these old folks refusing to eat their dinner and staying up all night playing video games, they're actually ...

YouTube is kind of like Scrooge McDuck's safe full of gold coins, except the ocean of gold you're swimming in isn't legal tender -- it's transgender rants about Britney and cats facing off against ceiling fans. As the fourth biggest destination on the entire Web, it's no wonder the site has been accused of enabling global idiocy. But, believe it or not, there are some people out there trying to ...

We told you about phishing. We also told you to be careful about which Wi-Fi spots you connect to, that buying Nigerian dogs online is probably a bad idea, and that you should really be careful when reading your e-mail. Now, according to experts, you need to worrying about which videos you view online lest you find your computer infected with a virus or some sort of malware. Malware are small ...

Many parents think their kids spend too much time online. And just in case you needed an official study to confirm the obvious, non-profit Common Sense Media recently teamed with educational foundation Cable in the Classroom to survey parents about their kids and the Web. The survey reached out to 411 parents of children age six to 18 and asked a whole host of questions regarding their ...

YouTube ... ain't it grand? Without its endless, ever-expanding library of videos from around the globe, we'd have to live in Japan in order to to watch a female game show contestant tease a captive polar bear -- in a seal costume. Why didn't they ever do stuff like this on 'Fear Factor'? From OhGizmo! Related Links: 'Zelda' Spoof Exposes Link as a Perv! College Offers YouTube 101 Course ...