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That’s right, according to the “new” Terms & Conditions; YouTube has 100% rights to every single piece of your video, down to the audio portion.  This means that they can strip the audio portion of your catchy tunes and sell it off to some ad agency or slap it on a CD.  The other major concern is the possible acquisition of YouTube.  It is after all an extremely attractive piece of meat, with nearly 100 million videos served up a day.  The new owner will assume all rights.  So, you must carefully weigh the pro and cons of uploading your videos onto YouTube.

“…by submitting the User Submissions to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the YouTube Website and YouTube’s (and its successor’s) business… in any media formats and through any media channels.”

YouTube’s ‘New’ Terms Still Fleece Musicians [via Wired]

I don’t know how Bush was raised, as far back as I can remember, my mom, teachers and others in society have all taught me to respect other people’s private space. Everyone has a private zone extending about two feet from outwards, which is roughly arms length. So what could have caused Bush to cross the line and offer up what seems to be an unsolicited shoulder massage to Chancellor Merkel? Who knows, perhaps he felt the need to resort to another method of communication to overcome his lack of verbal skills?  Is this how

Michael Shaughnessy says,

I can only imagine what Chancellor Merkel was thinking and it can’t be positive. While ‘personal space’ is less than what you have in the US, Germans still have social tabus on touching, especially in such a public forum as the G8 summit. Germans may be obsessed with shaking hands, but it is a very brief shake. Even family members will shake hands with each other. Touching of this sort is for -very- close friends in private. At least this produced yet another cool German word: “Blitz-Massage.”
Here is an excerpt from an etiquette guide for Germany, interesting and funny stuff: Link.

Yes, Bush is the President and all, but is this the right example that a world leader should set?

Bush’s grope: “Blitz-Massage” or Vulcan nerve pinch? [Via Boing Boing]

Once again proving that you can’t keep anything hidden from a determined geek, AppleInsider, via one of their members, has dissected the latest iPod firmware to get an idea as to what Apple has planned for future iterations. As it turns out, the latest iPod firmware makes pointed references to both phone and instant messenger system calls, meaning that the vaunted Wi-Fi-enabled iPod might not be as far away as we think.

The new firmware makes reference to a number ‘t_feature_app_PHONE_APP,” “kPhoneSignalStrength,” “clPhoneCallHistoryModel,” prPhoneSettingsMenu,” “prPhoneSettingsMenuView,” prPhoneEnab ileSetting” and “prPhoneMenuItem.” Most of these are self-explanitory: checking the phone’s signal strength, interfacing with a phone application (iCaller?), call history, phone preferences, etc. The new firmwre also includes calls for interfacing with an IM application (most likely the next version of iChat), meaning that we could also see an IM-enabled iPod with the next release.

We won’t know anything for certain until Apple releases new details on their upcoming iPods, but new concepts like this could account for the delays in shipping the next-generation of Apple’s popular music player. With the Microsoft Zune quickly approaching with an impressive feature set, Apple needs to do something drastic to make sure that their iPods don’t get left in the dust. Phone functionality and IM should do the trick, don’t ya think?
[via Apple Insider]

Before jumping to conclusions, it’s highly possible that Bill likes to use his middle finger to point.  For me, the only time I use that special finger is to flip someone off (which I rarely do).  The other explanation could be that Bill’s subconsciously sending Steve a message.  Not a very pretty message but it’s pretty clear.

GoldVish, an uber-luxury communication company out of Geneva Switzerland manufactured what may be the most expensive cell phone in the world; costing $1M. That’s enough o feed a relatively small country for a few weeks. The one of kind GoldVish phone is plastered with 120 carats of VVS-1 grade diamonds, while the casing is made of white gold. The “Piece Unique”, as it’s called is the brainchild of Swiss watch designer Emmanuel Gueit.

If you’re looking to buy this beauty, you’ll need a Swiss bank account with over $1M. And GoldVish doesn’t take Visa or Matercards.

The company also offers another line called the Illusion line. It’s not as exotic as the Piece Unique but still cost as much as a home in an upper class neighborhood. The Illusion line comes in platinum, yellow and white gold. There’s at least 140 grams of solid gold and features perfect diamonds.

I wonder if these two phones feature Bluetooth, WiFi, and a crappy camera?

GoldVish Luxury Cell Phone launch at Millionaire Fair Cannes [via Gizmag]

Is it that big of a deal that one out of countless Dell laptops in existence catch on fire? The obvious answer is yes. It’s been the topic of discussion through out the blogosphere, since the initial report back on June 22. It’s official; Dell has joined in on the discussion a week ago. They believe it’s the fault of the lithium ion battery cell. It takes two to tango, and a battery alone doesn’t catch on fire without the help of the laptop that it’s attached to. And by the way, we care to be reminded that there are billions of lithium ion batteries used in electronic products – what we do care about is not being torched by a flaming laptop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqvRjHaDX6M

Life is good for this chimp – unlike his brethrens in the wild; he’s well fed and gets to play Ms. PacMan all day long. What a life.

Link [neatorama]

An Ohio woman and her son got a surprised of their life, when one of their new kittens has two faces. It has two mouths that meow simultaneously, two noses and four eyes. I don’t feel so bad now when I used to be called four eyes for having thick lenses on my glasses.

This freak of nature is very rare – thank goodness. Just think of how mortified our children will be if they start seeing other kittens with two faces. Veterinarians said that once the kitten passed the 48 hour mark, its got a much better chance of living a full life. It’s still unknown if it has one or two brains. Lets hope that there’s only one since this will also increase its chance of survival. There’s also report that it has already begun nursing just like the other kittens in the litter. Yah! You go “Deuce.”
Read [via WLKY.com]

Welcome to the new Vincent Nguyen also know as UnderShock (www.undershock.com available soon).  A big thanks to Ewdison Then for designing this great looking site.

UnderShock’s number one goal is to bring you the latest news in various categories such as Technology, Business, Science, Entertainment, World and Local News.  If there are topics that you would like to see covered that aren’t already covered; email me at Vincent.Nguyen@gmail.com or feel free to leave a comment at the end of the post.

Lastly, the site is still very new so it’s highly possible that there may be a few bugs roaming around.  If you should run into problems or experience some funky behaviors – please let me know immediately.

Vincent

Aradius Media Network, also known as R3Media is proud to announce Aradius Web 2.0 network sites. The new sites under the Web 2.0 umbrella consist of the following:

R3Media: News portal
SlashGear: Latest Tech and Gadgets
SmartFone: All Things Smart Phones
aMobileMe: The Mac Blog
Unbox.IT: Unboxing Ceremonies
iSee Video: Video Blogging
TrackBack Today: User Discussion Community / Image Gallery

There are also links to news coverage from SlashPhone and PhoneMag. If you’re familiar with SlashPhone’s history, then you’ll remember that it was once called SmartFone.Net. About a year later, PhoneMag came onto the scene using a less formal content management system. The blog style design is to accommodate visitors who visiting these kinds of sites.

Your comments and feedbacks on the site layout, content or any issues you may experience are very much appreciated.

Last but not least, I would like to send out a special thank you to Ewdison Then for months of hard work coding the back end as well as designing the template. Great job old friend!

Vincent