Researchers are working on a new application called Prefab that could allow users full customization of proprietary software.

Cleaner UI was created to improve the site’s stickiness, by getting visitors to watch more videos and (hopefully) never leave.

Two months after entering beta, YouTube’s video page redesign is ready for its close up. Google’s video-sharing site first unveiled the makeover in late January, and today the streamlined interface goes live to all users.

French search specialist Exalead thinks it’s cracked one of the big challenges of search, making video searchable, and has landed a high-profile customer to prove it: the Web site of France’s President.

The battle between China and Google dominated the headlines this week after Google decided to stop censoring its search results.