YouTube Could Be Hit By European TV Rules

Related Story: YouTube Just Nuked GreedTube YouTube and other video-sharing sites may have to be licensed like TV if a European Commission proposal isn't stopped. Even worse: video bloggers posting clips to their personal sites may have to seek a license to operate a "television-like service". The Commission wants video posted on the web to conform to the same standards as television, but thankfully the UK government is opposing the move.

PageFlakes 2.0 - The Netvibes Killer?

Pageflakes 2.0, the new version of the popular personalized startpage, is now live. The biggest change is a fresh, appealing design that's a hundred times better than the previous one - the interface was always Pageflakes' biggest downside, and this was a much-needed improvement. They've also created a neat walkthrough that helps you populate your page when you sign up, allowing you to choose which elements are included by default.

YouTube Nukes GreedTube?

Lots of readers emailed me yesterday to say that GreedTube, the YouTube clone that pays users a cut of the ad revenue, is no more. Instead, the site redirects to, suggesting that they were approached by YouTube's lawyers. Surprisingly, the site was up for more than a week - perhaps the Google-YouTube acquisition was keeping the YT lawyers away from their beloved cease and desist letters.

Second Life Hits One Million Accounts

They did it: Second Life, the virtual world that's never out of the headlines, just hit one million accounts. If you were watching the counter on, you would have seen it tick over earlier today.

Friendster Gets Another Social Networking Patent

Friendster, the company that famously patented social networking earlier this year, has just been granted another one. This time, the patent is a little lower on the obviousness scale - it covers uploading a photo of your friend, having them approve the photo and having the photo associated with them. I've simplified that slightly, and the actual patent covers "content", which might be an image with a caption, videos, audio, comments and other media types.

HotSoup To Launch Social Network for Political Debate
