What is "Virus Video"?

“Virus Video” is promotion video clips on the internet.
In order to attract viewers, it tends to contain radical, sexual, violent, and humorous scenes, which it is difficult to broadcast in TV commercials.

For example, Carl’s Jr, a hamburger shop in the U.S. made a virus video that Paris Hilton was eating a hamburger and washing a car with sexy clothing.
The access rushed at the video once.
It is noticeable, so it spread easily like viruses by word to mouth with blog or email.
A virus video was made because You Tube and other similar websites got popular.
A virus video has good points that it takes fewer than TV commercials, and it is easy to count audience rating although its excessive explanation sometimes provokes viewers’ antipathy.

This way of promotion is enormous expanse in the U.S. now, and Japan emphasizes it as well.

Nintendo DS!!

Nintendo DS is a recent popular game machine!!
I would like to buy one to my friends or family because of its usefulness and cost.

Former software was just for entertainment.
Children or some adults play games.
However, Nintendo produced software for study, information, and housework.
For example, it is possible to study English and kanji.
My mother says she wants to study Kanji for the kanji examination.
People can search recipes, and there is software for household accounts as well.

In addition, Nintendo DS is not expensive.
The cost is just 15,000 yen.
A blue one, which is Nintendo DS lite, is about 13,000 yen.
Also, software is 3,000 to 4,000 yen.
I am always needing money, but it is possible for me to buy one.

There are much more interesting and useful software, so people can use one in many situations.
Moreover, it is cheap, so anyone can buy ones.

What is Net Neutrality?

People in the U.S. make the argument about Net Neutrality, which is the idea that ways to use the Internet and its costs should be fair.

Today, the quantity of data in the Internet is increasing, for example, people can watch videos and listen to music on the Internet.
As the responsibility of the providers are increasing, their profits are decreasing.
Thus, they send data of the pay video service to users or precede users who pay additional charge in order to get more profits.

However, Google and Yahoo are against the providers.
They insist that providers should not make priority sequence because other Internet services would be difficult to use.
Providers, on the other hand, state that if Google and Yahoo claim the equality of sending data, they should pay for infrastructure.

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Recent News

I know two of recent news about computers: expensive cell phone and iPhone.

In 2008 fall, the incredibly expensive cell phone will be sold in Japan.
It is made by Nokia, which produces the quality cell phone brand, Vertu.
Amazingly, it costs several millions yen because it is handmade, and decorated with jewels and metal.
Today, it is sold in Vertu shops and over 370 high-class watch and jewel shops in 48 of foreign countries.
Softbank mobile will have the section to sell the cell phone.

IPhone is sold in the U.S. in June 29.
There are two varieties, which cost 60 to 70 thousands yen.
It is said that iPhones have nearly sold out.
Some analysts estimate that 40 thousands iPhones would be sold for several days.
However, many people do not want to buy the first iPhone because of the cost and net speed. They expect better one.