European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 k stars and stripes thursday March 222007 youre got a favorite youtube video site is giving but awards for the Best use crafted videos of 2006 by Jake Coyle the associated press new York lonely girls of go and other youtube sensations will get an Opportunity to walk Down a virtual red carpet the video sharing web site announced monday that it will hold the first youtube video awards to recognize the Best user re ated videos of 2006 the awards will be handed out in seven categories most creative most inspirational Best series Best comedy musician of the year Best commentary and most adorable video Ever the nominees picked by youtube Are compiled in a gallery at Yta wards youtube Community members can vote on their favourites until Friday the winners As chosen by the Community will be announced saturday each will be prominently featured on you tube and receive a trophy Success on the site has previously been de fined largely by rankings of the mos viewed or mos discussed videos we wanted to Call out some of the most popular videos and let the users choose which ones deserve some additional recognition said Jamie Byrne head of product marketing at youtube the vast and varied world of online video has gradually formed styles All its own which figured into the formation of the Cate Gories we looked at the genres of Content that were the most popular last year Byrne said weve seen and continue to see exciting new developments in the online video space where genres Are being created among the nominees Are noted bloggers Paul Robinett and Peter Oakley the comedy of Barats and Bereta and Smosh is also nominated As Are series such As lonely irless and ask a ninja the Power pop band of go is per haps the most professional of the nominees its nominated for the famous Treadmill Cho re graphed music video Here it goes again whether the youtube video awards be comes a permanent annual affair is Likely Byrne said but it will depend on How the first awards Are received we want to see How the Community re sponds to it but we can see this being some thing that grows As we continue to grow and becomes a bigger and More exciting event in the future Byrne said an i person ceremony is possible in the future Google owned san Bruno Cali based youtube inc was founded in february 2005 last week Media conglomerate Viacom inc sued youtube for billion claiming the site infringes on copyrights on a huge scale Sev eral other Media companies have reached agreements to Supply youtube with clips according to co score Media matrix you tube attracted 1335 million visitors world wide in january go to to pick your favorite report us is worst for web dangers the associated press san Jose Calif the United states generates More malicious computer activity than any other country and sophisticated Hack ers worldwide Are banding together in highly efficient crime rings according to a new report researchers at Syman Tec corp also found that fierce Competition in the criminal underworld is driving Down prices for stolen Finan Cial information criminals May Purchase Veri fied credit card numbers for As fit tie As and they can buy a com plete identity a Date of birth and us Bank account credit card and government issued identification numbers for according to by mantels twice year by internet Security threat re port released monday researchers at the Security software company found that about a third of All computer at tacks worldwide in the second half of 2006 originated from machines in the United states that makes the United states the most Fertile Breeding ground for threats such As spam phishing and malicious code easily sur passing runners up China which generates 10 percent of attacks and Germany which generates 7 percent inventors p life into re sen Hillary Clinton any left and John Mccain Ariz 2008 candidates invade myspace the associated press los Angeles prospective us voters anxious to learn John Mccain favorite television show or to be friends with Barack Obama now have a Chance the popular social networking site myspace com on sunday launched a Section dedicated to the 2008 presidential election called the Impact Channel it is the latest attempt by an internet company to educate voters by serv ing As an information Hub for political candidates and the Public by clicking onto the Sites mostly Young users can link to the personal pages or profiles of 10 presidential hopefuls Obama Hillary Clinton John Edwards Joseph Biden and Dennis Kucinich were among five democrats who have set up myspace profiles republicans Mccain Rudolph Giuliani Duncan Hunter Mitt Romney and Ron Paul the Texas Congress Man also have set up myspace pages myspace users also will be Able to read Candi dates blogs look at photos and video and if they choose link their favorite candidates to their friends list or put a candidates and onto their own pages in the coming weeks the site will provide voter registration tools and a payment function where users can make Campaign contributions so far some candidates myspace profiles appear More intricate than others and some were designed to Appeal to Young people Kucinich profile shows a picture of him with his wife and Young children and audio instructions on How to pronounce his name visitors to Romney Page can Click and play Elvis Presley a Little less conversation and get instructions for copying his Campaign Banner onto an other Page Mccain lets myspace users know his favorite Tele vision show is 24 and his favorite movie is Viva Zapata Obama profile boasted at least 66000 friends it lists his status As married his occupation his ethnicity and Zodiac sign by Pines Ramie the associated press Milwaukee Dilip Kotecha figured his working Days were Over when he retired from the Foo manufacturing Industry but after an unused Patent for in Stant Yogurt landed in his Lap he resist turning the Dor Mant technology into a business i would say our company even be there without that Patent the 59yearold entrepreneur said countless patents including the one used to Start up Kotecha company Potot sit unused when companies decide not to develop them into products now Norfo profit groups and state governments Are asking Compa Nies to donate dormant patents so they can be passed to local entrepreneurs who try to build Busi Nesses out of them Kotecha Patent covered the formulation of instant Yogurt consume products company so Johnson of Racine wis was awarded it in 1984 but tabled its plans instead of gathering dust the donated Patent spawned a Startup that Kotecha Hopes will revolutionize the vending machine Industry and provide snacks to troops overseas there Are countless other patents that Are promising but sitting Idle business developers say companies used to receive tax benefits for donating patents but Congress ended the incentive in 2004 after too Many companies tried to unload useless patents with Little Chance of being commercialized now that Federal tax Breaks have been eliminated theres less of an incentive for companies to offer unused patents but unused patents Are being sought elsewhere too Judy Mckinne Cherry the director of economic development for Delaware said her state acquires patents and offers them to local citizens As a Way to energize the Economy its a question of thinking strategically Lon term Mckin Ney Cherry said you Only need one or two businesses to hit out of 100 and you have a Winner Darren Youtt an instant Yogurt cup with a 12month shelf life was developed from a dormant Patent
