10/10/2008

YouTube starts running full-length CBS shows

Filed under: — Aviran Mordo

YouTube, the largest video-sharing Website, has started to run full-length TV shows from CBS Corp’s archive, in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing.

The site, owned by Google Inc, said on Friday it was talking to other TV networks to sign similar deals to CBS. Many TV networks already run short clips on YouTube, which also offers millions of home videos uploaded by users.

A mix of archive CBS shows, including “Star Trek,” “Young and the Restless” and “Beverly Hills 90210,” will now be available in full-length episodes of 20 minutes to 48 minutes.

OpenOffice 3.0 to Launch Oct. 13

Filed under: — Aviran Mordo

OpenOffice.org will host a launch party in Paris on October 13 to celebrate the eighth anniversary of OpenOffice and the release of version 3.0.

That day will hopefully mark the actual availability of the software as well; “[The] target date is now 13th or 14th of October,” Charles Schulz wrote on the OpenOffice marketing blog on Oct. 2.

Meanwhile, OpenOffice 3.0 release candidate 4 is available via the organization’s Web site as of Oct. 7. However, RC4 is not recommended for production use, as it is not the final product, OpenOffice.org said.

OpenOffice, intended to be a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, released the beta version of 3.0 in May. OpenOffice 3.0 will feature a new Start Center, icons, and zoom control in the status bar, as well as support for the “.docx” file format used by Microsoft Office 2007. The release candidate also includes additional, technical updates, details of which are provided on the OpenOffice Web site.

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