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YouTube opens APIs, gets tough on terms of service

YouTube has released application programming interfaces allowing its content to be embedded into other Web sites, desktop applications, video games and mobile devices. Read more »

YouTube makes adverts 'less annoying'

Google is finally rolling out an advertising format for YouTube that could succeed where many others have failed: it's not annoying. Read more »

Google to network YouTube with Adsense

Google is finally rolling out what many expected it would do with its YouTube acquisition -- select video clips will be shown across the AdSense network, along with advertising designed to increase the company's share of a lucrative market. Read more »

Google: Business should video share

Google wants everyone to know that video sharing and social networking aren't just for kids. They think there's a real place for both in the business world as well. Read more »

Google to rollout content-filtering system

Google has pencilled in September as the launch date for a system that will stop pirated videos from going up on popular social networking site YouTube. Read more »

Google Android's new battleground: Developers

Google executives have a lot of work ahead of them as they court application developers skeptical of the search king's new open software platform for mobile devices. Read more »

Adobe bringing full-fledged Flash to phones

Inspired by a new generation of smartphones, Adobe Systems has begun a new, higher-power effort to spread its Flash technology to mobile devices. Read more »

How do you get bought out by Google?

Start-ups and venture capitalists often dream of the multimillion-dollar buyout, if not the lucrative IPO. So technology upstarts might perk up to hear the inside scoop from Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft on their acquisitions. Read more »

Adobe ships Flash player for Linux

Adobe Systems on Tuesday made good on a promise to release a Linux version of the latest Flash Player, software that lets Web browsers view multimedia information such as YouTube videos or animated advertisements. Read more »

Google treads on PowerPoint turf

Google is adding a feature to its Docs & Spreadsheets Web-hosted software that will enable people to create presentations and slide shows, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday at the Web 2.0 Expo. Read more »

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50 significant moments from internet history

We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet. Read more »

Mobile Case Study: Podmo

Che Metcalfe got so fed up with the limitations of mobile phones and network operators for distributing content that he built a network platform of his own Read more »

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YouTube becomes a service

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- YouTube has expanded its APIs to allow for new players and uploading of content. Read more »

Blogger declares shenanigans on advertisers -- piracy or plagiarism?

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- MIT academic calls notices some suspicious similiarities between a lecture he wrote and an Australian made printer ad. Could this be piracy, or merely plagiarism. I call in the lawyers to find out. Read more »

It's not insomnia

Staff [blogs:syslog] -- This week we tackle sleeping problems, advertising on YouTube and high-definition Flash videos. Facebook makes an appearance on the security and waste of time front as well. Read more »

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  • Staff A first look at Windows 7 beta

    In this week's Roundup we show you a preview of Windows 7 beta, cover news from the annual Macworld and more. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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