Everyone’s favorite video website has just flipped the switch to it’s new Widescreen 16:9 formatting. No longer will videos shot in widescreen be squished to fit inside the old 4:3 video player. In order to take advantage of the extra space in the video player you need to shoot your videos in Widescreen. 

I suggest using the NEW Flip Mino HD camcorder which is currently available on Amazon.com for $206.99! The Flip Mino HD is the world’s smallest HD camcorder - and the most affordable. Weighing at only 3.3 ounches you can slip this HD marvel into your pocket and take it out when you are ready to shoot your films. I’ve had the Flip Mino HD camcorder for the past couple of weeks and have enjoyed the clarity of the images that it produces. 

So why not, upgrade your Youtube with the Flip Mino HD! 

Itworld’s Markus Jakobsson highlights one of the hidden dangers of password recovery wizards: They can be easily phished or hacked!

When you have forgotten your password, some sites send you an email with a link for you to click. Phishers who have stolen access to your email account can do that, too. Other sites will ask you for your mother’s maiden name, the name of your best friend, what city you grew up in, or what brand your first car was. Did you know that phishers can answer those questions, too?

Like the city you grew up in, your mother’s maiden name can be derived from public records – from birth certificates and marriage certificates to be specific. Facebook might unwittingly tell the name of your best friend. And,until quite recently, Ford with its 25% market share had a pretty good chance of being the brand of your first car! (Itworld, Aug 12, 2008 “What is worse than reusing passwords?”)

A solution to this problem would be to give your answers in the form of another passwords. For instance if a website asks for your “Favorite Childhood Pet’s Name” instead of answering “Fido” you could put in a separate password “x39google!”

Note: x39google! is not a password I use, it’s just an example.

CNN.com is reporting individuals are beginning to convert their gas-powered vehicles into energy saving electric cars.

Horsley, a self-described do-it-yourselfer, simply plugs his truck into an electric wall outlet in his Douglasville, Georgia, garage and charges it overnight, instead of buying gasoline refined from mostly imported oil.

“If I can keep a dollar from going overseas, I’ll spend two dollars,” he said. The whole conversion, including the truck, cost him about $12,000, which parts dealers say is about standard.

Another Atlanta-area tinkerer, David Kennington, converted his Honda Civic del Sol from gasoline to electric for a different reason: “I’m a raging greenie,” he said.

Both Horsley and Kennington are fed up. They’re among a growing number of Americans who are refusing to wait for big-car manufacturers to deliver mainstream electric vehicles, called EVs. Not only have they rebelled against the status quo by ripping out their gas-guzzling engines and replacing them with zero-emission electric motors, they say just about anyone can do it. (CNN, Aug 14, 2008 “Converting gas-powered cars to electric”)

The article is accompanied by a “Going Electric” guide of the basics to which parts need to be swapped in order turn your gas guzzler into an electronic marvel.

Lifehacker:

Replace Notepad with Extendable AkelPad Windows only: Free, lightweight Notepad alternative AkelPad offers a roster of handy text editing features out of the box, such as tabs for working on multiple files, fast search and replace, file preview, and a multi-level undo. (Download)

Drag & Drop.io Makes Sharing Files Dead Simple - Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): The Drag & Drop.io Firefox extension makes it easy to quickly share a file in Firefox 3 with previously mentioned file sharing site Drop.io by simple dragging and dropping the file in your browser. The best part of the extension is that you don’t need to go through any tedious Browse for file dialogs to upload files you’re probably already staring at anyway. (Download)

Edison Makes Your PC Go Green - Windows only: Free system tray application Edison helps save energy and money by tweaking your PC’s power settings on a schedule. Edison allows you to set different energy preferences for work and non-work time, then choose the times you want each profile to run. (Download)

TMZ.com is one of the most trafficed Celebrity News and Gossip websites on the net. All the news organizations quote TMZ almost daily. According to wikipedia, “‘TMZ’ stands for “Thirty Mile Zone,” (around Los Angeles)a term which originated in the 1960s”

Visit TMZ.com

PerezHilton.com is the celebrity blog operated by Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr.(A.K.A. Perez Hilton). Perez Hilton’s blog is most known for the doodles he draws on each photo - usually to signify an underlining meaning. The blog has also been used in the pass to out homosexual celebrities.

Visit PerezHilton.com

Defamer.com is a celebrity news and gossip blogged own by Gawker Media. The website is setup like a news magazine with articles on personalities like Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Presidential Candidates.

Visit Defamer.com

Popsugar.com is a celebrity news blog that “differentiates itself from other gossip blogs by refraining from posting “snarky” commentary about the celebrities it follows.” according to Wikipedia.org.

Visit Popsugar.com

TheSuperficial.com - The Superficial is another quality website that is devoted to celebrity news and gossip. According to wikipedia.org The Superficial is known for it’s “sharply negative and biting wit”

Visit The Superficial

More Celebrity Websites and Blogs:

• Celebrity Gossip - A very clean design with a black background. It has sections full of photos and videos.
• The Hollywood Gossip - This website has sections that covers celebrity hairstyles, among the regular breaking news that you would find at other celebrity gossip websites. The content is amazingly organized.
• Celebpulp.com - This celebrity website’s design is based off CNN.com. So, it makes it look familiar to the majority of the audience. Celebpulp features videos and breaking news articles from the celebrity and hollywood worlds.
• CelebrityGossip.com - This website claims to be updated every 5 minutes! It looks like they are running some type of aggregator that posts news from other websites. I didn’t stick around long enough to find out if this is true or not. The website is very pink.

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