TubeMaster Plus is a freeware which can download multimedia files (such as FLV , MP3 , MP4 ...) from *ALL* YouTube like websites and can save them on your computer. All multimedia files can be converted to other popular video or audio formats.

The importance of social networking sites in Europe is significantly increasing: in the past year, the use of social networks has grown 35% in Europe. 56% of the European online population visited social networking sites last year ...

uQudos brings game developers and players together on a new social gaming network. Their mission – as stated on their site – is to stimulate, supply a platform for and reward creativity.

An interesting Google Maps-Youtube mashup called YouTube Vision, shows the most recent geotagged videos being uploaded to YouTube.

Glubble is a free parental control suite developed by Glaxstar for the Firefox browser, designed for families with young children. Glubble permits each member of the family to have their own custom environment to make sure kids can’t see the whole WWW.

The Networked and Electronic Media (NEM) European Technology Platform will have its 2008 NEM Summit on October 13-15, 2008 in Saint-Malo (France).

Dwigger is a voting and threaded conversation tool for Twitter. The main aim of the team behind Dwigger was to create a tool with which you can “digg” (vote) someone’s Twitter comment or get votes for your own comment.

Passionato is a new online service which is said to be the world’s largest collection of quality classical downloads with over 18,000 recordings in high-quality (320Kbps) DRM-FREE MP3 files, compatible with any digital audio player.

Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, announced the release of the second edition of its quarterly "State of the Internet" report.

"We need a Single Market for (on-line) services. We are on the threshold of a new era of electronic network and service business: the Internet of the future", said Viviane Reding, Member of the EU Commission responsible for Information Society and Media.