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KnockaTV: yet another user generated video site?

KnockaTV
While it's not entirely clear that the world needs another user-generated video website, we're at least a little intrigued by the teaser trailer at KnockaTV. The people behind this video sharing site are the folks who brought us ICQ, one of the first successful online chat applications.

The site hasn't even launched a private beta yet, so we can't tell you what, if anything, sets it apart from the dozens of other YouTube wannabes out there. In fact, the promotional video links together dozens of videos, some of which you've probably seen on YouTube, including the popular Will it Blend podcast and quite a few videos of young girls dancing in ways that would maker their parents... umm... proud?

It looks like the goal might be to present videos one after another in a TV-like style, with users voting on which videos should come next. Or perhaps, as Mike Arrington speculates, your personal voting preferences will determine which videos show up on your personalized "channel," much the way Pandora creates custom audio streams for individual users.

You can currently sign up to beta test the site as a video producer or viewer.

[via VentureBeat]

Filed under: Internet, Video, Web services

DailyMotion coming to the US (isn't it already here?)

Daily MotionVideo-sharing site DailyMotion is making a major push in the United States. Like pretty much anything else on the internet, it's not exactly off limits to US users right now, but the bulk of the site's audience is currently in France, where the company is located.

So what do these big new plans for US domination entail? The company plans to offer professional video along with user-generated content, include contextual advertising, and reward the top content producers with cash.

We can expect to hear announcements of partnerships with content producers soon. And it wouldn't be surprising to see some MTV and VH1 content soon, since it looks like a number of folks on the programming team have backgrounds working for those music networks.

Of course, a US push also means something else: US lawsuits. One of the reasons DailyMotion is relatively popular in the states is that it's easy to find copyright-infringing content. DailyMotion is crawling with full length feature films and television programs. It'll be interesting to see if the site takes steps to reduce the number of illegally uploaded clips -- and if it can make headway in the US market without those clips.

[via TechCrunch]

Filed under: Internet, Video, Web services

Chime.TV: Joost up your browser with YouTube videos

Chime.tv
Want the time-wasting ability of Joost, but don't want to go through the trouble of downloading a program to watch your internet television? Chime.TV is a flash-based website that lets you create or watch channels of short videos from sites including Blip TV, Break.com, Daily Motion, Google Video, MetaCafe, MySpace, Veoh, & YouTube.

Nothing to special about that. Chime.TV is hardly the first site to scrape together user-submitted videos from multiple sources. But what is special is the interface.

When you visit Chime.TV, you're presented with a list of "channels" on the left. Click a category and a playlist will be created, with one video after another playing in the tiny window in the middle. Or create your own playlist by typing a search term in the box at the bottom.

Click on the tiny window and the video gets larger. But things really get interesting when you click the fullscreen button. Because they really mean full screen. If you didn't know any better, you'd think you had exited your web browser and loaded a new video. But this is all just part of the flash interface. Unfortunately, you can't search for videos when in full-screen mode, but the interface is pretty impressive, even if the content is pretty much typical fair. No full-length TV episodes here (at least legally). For that, you'll still want to try Joost, which has partnered with content owners like Viacom and CBS.

[via TechCrunch]

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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