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<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: Using video - let me count the ways

In my <a href="http://bit.ly/gIGdhU" target="_blank">last column </a>I covered a few of the many features incorporated in the YouTube website. For example, the ability to edit videos, add captions and sort into playlists.

Christchurch earthquake: Uplifting clip shows recovery

Mind-blowing response after YouTube video shows Christchurch suburb getting back on its feet.

Music labels making millions from YouTube, says Google

YouTube is no longer just about building a buzz on emerging artists and new albums. The largest labels are making "millions of dollars a month" from the advertising alongside their videos.

<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: YouTube - it's a tool, not just a toy

If you're a typical parent, I bet you're continually chiding your children for chewing up your home internet bandwidth allowance, watching videos on YouTube.

The day nostalgia died

Alan Perrott finds sharing memories ain’t what it used to be.

Tennis: Hey ...where'd my racquet go? (watch video)

Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska had a bizarre moment in her first round clash at the Australian Open when her racquet snapped mid-point.

The year in tech - and what's coming in 2011

A quick skim through some front page news stories over the past year provides incontrovertible proof of technology's grip on our lives.

Paul Henry is NZ's most watched on YouTube

While he isn't exactly in TVNZ's good books, it appears that Paul Henry is a big Kiwi favourite online.

Hacking Kinect - getting past the game

Xbox motion controller Kinect might be the gift to get this Christmas, but enthusiasts around the world are teaching the device sweet new tricks.

Minister's slip of the tongue gives France the giggles

Facebook's dotcom adventure may yet fail spectacularly

Facebook's valuation, vacillating in recent months between $23bn and $33bn, is highly speculative and almost certainly too high.

Death plot shadows President

Will Ping change the way we share music?

While most online music ventures let us listen for free, Ping revolves around something that for many has become an anachronism - paying for it.

Atheist smokes Koran, Bible 'joints'

Bieber fever invades the web

Depending on your age, gender and tolerance levels for whiny teenage singers with dodgy haircuts, the diminutive Canadian pop and R&B phenomenon is either a heart-melting object of infatuation or a viral contagion infecting the web.

Dancing tagger's weapons claim rejected

Google's predictive text attempt leaves users lost for words

It does nothing to speed up typing; as one user said, it's as if someone is constantly interrupting you to finish your sentences, and always getting it wrong.

Christchurch mayor's stock rises post-quake