We guess it was only a matter of time. The first interactive YouTube videos are here. By using annotation tools, much like the “notes” in flickr, you can give some click-and-activate actions to your YouTube videos. There are a lot of things that can be done with them, for example this interactive card trick. There […]

We guess it was only a matter of time. The first interactive YouTube videos are here. By using annotation tools, much like the “notes” in flickr, you can give some click-and-activate actions to your YouTube videos. There are a lot of things that can be done with them, for example this interactive card trick.

There are a lot of things you can do with this. Expect some humorous “choose your own adventure”-style video series coming, soap operas your way, and even more handy how-tos.

Check it out for yourself to see how it works. Start with the trick, it just takes a minute. That should give you an idea of how this technology works. If not, there’s this example video that should fill in the rest.

We know, you’re wondering how the trick works? I’ll explain after the jump.

Wow! That was extraordinary! How did he know to remove the card you picked!?

Do it again. Pick your card, but keep a second card on the screen in mind. Now, at the end, you’ll notice your second card isn’t there either. See, none of the cards the scary metrosexual shows you at the beginning are in the end. Thus, no matter which card you pick, it’s breathtaking! OMGZ! Lame.

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The new ATC5K and ATC3K, Oregon Scientific’s action-packed followup to its ATC2K camera from 2006, bring a few common-sensical upgrades to the waterproof, shock resistant original. They still shoot VGA, but the 3K has new 48 degree field of view and a new CMOS sensor, while the 5K bumps it 53 degrees and a 1.5-inch LCD. The cameras run on AA batteries and can handle up to 4GB SD cards, but where these cheap-cams really “shine” is the multiple included mounting attachments for recording your various extreme sporting exploits. Or when you really just need to set yourself on fire and put it on YouTube — that works too. The ATC3K will be out in July for $150, with the ATC5K following in August for $200.

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We’re still very much in a storage transitionary period here, what with platter-based HDDs being so large and inexpensive and SSDs creeping up on them both in size and performance-wise. Western Digital isn’t giving up on the HDD yet — they think there’s still a tiny bite left in that old hound. But they’re giving […]

We’re still very much in a storage transitionary period here, what with platter-based HDDs being so massive and inexpensive and SSDs creeping up on them both in size and performance-wise. Western Digital isn’t giving up on the HDD yet — they think there’s still a tiny bite left in that old hound. But they’re giving it a boost.

WD is hard at work on a freaky new hard drive, a derivative of its Velociraptor line, except these new ones will be spinning at a hot 20,000RPM, hopefully to bring their read/write speeds in line with SSDs. And they’re supposed to be silent. The idea is that it’s a 2.5″ drive in a 3.5″ enclosure, so they have the ability to put extra shock and sound dampeners in there. No one really knows much about these things, but we’ll keep you updated.

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