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Reuters – A Broadway producer whose wife found YouTube fame after posting monologues about their failed, high-society marriage described himself in court on Friday as “mortified” and “violated” by the experience.

NewsFactor – In addition to keeping up with battles on alien planets, PlayStation 3 will soon be able to help you stay current with planet Earth. On Thursday, Sony Computer Entertainment President Kazuo Hirai announced both Life with PlayStation, a service that allows users to see current news and weather around the world through a spinning-globe menu, and a PS3 download service for movies, music and TV shows.

Reuters – A British actress who found YouTube fame after posting monologues about her failed marriage to a Broadway theater owner and producer defended her popular videos in a New York court on Thursday.

TechWeb – InformationWeek – YouTube accounted for more than 75% of U.S. traffic to video sites, an increase of 26% from a year ago, said Hitwise.

AP – Sony says it will start a movie download service for its PlayStation 3 home console this summer in the U.S.

AP – There are things that make modern life truly special: Tivo, Charles Barkley, SpongeBob SquarePants, etc.

TechWeb – InformationWeek – Small to medium-sized businesses will spend 11.6% of their online budgets on video ads by 2012, The Kelsey Group estimates.