First YouTube Video EVER Celebrates Its 5th Anniversary

It's been a landmark week: we celebrated the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill, and the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope.

April 23 marks a lesser known, but nonetheless important, event: the fifth anniversary of the first video uploaded to YouTube.

YouTube was founded February 14, 2005, but the first video to hit the site--a 19 second clip of YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim at the San Diego zoo--didn't come until April 23, 2005.

Check out the first-ever YouTube video below, then we want to hear from you: What is your favorite YouTube video ever? And why?

From : huffingtonpost.com

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Microsoft Showcase Cross-Platform Game Using Windows Phone 7

Microsoft recently demonstrated the new mobile OS, Windows Phone 7, which can play video games from various platforms (Microsoft). This demo is done at Microsoft Tech-Ed at Middle East Conference.

Rudder played computer games in the PC, then move to the Windows Phone 7 to continue the game earlier. After previously using a PC keyboard, then he use touch screen and accelerometer of Windows Phone 7 to play in that device. Then, he move to the Xbox 360 device and continue the game using the usual stick.

Microsoft's future is likely to make an application market for all of Windows operating system, with cross-platform content.

Windows Phone 7

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LevelUP - Quad Band Dual SIM QWERTY Gaming Cellphone

The LevelUP worldphone with quad band, dual SIM functionality, swivel QWERTY keyboard and Nintendo D-pad, and you guessed it - download and play all your favorite NES games! Everything you ever wanted from a phone - and more!

LevelUP your communications - The LevelUP is a first class quad-band mobile phone that supports the four global standard GSM frequencies (850MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz) so you can trust it to work anywhere in the world. It has two SIM card slots (dual-SIM) which is perfect for people who want to keep two active phone numbers (personal and business) inside one great phone. That's not all! The CVEM-M94 comes fully unlocked, meaning you can use it with any GSM cellular network provider!

LevelUP your entertainment - The LevelUP is a first class retro gaming system. Go old school and play all your favorite Nintendo games from the dawn of gaming. Remember these childhood favorites?

    * Legend of Zelda
    * Super Mario Brothers 3
    * Final Fantasy
    * Contra
    * Megaman 2
    * Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!

The LevelUP lets you relive those glory days. And to keep it real, it even features a replica Nintendo D-Pad! Simply twist the M94's QWERTY keyboard around and you've got yourself one of the most popular gaming controllers ever invented! (Hint - The X button allows you to jump in games like Mario Brothers)

At a Glance...

    * Quad Band, Dual SIM
    * Unlocked World Phone
    * NES Gaming System
    * NES D-pad
    * QWERTY Keyboard
    * Free 2GB TF / MicroSD Card

More : chinavasion.com

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Google (finally) pays bounties for Chrome bug reports Up to $1,337

Google will begin paying bounties as high as $1,337 to researchers who privately report high-severity security bugs in its Chrome browser and Chromium open-source project.

The "experimental new incentive," which Google announced Thursday, is for external researchers only.

It addresses a key complaint among many researchers that the security of far too many applications is built on the backs of people who receive no compensation for the countless hours they spend discovering and reporting critical vulnerabilities.

"It's a step in the right direction because it's compensating security researchers for their time in looking for vulnerabilities," said Dino Dai Zovi, a researcher who last year launched a campaign with the rallying cry "No more free bugs". "A lot of companies treat vulnerabilities as accidental discoveries, which is really not the case."

From : theregister

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Fishbowl brings Facebook to your desktop.

Fishbowl is a trial application and a sample demonstrating a unique user experience with Facebook content, optimized for Windows 7.  It is available for download by technology enthusiasts and Facebook power users. Since it's currently a trial version, we don't support it.

Experience your Facebook content in new ways with a trial desktop client application that lets you personalize how you read your newsfeed, update status, comment, like, browse and upload photos.

Fully integrated with Microsoft Windows 7 features such as the new taskbar so you can monitor Facebook activity and friends at a glance.
Multitouch navigation and image gestures to navigate and view your photos.

More : fishbowl

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Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 now available for download!

The Mozilla community is proud to release Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 for download. This beta version of the next version of Firefox is built on the Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering engine, containing many improvements for web developers, Add-on developers, and users.

The Mozilla community appreciates your feedback and assistance in testing this preview of the next version of Firefox. Your beta software will update itself periodically, and eventually will be updated to the final release itself.

This first revision of the Beta of Firefox 3.6 / Gecko 1.9.2 introduces several new features:

    * Users can now change their browser’s appearance with a single click, with built in support for Personas.
    * Firefox 3.6 will alert users about out of date plugins to keep them safe.
    * Open, native video can now be displayed full screen, and supports poster frames.
    * Support for the WOFF font format.
    * Improved JavaScript performance, overall browser responsiveness and startup time.
    * Support for new CSS, DOM and HTML5 web technologies.

Web developers and Add-on developers should read more detail about the many new features in Firefox 3.6 for developers on the Mozilla Developer Center. For the full list of changes since the alpha release, see this list (it’s big).

Please use the following links to download Firefox 3.6 Beta, or visit the beta download page:

    * Windows: Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Setup.exe
    * Mac OS X: Firefox 3.6 Beta 1.dmg
    * Linux: firefox-3.6b1.tar.bz2

At this time most Add-ons have not yet been upgraded by their authors to be compatible with Firefox 3.6 Beta. If you wish to help test your Add-ons, please also download and install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter – your favorite Add-on author will appreciate it!

Via : developer.mozilla.org

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Tilera Announces the World's First 100-core Processor with the New TILE-Gx Family

Tilera® Corporation today announced its new TILE-Gx™ family - four new processors from Tilera including the world's first 100-core processor: the TILE-Gx100™.

The TILE-Gx100 offers the highest performance of any microprocessor yet announced by a factor of four.

Moreover, the entire TILE-Gx family raises the bar for performance-per-watt to new levels with ten times better compute efficiency compared to Intel's next generation Westmere processor. And Tilera has simplified many-core programming with its breakthrough Multicore Development Environment™ (MDE) together with a growing ecosystem of operating system and software partners to enable rapid product deployment.

The TILE-Gx family - available with 16, 36, 64 and 100 cores - employs Tilera's unique architecture that scales well beyond the core count of traditional microprocessors. Tilera's two-dimensional iMesh™ interconnect eliminates the need for an on-chip bus and its Dynamic Distributed Cache (DDC™) system allows each cores' local cache to be shared coherently across the entire chip. These two key technologies enable the TILE Architecture™ performance to scale linearly with the number of cores on the chip - a feat that is currently unmatched.

“"The launch of the TILE-Gx family, including the world's first 100-core microprocessor, ushers in a new era of many-core processing. We believe this next generation of high-core count, ultra high-performance chips will open completely new computing possibilities,” said Omid Tahernia, Tilera's CEO. “Customers will be able to replace an entire board presently using a dozen or more chips with just one of our TILE-Gx processors, greatly simplifying the system architecture and resulting in reduced cost, power consumption, and PC board area. This is truly a remarkable technology achievement.”

From : tilera.com

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