YouTube has announced that they now serve up more than 2 billion daily downloads. This incredible amount of traffic surpasses the three major networks primetime TV ratings, combined. The video website, which has become a household name, made the announcement nearly 5 years after it launched on April 23, 2005, according to the BBC.
Since the service launched, YouTube has become the place to share your videos with friends, family, and anyone else in the world that, before YouTube, would likely have never seen your video. There is no denying the power of YouTube either as anyone who uploads a video has a chance at becoming the next Internet sensation.
YouTube was launched in April of 2005 and the first video uploaded was by co-founder Jawed Karim with a short clip titled ‘Me at the Zoo’. Among other famous clips that have been spread across the internet are Susan Boyle's performance on Britain’s Got Talent, Evolution of Dance, and most recently a young musician playing his version of Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi on the piano.
While YouTube may have been made popular for the illegal sharing of copyrighted content, the site still is facing the same issues when it first launched and regularly removes content at the request of the copyright holder. But, there is no denying YouTube’s success and their future is bright, they will surely bring us more overnight internet sensations and also help to spread breaking news around the world in a raw uncut fashion.
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Microsoft to pay $200 million in patent dispute
Microsoft has agreed to pay $200 million to settle a long-running patent infringement case over the use of VirnetX's virtual private networking (VPN) technology on the software giant's products. That amount represents a substantial markup from the $105.7 million legal judgment initially leveled against Microsoft in the case, back in March.
VirnetX sued Microsoft in 2007, claiming the company was using its VPN patents without paying for their use. Infringing products included Windows XP, Vista and Server 2003, as well as Microsoft's Live Communications Server, Windows Messenger, Office Communicator and various versions of Office. After winning a first round in that case, VirnetX filed an additional suit, claiming Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 also infringed on its networking patents.
As part of the settlement, Microsoft will obtain a license to use VirnetX technology in its products. Interestingly, the law firm representing VirnetX was the same that represented i4i in a patent infringement case which netted them a $200 million verdict against Microsoft and an injunction on sales of their Office products. Judge Leonard Davis, the same judge who presided over the i4i case, was the East Texas judge overseeing the VirnetX case as well.
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