A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, via social media, sharing sites, or good 'ole email.

Online streaming video solution Ustream has put out an infographic showcasing some stats on usage of its service, including 2 billion views for 2011. Others of note: 51 million viewers per month globally,

In the very near future it looks like we'll be adding the international phone call to the List of Inglorious Obsolescence currently populated by Crystal Pepsi, privacy, MC Hammer pants, and crank-start automobiles.

While the early reports of last night's BCS Championship Game ratings were delivered with a certain kind of spin " that is,

by Claudine Zap The superstar Angelina Jolie will be heading once more to the Golden Globes as a nominee, this time for her directorial debut of her foreign-language film, " In the Land of Blood and Honey ." But before she was a U.N. ambassador and mother of six, the Golden Globes winner caught notice for her wild streak. Back in 1999, the actress won the Golden Globes award for best supporting actress for her title role in the HBO production of "Gia.

I've always been a fan of the underdog, so maybe that's why I feel obligated to wave the pom-poms for Myspace. They've got a new team, a legitimate celebrity backer in Justin Timberlake and a snazzy new goal, to become the home of what's new in entertainment. Yesterday, Justin Timberlake took the stage at CES 2012 to announce a partnership between Myspace and Panasonic. They call it Myspace TV . Not a groundbreaking name, but it says it.

The array of options for streaming content to tablets like the iPad or its Android competitors is vast and seems to be growing all the time. Services like Netflix, Hulu,

I swore I would never do it. My friend swore she'd never do it. And still, after months of fighting the urge, we both did it. We both spent money in-game in order to advance play. A mighty eagle, here, an extra life there. The question now is, where will it end? If Juniper Research is right, it may not end until we're both out on the street begging for change in order to buy Words with Friends tokens. Juniper says we (all of us, not just my friend and I) spent $2.

Diablo III may be, once and for all, coming to consoles. Cue gasps from the PC community. Now, I'm going to file this one under all but confirmed because it's not actually confirmed yet,

In what could be a sign of things to come for 2012, researchers at an Israeli firm recently reported the discovery of a variant of the computer worm Ramnit, which proceeded to steal more than 45,000 Facebook users' credentials. According to reports, the worm primarily targeted British and French users, infecting some 800,000 machines over .