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YouTube Premieres ‘Home’ Today
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Movies,
In an effort to up their reputation, YouTube is planning to premiere the movie “Home” on their site today, the same time as its theatrical release. Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the film concerns the impact that humans have on the environment and ecosystems and asks them to change their evil ways. Distributed by EuropaCorp as non-profit, it shows footage from locations worldwide. While this is not the first time for a premiere as the site aired the drama “The Princess of Nebraska” last year, it was not set for theatrical release.
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Video: How to get Newegg deals and promo codes
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Hot Deals, Videos,
We get a lot of people hitting up Gear Live asking for ways to get deals on tech sites, with Newegg being the one we hear about more than any other. We put together a video, which you can see above, that tells you how to find the deals we have all across the site. If you haven’t heard, Newegg is one of the absolute best places on the net to buy computer hardware and software.
As always, you can find all sorts of Newegg promo codes and deals on our forums.
Read More | Newegg: Canon PowerShot SD1200
Military Launches Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in Afghanistan
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet,
US troops in Afghanistan can now keep in better contact with their loved ones. The military is launching a Facebook page, Twitter feeds and a YouTube site. Their plan is that it will counter the Taliban, who often publish propaganda on the Internet. They are hoping that soldiers will post stories and photos to better represent their daily lives. So far only in limited testing, the formal launch is this week.
Read More | MSNBC
Farkie - Simplified Downloading
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Movies, Music, Video Games,
Farkie is a simple way to download videos, playlists, Website images, flash games, links and applications. They claim millions of pages that include YouTube and MySpace. Copy and paste an address, click “download,” select a format and a few minutes later, you have your results. The free site also has an online step-by-step tutorial and, as it is still in beta, is looking for feedback on how you use the service.
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Video: Jesse Ventura talks waterboarding and Cheney on Larry King
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Media, Videos, War,
Former Governor Jesse Ventura made an appearance on The Larry King Show a few days ago, and is as outspoken as ever. In the clip above, Jesse talks about waterboarding as torture, and goes on to say “You give me a water board, Dick Cheney, and one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.” Check out the video for more.
Angie Martinez, Irv Gotti argue over real-cash Monopoly
See what happens when you have so much money that you can play Monopoly with real cash, but not enough that you can’t do it in a carefree fashion with $3500 is up for grabs? In this video Irv Gotti and Angie Martinez argue amongst friends, with Joe Budden capturing it all on video. Careful though, there’s a lot of salty language in this one. Oh, and a lot of loud, obnoxious Irv as well.
Elgato Video Capture: Record analog video to your Mac
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, USB, Apple, Home Entertainment, PC / Laptop, Peripherals,
If you’ve got a lot of old VHS or other analog media laying around and need an easy solution to digitize it, the Elgato Video Capture device seems to be right up you alley. It’s actually quite simple, as you just plug the device into your Macs USB port, and connect the other side to your analog video player using either S-Video or RCA cables. The import software lets you do some simple editing/trimming, and will even let you send clips directly to YouTube.
Read More | Elgato
Man Uses YouTube to Help Deliver Baby
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Google, Internet,
A man in Cornwall, UK, actually used YouTube to help him deliver the couple’s fourth baby. Marc Stephens, a 28 year-old engineer, went online at about 10:30 p.m. when his wife figured it was “time.” With a history of delivering quickly, Jo’s husband apparently figured going online would be faster than taking her to the hospital when a midwife couldn’t make it. He Googled “childbirth” and came up with a couple of clips on YouTube. Sometime later, a healthy Gabriel came forth. Fortunately, he did take her to the hospital after the event. Both are doing famously, thank you very much.
Read More | This is London
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time remake footage
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Action, Konami, Rumors, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade,
So, why are we unable to contain our current excitement level? Well, as evidenced by the video above, an updated version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time is currently in development, and if you didn’t know, this is one of the best side-scrolling brawlers of all time. Originally released for the SNES, Turtles in Time allowed players to join up in a Double Dragon fashion, taking control of their favorite turtle, and it worked really well. Check out the video above to see the updated title in action on the Xbox 360. This one should be hitting the Xbox Live Arcade soon enough, but we don’t have any information on a date. Needless to say, it can’t come soon enough.
Video: iPhone tethering and MMS in action
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Smartphones, Handhelds, Videos, USB,
We all know that two of the new features being introduced in iPhone 3.0 are MMS and Internet tethering. Well, it looks like someone was able to get those hidden features up and running in the latest iPhone 3.0 beta 4 software, as evidenced by the video above. Give it a look to see how Internet tethering with the iPhone will work over Bluetooth, as well as USB, as well as a look at sending and receiving MMS messages. Consider us psyched.
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