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LiveLeak withdraws Fitna
I’m a LiveLeak addict. So it’s no surprise that, along with three million other people, I ended up watching Fitna, the 17-minute film from Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Today, the video has been removed after the LiveLeak team received ‘threats to our staff of a very serious nature’.
They go on to explain:
“This is [...]
Shlock Horror Pastiche In Good Movie Shocker
I should have hated it, but didn’t. After loathing every minute of Tarantino’s Deathproof on DVD last weekend, I wasn’t exactly rushing to watch its Grindhouse partner, Planet Terror. But then the skies over London opened this weekend, and sheer boredom forced the Robert Rodriguez 70s b-movie homage into the player.
I loved it. After laughing [...]
Think you’re fast?
Pure Boy’s Own, and one of the coolest things I’ve seen in ages.
Honda F1 were kind enough to let my colleagues at Autocar lose on their priceless hardware for a lap or two at Silverstone. Most rookies can barely get the car out of the pits – Autocar’s Steve Sutcliffe managed a time that [...]
Media 2.0 = Snowballs
According to Yahoo’s VP of Video and Media Applications, the revolution has already happened. Ian Rodgers reckons the only option left for the music and video business is in ‘leveraging the scale of the web’.
Goodbye Sky, Hello 360-Vision?
Now this could be good news. I’m quietly resenting my growing monthly Sky bill, and have been chewing on alternatives. But given the fact that Virgin doesn’t rock my boat, alternatives seem thin on the ground.
Then, my XBox 360 became something else. Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it was partnering with BT (of all people) to [...]
Podcasts: not so cool in Yahoo’s world
The video boom appears to have claimed another head – podcasts. As part of its ‘100-Day Review’ instigated by its new(ish) CEO, the company has decided to pull the shutters on its podcast search service…
The podcast section will be silenced Oct. 31, according to a notice posted on Yahoo’s Web site. It joins several other [...]
V-loggers edge closer to prime time
I think we can all draw this curve. Technology gets to a point where creating and distributing your video is open to everyone. Shortly after, Darwin strolls into the room, makes a declaration, and some fall by the wayside. But those left after natural selection has done its thing begin to grow.In particular, they start [...]