Watch out Hulu. Together with its new BFF, Sony, YouTube is continuing to explore the rarefied world of premium long-form content. The site will be showing the classic "Ghostbusters" in honor of the film's 25th Anniversary, but it won't be in a YouTube player. The site is embedding a Sony Crackle player for the occasion.

Talk about browser envy. Microsoft is accusing rival Web browser Firefox of fudging the numbers to make its recent claim of a billion downloads.

Despite the prospect of nationwide broadband, the top network operators are apparently saying "Thanks, but no thanks" to the Obama administration's stimulus money. That's right, as the August 20 deadline to apply for nearly $5 billion in broadband grants approaches, neither AT&T, Verizon nor Comcast are likely to take the offer, The Washington Post reports. And why the heck would they? Well, it would appear as though the companies are all loaded. So loaded, in fact, that they're afraid taking Obama's money could invite a closer look at their business and compensation practices. Who do these guys …

Could YouTube finally be living up to its status as the second most used search engine online? By emphasizing search, its new masthead design appears to do just that.

At least according to one "entirely unscientific" pole, Twitter has no effect on consumer movie-going habits. But, tell that to Brüno.

Never underestimate the power of personalization, or, if you like, vanity. Two months since Facebook allowed users to create their own vanity URLs, over 50 million members have signed up. Though, that still leaves about 250 million members.

Once upon a time, they did it on MySpace. Now, NBC has opted to debut its new comedy "Community" on Facebook. Hulu brass must be pissed. Before Facbookers can watch the show, however, they have to make friends with it.

Looks like Google's in no mood to dance this year. Citing cost-cutting efforts, the search giant has temporarily pulled the plug on its infamous "Google Dance." Though unquantifiable, the decision will no doubt leave Google employees with a surplus of dignity.

Portfolio.com is back in business! Though only a shadow of its former self, the Web site of the trash-heaped Condé Nast glossy successfully relaunched this week. Now under the ownership of Advance Publications sister company American City Business Journals, the site will stick to business news rather than capitalism's oversized personalized and their extravagant lifestyles. The new, if not necessarily improved, site will also serve as a gateway for content from other BizJournals' weeklies, including Sports Business Journal, and Sporting News, along with other Condé Nast content. It will also drill down into five …

BusinessWeek makes the case that Apple is worth more than Google -- supported by the fact that the computer maker has once again passed the search giant in market value -- and is now gunning for Microsoft.