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Republicans shy away from YouTube debate

Are the Republicans running scared of YouTube? So it seems. The Washington Post reported last week that only two candidates – John McCain and Ron Paul – have agreed to participate in the CNN/YouTube debate, in which candidates respond to user-taped questions.Although many candidates post videos to YouTube, it seems...

Tags: Elections

Blog posts 2007-07-31

CNN/YouTube debate: world-changing or a bore?

How are we to judge the new debate format which boasted such innovations as a talking snowman questioning presidential candidates about global warming? Reaction to CNN's video-questions-from-voters debate Monday night varied from praise to contempt, reports Wired NewsAs the eight Democratic candidates answered questions from video voters, the pundits were...

Tags: Elections

Blog posts 2007-07-25

YouTube lights up with questions for candidates

Can the wacky, populist world of YouTube really influence the presidential debates? Soliciting 30-second video questions, CNN is pawing through more than 1,479 submissions - on subjects ranging from the serious to the absurd - to present at the Democratic and Republican debates,reports the San Jose Mercury News.Only four dozen...

Tags: Elections

Blog posts 2007-07-19

YouTube hosts a video debate with questions by - you

This presidential campaign will be the most democratic ever, if CNN and YouTube's plans for a new debate forum work out. Wired reports the candidates will be able to participate in a new kind of debate, one where voters will send in video questions for candidates to answer in televised...

Tags: Elections

Blog posts 2007-06-18

Politicians struggle to make Net impact

While presidential candidates are trying their best to stay hip with the Internet, with blogs, social networking, YouTube videos, and SecondLife spaces, theyre not quiting "getting" the heart of Internet culture, Reuters says. "They havent been very innovative," said Professor Helen Margetts, director of research at the Oxford...

Tags: International, Elections, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-19

YouTube turns on political channels

With all those candidates and other politicians using YouTube to spread the word, the Google-owned site has created a channel to make it easier to find the latest message. The editor, one Steve, blogs on the site: Ill be working as YouTubes News & Politics Editor...

Tags: Government technology, Elections

Blog posts 2007-03-06

Campaign 08: Internet video is at the center

You will hear a thousand times over the next two years that in 2008 the role of Internet video will be unprecedented. Not just because campaigns are posting videos of the candidates speaking their carefully written announcements into a camera. But because some campaign managers really get the power and...

Tags: Government technology, Elections, video

Blog posts 2007-01-22

John Edwards already pushing the edge of YouTube campaign

In 2006, political campaigns got hip to YouTube, with every campaign following its opponent around with video cameras, hoping to generate another "Macaca" moment - pure political gold in which a leading candidate says something so incredibly stupid and racist that everyone knows he just threw a victory away. ...

Tags: Blogging, YouTube Inc., John Edwards, blogger

Blog posts 2007-01-08

Now on YouTube: Attack ads and rebuttals

One cool thing about YouTube is that practically every campaign posts its campaign ads on the site. And of course debate videos and the like are there too. So when you hear about a controversial campaign - like the debate over an attack ad on Democrat Harold Ford in Tennessee,...

Tags: Government technology, Elections, advertisement

Blog posts 2006-11-06

Additional Resources

Google Digg = ?

Google Digg = ?My suggestionGoogligg!! Isn't it obvious?Well, you can stick "Micro" on the front of about anything, but, Googlejust does not work so well. Just like YouTube, Google will leave the Digg name intact and keep it separate, and only look for innovative ways to incorporate advertising."Gigglywankers"Digg...

Tags: Digg, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Joichi Ito - from venture capitalist to venture communist?

I've become a big fan of Joichi Ito CEO Creative Commons, Chairman of Six Apart after seeing him speak on a panel at the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference. In a room full of many smart people, Mr Ito is one of the smartest. Here is a clip...

Tags: Mr., Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875

Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875 is a thoroughly average, entry-level laptop. It wasn't too long ago that an average, entry-level laptop meant one that was underpowered and shabbily...

Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875, laptop computer

Product reviews 2008-07-23

Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience

Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot

News items 2008-07-23

Microsoft turns to users for new wave of Xbox games

Taking a page from Facebook and YouTube, Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types of games available on its console. SEATTLE--Microsoft will turn to users of its Xbox 360 to create new video games and broaden the types...

Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Games, Game Players, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Reuters, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox

News items 2008-07-23

Element Browser (zip)

Element Browser is a full featured, fast and Web standards compliant Web browser for the Microsoft Windows platform. It features a intuitive, modern ribbon interface with tools that are designed to simplify every day browsing tasks. Element Browser has been designed from the ground up to be one of the...

Tags: Web Browser, Element Software, Web Browsers, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security

Software downloads 2008-07-23

The App Store's buggy update process

The App Store's buggy update processI got mine to updateBasically when it gave me that "find all the updates" screen, I would just look for version numbers that had changed (this is easy to do now that everything is 1.0 generally, it will only get harder as time goes on,...

Tags: Desktops, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., App Store, cryptic error message, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Telcos hurting national interest says Vint Cerf - Father of Internet

I spoke with Vint Cerf at the Fortune Brainstorm conference in Half Moon Bay. I asked him about net neutrality and the problems created by Telcos in trying to own the gateways to the Internet. Here is the video, the quality is very high contrast because of...

Tags: Vint Cerf, Internet, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Doremisoft Video to BMP Converter (exe)

Doremisoft Video to BMP Converter is a free video to bmp format photo converter that converts avi, flash videoflv files, YouTube videos to bmp format. Free Video to BMP Converter is specially designed for BMP fans to extract bmp format photos from their favourite avi or flv files. This version...

Tags: FLV, Video, Photograph, Doremisoft, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-22

Doremisoft Video to JPG Converter (exe)

Doremisoft Video to JPG Converter is a free video to jpg format photo converter that converts avi, flash videoflv files, YouTube videos to jpg format. Free Video to JPG Converter is specially designed for JPG fans to extract jpg format photos from their favourite avi or flv files. Doremisoft Video...

Tags: Video, Photograph, Doremisoft, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-22

Updated:Will social media lead to user generated unemployment?

[Updated with video.] I'm spending a few days at Fortune Magazine's invite-only Brainstorm conference. It's an excellent lineup of speakers and the audience is full of top tech industry luminaries. Brad Smith, CEO of Intuit, was just on stage and he spoke about trying to harness...

Tags: Intuit Inc., Social Media, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-21