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If you are a tech freak like I am, you will love the new tech Over the past 5 years, I have had 5 digital cameras, 6 cell phones, 2 mp3 players, and 2 TVs. Everyday, more and more technology is being developed. Here are a couple of articles with the lastest tech:

Vudu Set-Top Box

Five thousand movies on your TV, instantly: that's the promise of Vudu, a TV set-top box that uses the power of peer-to-peer networking to deliver near-DVD quality videos to your living room at the click of a button, no PC required. I've had about a week to test-drive the Vudu; did it fulfill my dreams of home-theater nirvana?

Microsoft Zune 30GB Digital Multimedia Device

It's brand new. It's really cool. And it's called Zune. When you want more than just another MP3 and video player, get one of these. Giant 30GB storage for music, photos and video ensures you'll never be bored. Ever. Best of all, the large, bright LCD display can go from portrait to landscape mode as you turn the player. Really. So whatever you're looking at always looks good.

Nikon CoolPix S51c 8 Megapixel Digital Camera

The Nikon Coolpix S51c is an outstanding new compact digital camera combining Nikon's distinctive wave-surface design with advanced features that make it easier to take beautiful photos and to share them with friends and family. Built on a custom application of Nikon's innovative EXPEED digital image processing concept and incorporating the precision optics of a Nikkor lens, the Coolpix S51c is built to realize optimum performance and maximum image quality.

Sonic Solutions Roxio MyDVD v.9.0 Studio

MyDVD 9 Studio provides everything you need to create stunning movie and slideshow productions, author DVDs, and produce video for the web and portable devices. Whether you are working in Standard or High Definition, MyDVD 9 Studio offers a hassle-free way to transfer and edit home recorded movies, create compelling motion slideshows, author standard and high definition DVDs all with superb production values.

Ok guys,

I know this post is a little personal but I want you all to know how technology affects my feelings. The other day, I went to the doctor for that yearly women's exam. When the doctor gave me the breast exam, she said "Oh, there's a lump." I was so scared because the first thing that came to my mind was breast cancer. You know how society says "Breast Lumps = Cancer". However, she told me it should not be major. I am going to go to the local hospital to get a breast ultra sound. I'm glad that there is technology to just look through my breast so they do not have to cut it open to see what is inside.

Wish me Luck Guys,
JM

Personally, I am a faithful Chris Crocker fan. My younger sister and I used to watch his videos on MySpace.com all the time. A couple of weeks ago, he was featured in Vh1's Best Week Ever for his "Leave Brintty Alone" video (posted below). 4 BILLION people have downloaded this video, yes 4 billion. Now, make that 4 billion and 1.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Crocker_%28Internet_celebrity%29

Chris Crocker (born December 1987) is an openly gay[2] Tennessee-based[5] YouTube and MySpace[2] personality and self-described edutainer[3] who produces and acts in transgressive videos. According to Crocker, safety concerns over death threats he has received have forced him to keep his identity and exact location private.[1][6] Crocker is his stage name.[7] His work consists mainly of short-form self-directed "monologues about life" shot in his grandparents' home.[8] As of October 2007, Crocker's videos have received a combined 40.2 million plays on MySpace,[9] and his vlog channel on YouTube is the 15th most viewed of all time in all categories, with over 46.2 million views.[10]

Although he has produced dozens of videos, Crocker gained international notoriety from his viral video tearfully defending Britney Spears's "lackluster MTV comeback"[11] with over four million views in two days. The video received international media attention,[12][13][14][15] as well as generating death threats for the androgynous[16] teenager.[17]

Crocker's detractors and critics have accused him of melodramatics,[18] histrionics,[16] and using Spears' personal shortcomings to bolster his own fame.[19] Others have accused Crocker of acting in the "Leave Britney Alone" video,[20] although he insisted that it was a genuine "blog from the heart" on a September 20, 2007 appearance on the Maury Povich show.[21][6] Psychologist Kevin Leman noted in an interview that pointed to Crocker, that voyeuristic fascination with celebrity "says that we live in a morally corrupt society" and that younger people seeking fame, like Crocker, are hedonistic attention-seeking mongers.[22]

On September 18, 2007, Variety revealed that Crocker has signed a development deal with 44 Blue Productions to star in a documentary-style reality television show.[23]

This is Chris Crocker in person on the Maury Show from You Tube.

MetaCafe

• Services they provide – They provide video entertainment that is short, entertaining, and audience driven. They do not provide entire movies, television episodes, or anything over 100 seconds. There are only entertaining videos, no news, webcam feeds, or personal stories. Before a video is published, some 80,000 users review it.

“Metacafe specializes in short-form original video - content that is made for the interactive Internet medium. We don't have full-length television episodes or movies chopped into pieces. The average video on our site is just over 90 seconds long. People come to Metacafe looking for an entertainment break in their day - and we deliver.”

• Technologies they run on – They use the Metacafe Player, which is similar to the You Tube Player.

• Advertisements – There are many ads from 18+ sites such as true.com, truesexysingles.com, worldsdirtiestfilm.com

• Types of users – The users of this site include the users of YouTube and other video sharing sites. These people want something shorter than the videos YouTube offers.

• Restrictions -

“Metacafe hereby grants you permission to use the Website, provided that: (i) your use of the Website is solely for your personal, noncommercial use; (ii) you will not copy, distribute or modify any part of the Website without Metacafe's prior written authorization; (iii) you will not send unsolicited or unauthorized advertisements, spam, chain letters, etc., (iv) you will not transmit any Content which contains software viruses, or other harmful computer code, files or programs; (v) you will not disrupt servers or networks connected to the Website; and (vi) you comply with these Terms & Conditions.”

• “Save The Creativity For The Videos: Don't try to sneak onto top lists by manipulating the results. For example, posting lots of comments on your own video to get onto the "Most Discussed" list won't get you anywhere. (We've got trained dogs to sniff out cheats.)
• Keep It Clean: There are 1,000,000 words in the English language alone, including some cool ones like "nubile," "psychedelic," and "obfuscation." Flaunt your language skills here, and leave the profanity and other garbage talk at home.
• No Haters: Our community has zero tolerance for intolerance, so no defamatory, racist, sexist or homophobic talk. This includes threats of violence or sexual assault against other site users or people appearing in videos. Offenders will be banned forever from Metacafe.”

• Intellectual property rules -

“The content on the Website, including all User Submissions, including without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos and interactive features ("Content") and the trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein ("Marks"), are owned by or licensed to Metacafe. Content on the Website is provided to you "AS IS" for your information and personal use only and may not be used, copied, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, reverse engineered, de-compiled, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without Metacafe's prior written consent. Metacafe reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website. If you download or print a copy of the Content for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. You agree not to circumvent, disable or otherwise interfere with security-related features of the Website or features that prevent or restrict use or copying of any Content or enforce limitations on use of the Website."

SceneMaker

• Services they provide – They let users share their favorite part of an already short video so you will not have to watch the entire video from You Tube, Google, Metacafe, or other video sharing sites. It also lets users tag their video clips.

• Technologies they run on - They are powered by the Gotuit Media Incorporation. They use Macromedia Flash Player to stream videos

• Advertisements - Google has an ad bar at the bottom of each page and on the right side of each page there are ad about free video downloads from various advertisers. Thos advertisers include ourstage.com, freemusicgivaway.com, and columbiahouse.com

• Types of users - Their uses include people who love social video posted on sites like YouTube, Google Video, Metacafe and Dailymotion.

• Restrictions –

“The site is provided to you for your own personal use, and may not be used for any commercial purposes unless express written consent is granted by Gotuit. Use of the materials on this Site for any other purpose is a violation of Gotuit's or other sources' copyright, trademark and other proprietary rights.”

“You agree that you will not copy, reproduce, republish, alter, post, or distribute (except for your own personal, private non-commercial use) any materials (including but not limited to the text, images, audio and/or video) or software (including but not limited to any images or files incorporated in or generated by the software or data accompanying such software). You also agree that you will not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, attempt to circumvent user authentication or the security of any user account, or use any robot, spider, or other automated or manual device, service or technology to copy any materials from the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Gotuit grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. Gotuit reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.”

• Intellectual property rules -

“This Site contains material that is produced in whole or in part from material supplied by Gotuit and other third-party sources. The content and software ("Materials") on this Site, except all third-party source video (as defined below), is the property of Gotuit and is protected by U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws. Gotuit reserves all rights not expressly granted herein.”

“"Gotuit" and the Gotuit design, as well as certain other names, logos, and materials displayed on the Site constitute trademarks, tradenames, service marks, or logos ("Marks") of Gotuit or other entities. You are not authorized to use any such Marks.”

“Third-party source video. This site displays third-party source video, which is video hosted on a site that is not owned or controlled by Gotuit. This can include user-submitted video on third party sites. On the Gotuit site, third-party source video is identified by the logo or name of the original content source. The third-party site, AND/OR THE PROVIDER OF THE THIRD-PARTY SOURCE VIDEO TO THAT SITE, retain all rights of such video as set forth by their specific terms of use and governing policies. As such, you should review the applicable policies of these third-party sites.”

CelebTV.com

• Services they provide - “CelebTV.com is real-time entertainment video news distributed exclusively on broadband and mobile channels. Each weekday, CelebTV.com delivers multiple entertainment news updates throughout the day supplemented by breaking news and extended features.”

• Technologies they run on - “CelebTV.com is the destination site for original, television-quality entertainment video news delivered exclusively on digital platforms including mobile, broadband, and wireless devices. Our viewers are passionate about celebrity news and information and CelebTV will deliver real-time updates throughout the day for on demand access by mobile phones, the web, or video iPods”

• Advertisements –They recevie many promotions from cavemancrib.com, geico, nexus, sprint, you tube, comcast, and brightcove.

• Types of users – Anyone interrested in celberities and their wareabouts. There is no place for a user to register or login. celebtv.com post the videos and anyone who wishes watches the videos.

• Restrictions -

“Unless otherwise specified, CelebTV.com is intended for your personal, noncommercial use only. You may not authorize others to use any Materials on CelebTV.com. You are responsible for all use of CelebTV.com and the Materials by you. You also are responsible for all use of CelebTV.com and the Materials by others when you provide access to CelebTV.com."

 "CelebTV.com is not intended for users under the age of 13, and Service Provider does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from users under the age of 13. Such users are expressly prohibited from submitting their personally identifiable information to us, and from using CelebTV.com. Any information submitted by such users will not knowingly be used, posted, or retained by us.

 You must comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations while using the Site. The content, organization, graphics, text, images, video, design, compilation, advertising and all other material on CelebTV.com, including without limitation, the "look and feel" of this website, are protected under applicable copyrights and other proprietary (including but not limited to intellectual property) rights and are the property of Service Provider or its licensors. The copying, rearrangement, redistribution, modification, transmission, use, display, license, sale, creation of a derivative work, or publication by you, directly or indirectly, of any such content or Materials or any part of the website, including but not limited to the removal or alteration of advertising, except for the limited rights of use granted hereunder, is strictly prohibited.

 You may not in any way make commercial or other unauthorized use, by publication, re-transmission, distribution, performance, caching, or otherwise, of material obtained through the Site, except as permitted by the Copyright Act or other law or as expressly permitted in writing by this Agreement or Service Provider.

 You agree not to disrupt, overwhelm, attack, modify, or interfere with CelebTV.com or its associated software, hardware, and/or servers in any way, and you agree not to impede or interfere with others' use CelebTV.com. You further agree not to alter or tamper with any information or Materials on or associated with CelebTV.com.

 Other than connecting to Service Provider's servers by http requests using a Web browser, you may not attempt to gain access to Service Provider's servers by any means - including, without limitation, by using administrator passwords or by masquerading as an administrator or otherwise.

 You are prohibited from using the Site to violate the legal rights of others or harvest or collect personally identifiable nformation about users of the Site;

 You are prohibited from restricting or inhibiting any other person from use of the Site, and from interfering with or disrupting the operation of the Site or the servers or networks used to make the Site available or violating any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of such networks;

 You are prohibited from modifying, adapting, translating, reverse engineering, decompiling, or disassembling any portion of the Site.”

• Intellectual property rules –

“All materials on this CelebTV.com, including, but not limited to text, images, audio and video, illustrations, audio clips, video clips, in all media and formats (the "Materials") are protected by copyrights which are owned or licensed by Service Provider. None of the Materials, nor any of the materials in other websites owned or operated by Service Provider, may be used by you in any manner for any purpose including but not limited to copying, reproducing, republishing, uploading, posting, transmitting, or distributing in any way without the prior written consent of Service Provider except as provided for herein.
Any modification of the Materials or use of the Materials for any other purpose without the prior written consent of Service Provider constitutes an infringement of Service Provider's copyright and other proprietary rights. Use of the Materials on any other website or other networked computer environment without Service Provider’s prior written consent, is prohibited except as provided for herein.
In certain cases, you may be able to obtain a license to use individual video that appear on the Site through online functionality we have specifically designated (e.g. to e-mail a video to a friend or create an RSS link from the Site). In such cases, you will see a link next to the content.”