How To Add a YouTube Video to Your Web Site

First locate a video you'd like to add to your page on YouTube, look to the top right (usually in two small form fields) on the page. One form field is labled URL, which is the address of that page itself. The other is labled Embed, and by simply clicking your mouse within that field, all the text in that field is highlighted. You then right mouse click in that field, and select Copy from your browser's drop down that will appear when you right click in the field.
Here's what the embed code for the video above looks like:

Then, open the source code of your web page, and using a tool such as NotetabPro or Expression Web, paste it into your page (either right click again where you want it, and select Paste, or place the mouse cursor where you want it, and hit Control and V on your keyboard at the same time. The embed code will be thusly deposited into your web page. Save the page, upload it to your web server using an FTP client, and view it in your browser!
It works in Firefox, MSIE, Chrome, and just about any new browser out there. Most browsers come preinstalled with Flash, and if not, the visitor will usually be prompted by the browser to download the appropriate software. If you can see the video above, then you can see any video from YouTube. There are other video providers, and most use the same method of letting users embed video.

Facebook to Bring Location Based Services Starting April 2010

World's leading social network Facebook has done almost everything right to ensure that it stays number one for the years to come. It also had a variety of applications and services. However, one thing it lacked was a location based service.

This is exactly what Facebook is trying to sort. Apparently, the company has been working on a location-based service for close to a year now. However, it was kept under wraps fearing privacy issues. Besides this, Facebook also wanted this feature to be completely ready for adoption before they announce it.

As for the feature, it will allow users to share their location and whereabouts with their friends. Developers will also be able to create location specific applications for Facebook. One thing we are sure about that this would be warmly welcomed by those of you who are addicted to Facebook mobile. Twitter already has support for Geotagging and looks like Facebook too is headed in that direction. One thing we noticed was that as soon as the news of Facebook's support for location based services was announced, Twitter briefly turned on its Geotagging option for a few hours. This feature was strangely missing on the Twitter website - even as other clients supported it.

Facebook will be adding this location information at the F8 developer conference next month, according to a report by The New York Times.

Google Search Coming to Your TV?

Google is testing a new television programming search service in conjunction with Dish Network, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The service, which appears to be very much in a limited testing phase, runs on a special set-top box and apparently searches content from both the Dish programming guide, as well as web video services like YouTubeYouTube.

Without any details about the specific implementation, it’s unclear how similar this venture is to the new upcoming TiVo Premiere service that was announced last week.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of The Wall Street Journal’s report dealt less with the service itself and more with the technology that powers the set-top box. Apparently, portions of Google’s Android OS power the Google-enabled device. While AndroidAndroid has been spotted on other devices like tablets and netbooks (or, so-called smartbooks), a move to the embedded device space could be huge.

As consumer electronics rapidly shift toward connectivity (hey, it might have taken us 15 years, but now everything is moving at a rapid pace), there are huge opportunities for embedded systems developers. As it stands, most embedded devices use either a custom-built kernel or a modified version of BusyBox, but GoogleGoogle could theoretically offer a framework that would be both free and value-rich for device makers, while also offering opportunities that impact Google’s core business.

Of course, this isn’t Google’s first foray into television. Back in 2008, Google AdWords launched Google TV Ads as a platform for companies to buy airtime in various markets. That project hasn’t been as successful as other Google ventures, but perhaps a more direct way of tying search to television would have better results.

Anti-pollen allergy ringtone

Japan gets to download another equally zany app for their cell phones, a ringtone that’s supposed to clean your nostrils in case you suffer from pollen allergy. The way it works is pretty simple.

All that you need to do is to download the ringtone (works in Japan only), stick your cell phone to your nose and let the Hana Sukkiri Mashinuu (“Cleared Up Nose Machine”) do the job.

The ringtone provider, mobile contents giant Index, is also responsible for the Bowlingual iPhone app for dogs. The company says there are a total of 27 ways to “personalize” the ringtone, with frequencies ranging from 420 to 1,070Hz.

Tell the app if you have S-, M- or L-sized cheekbones (I don’t know why), choose the frequency, and the nasty pollens supposedly fall out of your nose automatically.

Bug Hidden for Seventeen Years

Google security researcher Tavis Ormandy discovered an ancient bug early this year, present on a utility that allows newer versions of Windows to run very old programs. Ormandy found a way to exploit this utility in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Windows Vista and Windows 7. First appearing in Windows NT 3.1, the vulnerability has been carried over into almost every version of Windows that has appeared since. Microsoft has issued a security bulletin about the problem and aims to tackle it soon.

The February update for Windows will close the loophole that dates from the time of DOS (Disk Operating System)-based operating systems, but att the moment there is no evidence that this latest find is being actively exploited online. Microsoft will release the patch for this vulnerability in their February security update, which will also eliminate five other vulnerabilities that allow attackers to hijack a Windows PC and run their own programs on it. As well as fixing holes in many versions of Windows, the update also tackles bugs in Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2004 for Apple Macintosh machines.

Window's 7 New features

Windows 7 has a number of new features not found in prior versions, including Wireless Setup, HomeGroup, Multi-touch, Internet TV and PlayTo. Multi-touch has already been deployed in a number of systems, most notable being HP that has added touch screen capabilities to a recent line of desktop PCs.

The timing is coincidental but fortunate that both Intel and AMD are migrating more CPUs to 64-bit architectures around the same time as Microsoft is introducing Windows 7.

All new consumer PCs are pre-installed with Windows 7. Enterprises that were slow to convert to Windows Vista will migrate faster to Windows 7, he says.

Windows 7 has improvements in memory management to allow users to have a better experience than with Vista on PCs with similar or even slightly lower specifications, says Michael Silver, vice-president and analyst at Gartner.

“It adds other features of interest to organisations, as well as to consumers. It is important for Microsoft to get off to a good start with Windows 7 to build momentum and put the problems of Vista behind it.”

“The Windows 7 release will generate renewed interest in hardware upgrades in consumers and small businesses following its release, but corporate demand is not expected to gain momentum until the end of 2010,” says Charles Smulders, managing vice-president at Gartner.

“An overdue PC hardware upgrade cycle, and the economic environment will be as equally important as Windows 7 in determining final demand in 2010.”

How to get rid of BUZZ in GMAIL

To get rid of Buzz, though. From the Settings screen, locate and click the Buzz link among the available settings. From the “Buzz choices” section, click “Do not show Google Buzz in Gmail” and/or Disable Google Buzz.

Selecting “Do not show Google Buzz in Gmail” will simply remove the Buzz link from your Gmail. Disabling Buzz will remove any Buzz profile you’ve created as well as any posts (or buzzes) that you’ve made.