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Linked-In has some fresh cash now that investors bought 5% of the company for $53MM - that implies a total valuation of $1B. It's one of the highest valuations for a networking site. Om Malik was initially shocked at that number, but after he did the math and compared it with Xing - a similar company - he found that Linked-In's valuation is not out of line with the value public markets are putting on Xing.

Videos are about to get longer on YouTube. Wait, is that a good thing? It's only for content partners, and you can only upload a gig. YouTube is courting independent film makers trying to get them to put their films on the site.

Two computer scientists have created a program that simulates what the human brain does when it looks at a photo - we use clues in the picture to determine where it was taken. They used mass amounts of pictures on Flickr, since many of them are geo-tagged, and the computer is pretty accurate. To read their entire paper - click here.

The MPAA is still trying to get the FCC to allow them to block recordings of films on DVRs - but NATO (the National Association of Theatre Owners, not the North American Trade Organization) isn't backing them up this time.

The BBC has the earliest known recording of computer generated music. Listen to "Baby" play "God Save The King" back in 1951. And check out the great video introducing baby to the public.

Can hackers change the way your coffee machine makes your coffee? Depends on what brand of coffee machine you buy. Sometimes expensive isn't better.