Agence France-Presse: A British schoolboy's tongue-in-cheek guide on "How to be English" has become a major online success, attracting more than 1.5 million visitors since it was launched in April.

Hollywood Reporter: Google's YouTube will hold a short film contest that will be judged in part by director Jason Reitman. MediaPost notes that YouTube has attracted HP as a sponsor.

Associated Press: As anti-spam technology improves, hackers are finding new vehicles to deliver their malicious code. And some could be embedded in online video players, according to a report from the Georgia Tech Information Security Center.

ZDNet: Education technology columnist Christopher Dawson on why he doesn’t block YouTube anymore.

Beet.tv: YouTube overlay banners are up and "scary." The blog from WebProNews says that once Google manages to wrest DoubleClick away from antitrust regulators, it could have a profound effect on the videos people watch on YouTube.

NewTeeVee: Babelgum co-founder and CEO Erik Lumer has left the company and taken on the chief executive role at RawFlow.

Wired: Viral video exposes what Giuliani was doing during missed debate.