May be you might not notice but YouTube has recently updated its embedded video players and added a few minor features. Below are the new supported features-

• The new YouTube videos are now blatantly supporting keyboard shortcuts:
• Space bar to pause the video and then resume it
• Right arrow to fast forward
• Left arrow to rewind/replay the video
• and the up/down arrows to adjust volume.

The overlayed YouTube logo from the old video player was also moved to the lower right corner of the player to replace the Menu button with essentially unchanged features (shows related videos and embed code when clicked).

May be these functionalities not affect you but it’ll used for branding purpose as well.

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This is Ben Heck's one-handed Wii controller and one-handed wireless Xbox 360 controller.

Looking a lot easier to hold, it requires the use of your leg to control the right analog stick (and idea that sounds weirder than it probably actually feels).


Source- http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/pictures-one-handed-xbox-360-controller-version-2

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Google Inc, the world's leading search engine, said on Monday it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft Corp were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo Inc.

Last month, Microsoft proposed buying Yahoo in a deal originally worth $44.6 billion, but Yahoo's board has rejected the offer, saying it was too low.

"We would be concerned by any kind of acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft," Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told reporters.

"We would hope that anything they did would be consistent with the openness of the Internet, but I doubt it would be."

Schmidt pointed to Microsoft's past history and "the things that it has done that have been so difficult for everyone," but he did not elaborate.

Last year, a European court upheld a landmark 2004 decision that Microsoft abused the near-monopoly power of its Windows operating system to damage competitors, along with a 497 million euro ($695 million) fine.

"We are concerned that there are things Microsoft could do that would be bad for the Internet," said Schmidt.

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer pledged earlier this month that his company would gain market share against Google in online advertising and Web searching, even if led to his "last breath" at the company.

In a Reuters poll of financial analysts, the overwhelming majority said they believed Microsoft would eventually succeed in buying Yahoo, but many said they felt it may not be the best use of its ample cash reserves.

Source- http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080317/wr_nm/google_microsoft_dc;_ylt=ApEYRYDQGWbImPkvmiEV.4sjtBAF

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In Apple's latest commercial, called the "The Winger", they show how the "iPhone makes remote blogging easier and faster." Check out the cool iPhone "The Winger" Ad video.

Source- http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-apple-launches-the-winger-iphone-ad

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Toshiba just updated their 12.1-inch Dynabook SS RX1 in Japan with a new 128GB SSD option. Build RX1/TAE bundles 128GB of solid state disk with internal, KDDI EV-DO data module, 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo U7600 processor, 2GB of memory, Intel 945GMS Express graphics, a 1,280 x 800 pixel panel resolution, and choice of 6.2 hour or 12.5 hour batteries.

How much? Try something like more than $4,000 when it pops for Japanese retail next month.
Source- http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/17/toshibas-dynabook-ss-rx1-worlds-first-laptop-with-128gb-ssd/

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