By now just about everyone has heard the story of the "Bush shoe thrower" - the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush, and called him a "dog", while Bush was talking at a press conference in Baghdad. Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw both his shoes and the epithet at Bush before denouncing him as having brought death and sorrow to Iraq as a result of six years of war. What is amazing about this story - among other things - is how quickly that incident made it around the world. And that is because of the Internet.
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Articles on Internet VideoBy now just about everyone has heard the story of the "Bush shoe thrower" - the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush, and called him a "dog", while Bush was talking at a press conference in Baghdad. Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw both his shoes and the epithet at Bush before denouncing him as having brought death and sorrow to Iraq as a result of six years of war. What is amazing about this story - among other things - is how quickly that incident made it around the world. And that is because of the Internet. Abraham K. Biggs, known as Candy Junkie on the BodyBuilding .com forums that he frequented, had threatened to commit suicide many times. However, last week, he really meant it. And so it was that Abraham Biggs downed an overdose of anti-depressent medications, and hundreds of people watched his webcam while he died. We often have debates here at the Internet Patrol about which people prefer: to watch an online video, or to read the same material as text. The conventional wisdom is that Internet video is the future of the Internet. But we know lots of people who, given a choice, would rather read about something than watch a video about it. Now someone is actually researching this! So please take this short survey! Word has leaked out about Amazon Video on Demand - which allows you to stream videos from Amazon rather than having to download videos from Amazon - and which will replace Amazon Unbox. In fact the streaming is the main difference - Amazon Unbox allowed you to download television shows and movies from Amazon. With Amazon Video on Demand - because it's streaming - you can start watching the television show or movie instantly, because you don't have to wait for anything to download. Hulu.com is a video-on-demand service offering 250 TV series, from old classics to contemporary favorites, and clips from a further 150 series; 100 full-length movies; sports highlights from the NBA and the NHL; and Web-based programs - all free! Firefly fans will be thrilled to find 14 episodes there, alongside Dragnet and, yes, Nanny and the Professor. "Is water boarding torture?" is a question that many are asking these days. Now a live water board video has hit the Internet, purposely put on the worldwide web in order to allow people to witness someone being water boarded, and to decide for themselves. See the video of Kaj Larson getting waterboarded here. Perhaps nobody is more glad than Google itself that Google this week rolled out its You Tube Video Identification (You Tube Video ID) program - which does video fingerprinting in order to identify copies of copyrighted video material as it is uploaded to YouTube. The YouTube video website has been blocked from all of Thailand after a video appeared on the YouTube site which insults the Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, explains Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, Thailand's Minister of Information and Technology. What would you think medeval tech support would look like? Every once in a while we need a good laugh, and we think that this midevil tech support video - about what medeival tech support would have been like in mideval times - just fits the bill! Microsoft joined the Internet Video sites today with its launch of Microsoft Soapbox. The new free Internet video site, offering free Internet video clips contributed by users, like YouTube and YouTube owner Google's Google Video, hopes to capture YouTube viewers' hearts and allegiance. On first glance, Microsoft Soapbox looks like YouTube and Google Video in the ways that you would expect. But is Microsoft Soapbox similar to YouTube enough to really be a contender? And is "similar to YouTube" enough, or does it need to be far better? Chris Hughes has created a video of how to control your Roomba vacuum with your Nintendo Wii remote control - as Roomba hacks go it's a good one - and the video is taking the Internet by storm. Oh, and if you want to try this Roomba hack at home, Chris has also provided the source code! Our newest site on the web shows you "how to" with a collection of how-to videos! LearnHowTo.TV offers visitors a wde range of how-to videos, on a broad range of topics, all for free! The Zeon portable DVD player with integrated iPod video dock from iLuv is one hot new device, and they make fantastic Christmas gifts! This portable DVD player with integrated video iPod dock (also misleadingly called the "jWin iLuv Portable Tablet Video System for Apple iPod Video") is the easiest way on the planet to watch all those video podcasts and television shows you've downloaded from the Internet to your video iPod (while traveling, or even at home or work), without developing a permasquint! And with a 7" video screen, built-in speakers, viewing stand, and remote, it's also a full on portable DVD player, all in one compact 10" x 6" package! Yes, you really can take it with you! Musician and parodiest Weird Al was scheduled to have his new video, "White and Nerdy" enjoy a world premiere through AOL. Unfortunately, somebody found and leaked the video on the popular YouTube site, and enough people had already viewed it that AOL decided to pull the plug on the premiere. Just about a year ago we told you that AOL had announced they had purchased Music Now and its entire catalog of music. Now AOL has announced that they have revamped the Music Now music service, and it is open for business as "AOL Music Now". It is perhaps the logical next step to blogs for whistleblowers. Michael De Kort, a Lockheed engineer, has posted a video of himself on You Tube, blowing the whistle on what he says are serious security issues with Coast Guard patrol boats in the Deepwater project. Twentieth Century Fox and MovieLink have announced that MovieLink will be adding 20th Century Fox movies to their inventory, effective immediately. Adult industry spokespersons indicate that they won't offer video downloads aimed at the video iPod, but there are already sites offering free video downloads of that nature aimed squarely at the new video iPod. A free music video made entirely with cell phones is thought to be a first, and was filmed by the Presidents of the United States for their hit single "Some Postman". In what has been seen by some as an unusual move, but may be a sign of times to come, the Army Times has posted on its website video footage of a terrorist sniper attack in Iraq which resulted in the wounding of an American soldier. Gary Brolsma and his Numa Numa dance are not just some flash-in-the pan fat kid doing a lip sync and a dance. They are oh, so much more. Gary Brolsma obviously didn't read our cautionary tale about the teenager whose home movie of himself having sex with his girlfriend up on the Internet. Or, maybe he did. But what Gary Brolsma recorded himself doing has piqued the interest of people more ... Forget upskirting and downblousing. What do you call it when you take a video of yourself during an..um...intimate moment - with a camera phone for chrissakes? How about this one: what do you call it when you take a video of ... |
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