Those of you into making videos for YouTube might like this one. Starting today, HP and YouTube are running a project/contest called “HP You on You” which invites all of you to create and share videos that express who you are. The tagline – “Declare Your Story” – says it all. The contest challenges all of you to tell something about yourself (hopefully not everything about yourself) or your story (whatever that might be) in the context of a YouTube video. There’s only one catch – you can’t show your face in the videos.

Contestants will be able to use new video creation tools on YouTube which include video remixing and webcam video tools to help them create their shared videos.

The contest will be open globally and localized for 21 YouTube English and non-English countries. Each week, a panel of experts will select the top 20 videos as semifinalists. YouTube users will then vote to select the top four videos from the 20 weekly semifinalists – all of whom will be in the running for the grand prize of $40,000 along with some YouTube recognition. After six weeks, each of the 100 semifinalists selected by YouTube will receive a new HP Artist Edition notebook PC and the 20 finalists selected by YouTube viewers will each receive $2500 dollars. First place will get $40,000, second place will get $20,000 and third place will get $15,000. There will be other prizes available as well

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Here is the new Samsung SMX-F34 – billed as the “company’s next generation YouTube compatible compact digital camcorder.” Features of the SMX-F34 include:

• Battery life up to 3 hours
• World-class Schneider optics
• 16GB internal flash memory
• Digital still photo capability
• Samsung’s 42x Intelli-Zoom – goes beyond the 34x optical zoom without sacrificing image quality
• SD/SDHC memory card slot
• H.264 compression provides 8 hours of standard definition video
• 720 x 480 resolution
• Web and mobile shooting mode allows you to record in the exact format and resolution for YouTube for faster upload times to the web
• Capture stills in 800 x 600 resolution

The SMX-F34 will be available in four colors – midnight black, sunset red, galaxy silver, and deep ocean blue- all with a silver trim. The camcorder will be available this spring.

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