As Gov. Schwarzenegger urges an end to the Hollywood writers’ strike over access to digital dollars, a new level of remix-ability and creative liberation emerges from Hollywood North. The Tracey Fragments, a new film from Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo, Highway 69) is taking the right to remix, and creative commons to a new extreme. [...]

YouTube meets craigslist at HotSwap, a US-based video-classifieds site for used cars. HotSwap allows anyone to publish a car ad to sell their own car. Sellers use a video-capable handset or digi-cam to capture a walk-around of their ride, register with HotSwap and upload. For buyers, a simple navigation system makes it a cinch to [...]