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YouTube Leanback launches on Google TV

YouTube's made-for-television viewing experience has fittingly found its way to Google TV.

YouTube Leanback, which was announced over the summer, will be available on all Google TV products starting this week. The launch of Leanback, which automatically plays YouTube videos in full screen at the highest available quality, coincides with the imminent release of the Logitech Revue set-top box, one of the first products that integrates Google TV.

When a Google TV viewer clicks on the YouTube icon, a video that is similar to clips in the person's YouTube viewing history will start playing immediately in full screen … Read more

Facebook caught red-handed?

Links from Monday's episode of Loaded:

Facebook is apparently caught sharing user names and user friend names with advertisers and tracking companies, in violation of its own terms of service

Yahoo is said to be launching Y Connect, a universal log-in system much like Facebook Connect

YouTube Leanback becomes a part of Google TV

Sony's Google TV sets are hitting stores early

The Nintendo Wii no longer requires a disc to stream Netflix

The FCC moves to open up the cable box and DVR market

Mike Tyson returns to an iPhone version of Punch Out

Tubemote: Turn a browser into a YouTube remote

YouTube has done an extensive amount of work tweaking its "Leanback" experience for users who want to watch videos on their couch, or several feet away from their computer. This interface works well with a mouse, or just by letting videos auto-advance. But if you're interested in ditching the mouse or game controller, or would like a more social experience than what YouTube currently offers, Tubemote is worth checking out.

This simple service does one thing, and does it well. On one machine with a Web browser you log in to your Tubemote account, and on any … Read more

Buzz Out Loud 1265: Perfect Citizen (podcast)

On today's show, the NSA announces a new security program that's terrifyingly called "Perfect Citizen" but (at least on the surface) appears to be little more than a series of Star Trek red alert alarms. We're rightfully suspicious. Also, Flash is getting 3D, Pirate Bay is under attack, and the iPhone 4 antenna problem is a hardware issue. We knew that.

YouTube for the boob tube

Links from Thursday's episode of Loaded:

YouTube launches a beta version of YouTube Leanback to bring the video service to your television and revamps its mobile site for easier touchscreen navigationMotorola announces the Motorola CHARM, a new Android phone for T-MobileSprint announces the Samsung Intercept, its latest Android offeringAmazon launches an online grocery store in the UKTime Magazine will stop publishing its magazine articles for free online until they are two weeks oldA new study shows that students do suffer from attention span problems after consistent exposure to television and video games

YouTube tries for the TV again with Leanback

SAN BRUNO, Calif.--YouTube is ready to take the wraps off its latest vision for how online videos can be enjoyed on larger screens.

YouTube Leanback is the newest name for an idea that has been circulating inside the company for some time, YouTube engineers and product managers said in briefings Wednesday. It's a problem the tech industry has been working on for a long time: the need to provide a unique user interface for the so-called "10-foot experience," otherwise known as watching TV while on the couch.

That means no mouse and dead-simple keystrokes are required … Read more