videos

Does Twitter help with Mumbai coverage?

Crave As the tragic events unfolded in Mumbai, India, the Internet backchannel came to the foreground with messages, photos and videos from the masses using Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and so-called citizen reporting sites such as Global Voices, as well as...

Tags: reporting, events, draft, confirm

28 November 2008, 8:43

YouTube videos now available in widescreen

Crave YouTube announced on Monday that it has expanded the viewable width of all videos appearing on the site, creating an image that viewers will likely associate more with a movie theatre screen or high-definition television.

Tags: viewing, length, videos, youtube

25 November 2008, 9:22

Spammer ordered to pay Facebook $873m

Crave Neither Guerbuez, who has made money selling videos showing people attacking the homeless in Montreal, nor Atlantis Blue Capital could be reached for comment. Facebook has been awarded $873m in damages against a Canadian man accused of sending spam...

Tags: messages, spam, emails, marketing

25 November 2008, 8:00

YouTube videos play in HD with a simple hack

Crave Wired, with the help of users on the VR-Zone forums, has uncovered a simple way to get high-quality uploaded videos to display in 1,280x720 pixels -- also known as 720p. YouTube could be doing the second round of processing for these higher...

Tags: problems, playback, high quality, hd

21 November 2008, 10:13

Wikipedia to host videos and larger pics

Crave Kaltura has been working with Wikimedia to create an online video editor that supports Wikipedia concepts: users will be able to edit others' videos, and everyone will be able to see the edit history.

Tags: edit, source, open source, servers

20 November 2008, 9:52

Video: Experience the new Xbox 360 dashboard

Crave Controlling the videos with the gamepad is a little trickier, and it takes some time to get used to how the buttons and triggers operate -- we were constantly accidentally backing out to the main menu by hitting the B button.

19 November 2008, 11:21

LG Prada 2: Hands-on with LG's refitted fashionista

Crave You can use the camera to shoot still pictures and video, and it will also shoot slow-motion videos, similar to the Viewty. Yesterday we sashayed along to the launch of the chic new LG Prada phone -- aka the LG Prada 2 -- to find out what the...

19 November 2008, 10:40

Adobe bringing fully fledged Flash 10 to phones

Crave The iPhone can show YouTube videos, too, but only after they've been transcoded into a different streaming format. Inspired by a new generation of smartphones, Adobe has begun a new, higher-power effort to spread its Flash technology to mobile...

Tags: enabled, operating system, air, offline

18 November 2008, 10:15

Teen YouTube sensation cashes in with ads and product placement

Crave Since agreeing to slip products, including the Zipit text-messaging gadget, into his videos as part of product-placement deals he has been generating revenue from his series. Lucas Cruikshank is to user-generated video what Tiger Woods was to golf...

Tags: youtube, cash, conference, revenue

17 November 2008, 11:46

Archos 5 vs Cowon A3: PMP prizefight

Crave This leads us to believe that if you want out-of-the-box support for great-quality video and no messing around with converting videos, Cowon's A3 (or even the new O2) is the best affordable choice. Cowon's A3 and the new Archos 5 are quite...

Tags: archos, capacity, dock, surround

27 October 2008, 12:15

Qik: Live video blogging for the win

Crave By allowing users to embed Qik videos in blogs, Facebook and other media, it's gaining traction with bloggers and journalists alike, keen to show off their coverage as it happens, rather than having to wait until they get home to upload a video file.

Tags: coverage, qik, shooting, visit

27 October 2008, 11:49

Welcome to the all-new Crave: The gadget blog from CNET UK

Crave We've changed the design to give us more space for words and pictures, and to make the layout consistent with the rest of the 'new look' bits of the site (the home page, forums, videos and photos). As those of you who regularly use the forums will...

Tags: channels, podcast, categories, crave

27 October 2008, 11:20

Boxee: Finally, a use for Apple TV

Crave You'll also get access to RSS feeds for videos, audio and even torrent files, each added online at the Boxee Web site. We've long maintained that there really is only one use for Apple TV. And that's as a doorstop.

Tags: removed, apple tv, mkv, hacked

22 October 2008, 11:54

What to expect from Fennec, Firefox's mobile browser

Crave The official answer on this one is that Fennec will support a plug-in API, which means that as long as Adobe and others give the green light, you'll eventually be able to play YouTube videos via Firefox's mobile browser.

Tags: mobile phones, extensions, ons, add ons

20 October 2008, 10:12

Photos: Exclusive Cowon O2 hands-on

Crave Safe to say if you don't want to watch videos on the move, the O2 might be the wrong player for you. This flash-based PMP follows on from the Cowon Q5W and A3 of 2007, bringing with it support for almost every video and audio format on the planet...

16 October 2008, 9:35