The New York Observer » YouTube http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:52:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Updated: NYSE Hacked! Is the Anonymous Infrastructure Crumbling? [Video] Update: It looks like some members of Anonymous were able to take the  website for the New York Stock Exchange offline for approximately two minutes. No trading was affected. A compromise, or just a failed mission? Also, what about the "no hacking on a holiday" rule??

Watch out, New York Stock Exchange! You are the next target of the hacker group Anonymous, according to a YouTube video that went up October 5th. That would be the day of Occupy Wall Street's Megamarch, though the latter group has tried to distance itself from the hacktivist community.
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]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/10/nyse-remains-unhacked-is-the-anonymous-infrastructure-crumbling-video/ Local Network Blip.tv Scores Distribution of YouTube’s Biggest Stars

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/tech/local-network-bliptv-scores-distribution-youtubes-biggest-stars Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Joint in New Williamsburg Studio Don't be fooled by the potbellies and mustaches, Williamsburg residents haven't gone soft yet. 

Indeed, nothing caps off a Saturday afternoon at the Brooklyn Flea like a round of Brazilian ground wrestling. Or so we gather given that Williamsburg Brazilian Jiu Jitsu has just signed a 2,800-square-foot lease at 42 Dobbin Street, between Nassau and Norman avenues. The studio is run by Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/real-estate/ground-grapplers-new-williamsburg-studio Kim Jong Un Got Hacked For His Birthday North Korea has a website. As in, a single website.

It also has one Twitter account and one YouTube account. That's how stuff works in a crazy, despotic dictatorship.

Anyways, this past weekend marked the birthday of Kim Jong-Un, scion of the increasingly unhinged Kim Jong-il and closely watched heir to the throne.

Jong-Un was probably expecting the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/culture/kim-jong-un-got-hacked-his-birthday Goldman Sachs Investing in Bed Intruders! Next New Networks is a New York-based network of online video producers that has had a hand in YouTube hits including Obama Girl, Autotune the News and the Bed Intruder Song, which was the most-viewed YouTube video of the year.

YouTube is rumored to be in talks to buy NNN, but TechCrunch is reporting something Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/goldman-sachs-investing-bed-intruders YouTube Handing Out $500,000 to Users (and Maybe $50 Million for Bed Intruders) Who says amateur video doesn't pay?

YouTube is handing out $1,000 vouchers for video equipment to 5,000 lucky YouTube stars as it mulls buying New York's mememaking video production group Next New Networks. Peter Kafka at Media Memo has sources who tell him NNN--from whence came the Bed Intruder song, the top YouTube hit of the year--is Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/youtube-handing-out-500000-users-and-maybe-50-million-bed-intruders More Bed Intruders Wanted: YouTube May Buy NY Shop Behind Year’s Top Video Video giant YouTube is looking at acquiring the New York-based viral video syndicate Next New Networks, according to The New York Times:

The acquisition would be YouTube's first major foray into producing original content, and shows how intently YouTube is focused on offering professional shows, not just amateur videos and other short clips.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/youtube-buying-new-yorks-viral-video-farm-0 Google’s Super-Nerdy Commercial for Chrome Hits YouTube [Watch] Google just released a faux-infommercial on YouTube supposedly hacked together by some Chrome engineers reading a script off their laptops, and well, the joint oozes geekiness.

The spot is for Chrome OS, Google's new browser-based operating system. Two engineers sit at laptops bedecked with Google stickers. One of them starts talking about troubleshooting problems with Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/googles-super-nerdy-commercial-chrome-hits-youtube McCain Household At Odds Over ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhFZ7qjrw5U&feature=player_embedded#!

The new anti-bullying message from the NOH8 Campaign highlights an apparent standoff between Arizona Senator John McCain and his wife Cindy McCain.

In the video message pushing for repeal of the military's long-standing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, Cindy McCain pushes for the ban to be lifted--a matter currently under consideration for repeal by Congress. Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/mccain-household-odds-over-dont-ask-dont-tell Manhattan Court Orders YouTube to Identify Online Stalker A local judge opened a can of worms today by ordering Google to reveal the identity of a Youtube user who created a creepy video shrine to business consultant Carla Franklin.

The video mixed innocuous footage of Franklin from student films with sensitive personal information and was accompanied by several sexual slurs in the comments, including Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/manhattan-court-orders-youtube-identify-online-stalker Introducing Coco Cam: 24 Hours of Live Conan O’Brien on YouTube Today Ever since the internet tried to save his job, Conan O'Brien -- or Coco, as the Web knows him -- has been eager to return the favor.

Coco and company have become rabid user of trendy social sites like Tumblr and Twitter. They've dropped more than a few viral videos.

But starting at 1pm today, O'Brien and Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/meet-coco-cam-24-hours-live-conan-obrien-youtube-today YouTube takes over the Guggenheim!

It's official: YouTube videos are now in the same realm as Matisse, Kandinsky and Picasso (also, sigh, Harleys and Armani). Yep, YouTube is hitting the Guggenheim.

In honor of its "abiding focus on new media" (wink, wink) the Guggenheim will put up an installation from October 22-24 in its light-infused spiral Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/youtube-takes-over-guggenheim Art Snapshot: Rise of the Masses! An average Joe discovers a $200 million trove of Ansel Adams negatives at a garage sale, struggling art vendors protest new regulations, and flip-flop wearing bargain hunters clamor for Lawrence Salander's belongings. This week in art news: don't forget the little guy. 1. YouTube Play Generates Buzz and FrustrationThe jury for the Guggenheim's Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/art-snapshot-rise-masses A Guide to the Gaffe Gaffes seem to be gushing as much as Gulf Coast oil. John Boehner's antsy metaphor and Joe Barton's apology to BP were heartfelt PR disasters. After his interview, General McChrystal was on his own, like a rolling stone. Last month, it was Carly Fiorina caught on camera mocking her general-election opponent Barbara Boxer for hair Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/opinion/guide-gaffe YouTube Has Heard Your Demands For More Vuvuzela YouTube has quietly enacted a sort of practical joke on their viewers — their very own vuvuzela button added to videos posted on the site.

When pressed, the soccer ball icon — located at the bottom right of the YouTube control panel — emits a loud buzzing over the audio of any video, Read More

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