A couple of hours ago John Gruber of Daring Fireball tweeted out a link to a curious YouTube video that he'd stumbled across. A user called x313xkillax appears to be showing off a prototype version of the HP Slate, of course running Windows 7. Although Gruber questioned the integrity of video, it does appear to be the real deal.

Okay, so the tablet is running a full desktop OS, doesn't take years to boot, and has Adobe Flash (...because it's a desktop OS). Excusing these these moderate novelties, is it just me, or does this thing suck?

It was this fateful day in 1985 that Nintendo released Super Mario Bros to the world. Well twenty-five years down the line and over 200 game appearances later, everyone's favorite Italian-American plumber is still saving peach, beating bowser and generally just kicking ass. Thus, Mario has been forever immortalised as the founding mascot for the console video game.

Unsurprisingly the mushroom kingdom crusader has built an epic fan-base, stretching over numerous gaming consoles and genres. From the best-selling platform games to racing, role-play, fighting and sports, there's a Mario for everyone!

What better way to pay hommage on this silver celebration than by handing over to the YouTube generation. So without further ado, here's our top 5 YouTube tributes to the one and only super Mario.

Just over a week after The Last Exorcism's Chatroulette campaign received mainstream media coverage, YouTube is showing what it can do to turn heads with it's latest interactive takeover ad.

Steve Jobs has debuted the new cloud based Apple TV live on-stage at Apple's september music event. The terrifically tiny new design houses an A4 chip... and little else!

In a report published earlier today, Google are said to be on the brink of ending the epic censorship battle between themselves and chinese government in one brash maneuver, to just get out of the country's cyberspace all together.

In an artistic marketing twist, the team behind Google's second smartphone have put together a series of online webisodes, documenting the story behind creating the Nexus One. Google's key message behind the four-minute first episode: 'Concept and Design', seems to be this idea of perfectly marrying hardware to software, which ironically automatically springs the iPhone to mind.

Still, this Nexus One promo remains a nice touch. Hosted entirely on YouTube, installment one and two of five are live now, although Ep.2 'Display & 3D framework' seems to be having some streaming problems.

Video giants YouTube have begun experimentation in 3D video modes. The 3D player can be enabled by using the URL tag: 'yt3d:enable=true', which activates the ability to watch videos in 3D, cross-eyed or with your funky 3D glasses!

 The technology used in parts seems pretty basic and is no way perfect but nevertheless something fun to play with, (and a good way for good to use it's 20%). We must warn you though, if you are sensitive to eye strain or migraines, THIS REALLY HURTS!