By Adriana Lee |
You see (or create) something of interest, so you shoot that sucker for online posterity. But after the upload to YouTube is complete, a slow creeping dread starts to come upon you. You begin to wonder — “Can I get this back? Or is this forever…
By Killian Bell |
Those of you who picked up a Wii U this week will likely be spending some of your free time this Thanksgiving enjoying your new console. You’ll be pleased to know, then, that you can now use it to show off your favorite YouTube videos…
By Brandon Russell |
So we haven’t yet figured out how to grow money trees, but Google probably has the next best thing: YouTube. The video-sharing website is growing at an astronomical rate, which in turn is bringing in gigantic revenue for the search giant. In fact, according to…
By Brandon Russell |
It won’t be long before exploring virtual destinations is considered to be an actual vacation. The experience of being there can’t be replaced by what you see in pictures, but darn it, Google is doing its best to try. The search giant announced a brand…
By Brandon Russell |
How long is sixty seconds, really? Enough time for Nic Cage to steal a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500. And also the time it takes for 72 hours of video to get uploaded to YouTube. Wow. Sounds like I have a pretty significant back catalogue…
By Adriana Lee |
According to the official YouTube blog, the site is so fired up about its popular 3D beta experiment that it’s now letting everyone with short 2D 1080p videos convert them automatically: Today we’re expanding the beta to all of you by adding automatic 3D conversion for…
By Mike Perlman |
So you’re setting up a YouTube account. This is your chance to show the world your indubitable talents as a professional lip syncher or terrible dancer. Maybe this is your opportunity to spread as many “kitties doing stuff” videos as humanly possible. Or, you might…
By Sean P. Aune |
Back in Aug., Google announced that it was integrating VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) support into Gmail. At the time the company said that calls inside the United States would remain free for the remainder of 2010 for sure, and beyond that would be determined…
By Sean P. Aune |
Skype and Facebook have already been dancing around one another with the recent addition of Skype features to the Facebook site, but with the release of the new version of Skype today, we find that it was definitely a two way street of love between…
By Sean P. Aune |
Microsoft would like to see Internet Explorer 6 buried and forgotten, but yet even it makes the occasional mis-step that will continue to extend its life. Internet Explorer 9 went into public Beta this week, and it does seem to run smoother than any previous…
By Sean P. Aune |
YouTube has gone nuts this week with announcing new features. First there was the revamped mobile page, then the new Leanback feature and now comes a video resolution that I highly doubt anyone can actually take advantage of in their home. The height of High…
By Winston Sih |
With the Hulu Plus premium service newly debuted, many are wondering whether the hefty price tag of $9.99/month is worth it. The service gives you full seasons of shows but isn’t ad supported, even if you’re paying for the premium service. Jon Rettinger takes a…
By Sean P. Aune |
After endless rumors, it has finally come to be: Hulu is launching a paid version entitled Hulu Plus. The rumors of Hulu Plus have circulated for months, but there was never any form of confirmation from the company itself through out all the speculation. Now…
By Winston Sih |
The BuffaloBuzz with Winston Sih is back with another episode and this week, we take a look at: More BlackBerry Slider rumors. The BlackBerry Slider rumors have been “sliding” around town for quite a while now and in the latest round, it includes side profile…
By brandonminiman |
Microsoft Research puts out some pretty cool products from time to time, and Pivot definitely ranks among them. It’s an application that helps you visualize data in an elegant and intuitive way. The uses range from helping you pick out an ideal breed of dog to analyzing population statistics for…
By lasse |
The eternal fight between aliens, predators and colonial marines continue in this latest installment of AVP. I took the multiplayer demo for a spin on both the Xbox360 and PS3 and both versions give out a distinct feeling of familiarity. The pulsating beeps of the…
By lasse |
Five years ago Quantic Dream struck a nerve with Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit). The game was not a financial success but it received moderate critical acclaim for it’s innovations in story telling and cinematic gameplay. Quantic Dream’s upcoming PS3 title Heavy Rain is a game that is…
By Sean P. Aune |
Its hard to believe that its been ten years now since the first dot-com bubble explosion. While its hard to pinpoint when exactly things went awry, it was at the Jan. 2000 Super Bowl that Pets.com ran its infamous TV ad that cost it $1.2…
By Jon Rettinger |
Sometimes a piece of technology is so hot that it requires two videos to do a full review of it. In case you missed part 1, you can peep it here. To recap, this behemoth is the fist Windows Mobile phone to have a capacitive…
By Jon Rettinger |
Google Wave is already making a splash and it hasn’t even left private-beta status. In this video I describe how Wave works and what it does. In summary: it’s a real-time collaboration tool that brings together various forms of electronic communication. It’s also an open…
By brandonminiman |
Search engines like Google and Bing, when used properly, can unearth limitless amounts of information and data. The trouble is that these search engines require you to dig through several links before finding the right bit of information. You’ve undoubtedly heard about WolframAlpha at some…
