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MySpaceTV has launched its new original web series, Roommates today. The show features 8 women just out of college. They’re all friends and they all have profiles on MySpace of course. Sponsored by Ford, the show will air three minute episodes from Monday to Friday unitl December 22.
Fans are encouraged to add characters from the […]

If you’re looking for royalty-free sound files and loops, you’re in luck. Soundsnap is a free online database of public domain sound clips and effects that have been tagged, categorized, and uploaded by users.
Sounds files are separated in 16 categories and users can search for audio files by using tag cloud to see the most […]

Discovery Communications Inc. will be acquiring HowStuffWorks.com for $250 million. A WSJ article reports that Discovery will use HowStuffWorks to aid in its effort to bring Discovery’s impressive video library to the Web.
With an estimated 11 million users worldwide with 3.8 unique visitors from the U.S. every month, HowStuffWorks’ integration with Discovery is sure to […]

With the holidays slowly but surely approaching, some of you are already planning your vacations. Browsing through the various online travel guides can be a frustrating task, particularly if you need reliable and updated information. Wikitravel is a free worldwide travel guide boasting of 16,697 destination guides.

Choose a destination and Wikitravel provides you with a […]

The Google Lat Long Blog has just announced that you can now view YouTube videos within Google Earth. Users can browse geotagged videos by going to the ‘Featured Content’ folder in the left side panel. Clicking on the YouTube button will display video icons all over the map.
Videos appear when users zoom in on specific […]

eBay has just launched its new feature called eBay Neighborhoods. The new feature gives eBay members a chance to join groups, rate and review products, leave comments, and upload photos.

Members can’t create their own groups though, they have to choose from one of the 600 premade groups created by eBay. Not too social eh? Other […]

Neosmart Technologies has mentioned that Windows XP SP3 build 3205, will include features backported from Vista. SP3 was supposedly released to beta testers on Sunday.
Some of the new features include a kernel module with several encryption algorithms accessible by third party developers, a new activation module that doesn’t require a product key, and Network Access […]

Have you ever wished that you could insert more information in the videos that you embed on your blog? Maybe you’d like your home videos to be interactive. Asterpix is a free online service that will let you create hypervideos for your website, blog, and home videos.
Asterpix lets you create hotspots on your video that […]