Apple, in an effort to move some of the negative publicity away from their iPhone 4 "antennagate" onto other phone makers, has released a video testing the new Motorola Droid X, which appears to have the same issues when held in the "death grip."

Posting the video on YouTube and their own site, Apple shows off the Droid X being held in two different grips, with the cell signal bars magnified in the corner.

When barely held, the phone has two bars. When held in the "death grip," the bars slowly but surely fall to zero.

While Apple may insist that every other smartphone has the same issues as their iPhone 4, has anyone heard complaints from a real user?

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The Internet currently uses IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4), which uses 32-bit numbers, allowing for the availability of a total of 4 billion IP addresses.

According to experts, about 94 percent of those addresses have already been allocated, and the Internet may run out of IP addresses by 2011, at least under the current IPv4 system.

A new system, IPv6, would use 128-bit numbers, allowing for an almost infinite amount of IP addresses. So far, however, adoption has been slow.

If adoption of the new system doesn't happen soon, Google Internet evangelist Vint Cerf warns that a "black market" for IP addresses would start, taking "away from the decentralized nature of the Internet."

"Without IPv6, the Internet's expansion and innovation could be limited," also notes American Registry for Internet Numbers president and CEO John Curran. "Delaying IPv6 deployment may strain the work of Internet operators, application developers, and end users everywhere."

Google is one of few companies that already puts all its services on the IPv6 protocol, with Facebook being another notable company.

Verizon and Comcast, two of the largest ISPs, have begun testing the protocol, as well.

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YouTube has announced this weekend that they have begun testing a new way of embedding code that would support both HTML5 and Flash.

By using "iframes," the code will either use the Flash plugin or switch to HTML5, depending on what device or browser you are currently using.

If the video has ad overlays, or other features not yet supported by HTML5, it will force Flash, but that is the only time.

Embedded videos should now work on Android and iOS devices, which do not have Flash support yet.

YouTube Mobile already has HTML5 built-in, but now the embedded videos will work on other sites, such as when browsing Afterdawn from your smartphone or tablet.

View a test video here: New Way To Embed YouTube Videos

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According to HP Executive VP Todd Bradley, the company has officially dropped any future plans to create smartphones with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system.

All smartphones will come instead, with WebOS, the mobile operating system acquired by the company when it purchased Palm.

Adds Bradley: "Our intent is to focus those resources and really make webOS the best OS it can be."

HP is one of Microsoft's oldest partners, and the company did not want any bad blood, adding it would still "Microsoft's biggest customer," just not in the smartphone market.

Since acquiring Palm, HP has dropped plans for a Windows 7 tablet, and now for Windows Phone 7 phones.

Motorola, the other major American player in the smartphone market, has also declined to create Windows Phone 7 devices.

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Chatroulette, the online video chat room, has announced this week that is taking steps to clean up the service, which has been riddled by sexual perverts, threatening those who regularly expose themselves on the service.

Founder Andrey Ternovskiy said this week that the company is now collecting evidence, and will contact law enforcement if need be.

Says Ternovskiy: "We've captured and saved thousands of IP addresses of alleged offenders, along with logs and screenshots which prove wrong behavior."

Continuing: "We've blocked thousands of IP addresses, reported offenders and service seems to be much cleaner than before. That is cool. Now give us some time to put new features in place."

Chatroulette, since its start earlier this year, has been criticized for the amount of people who are exposing themselves, especially since many minors use the site regularly.

Ternovskiy has made it clear he is not against nudity on the site, even introducing adult-themed channels, but is very against user exposing themselves to minors. Concludes the founder: "Broadcasting inappropriate content to minors is a violation of both US and UN law. We are actively cooperating with law enforcement agencies."

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While Microsoft has long said they want to standardize the user experience of Windows Phone 7, HTC has said today that they plan to bring HTC Sense to their upcoming WP7 devices, skinning the smartphones like they have Android devices.

Additionally, HTC is moving forward with the Sense UI for Android 3.0 (Gingerbread).

Says Drew Bramford of HTC about the Sense UI for WP7: "We won't be able to replace as much of the core Windows Phone experience, but we will augment it."

In regards to Android 3.0, Google is rumored to be creating a user experience that will negate the need for extra skins, making Sense, MotoBLUR and TouchWiz, among others, useless.

Google, however, will likely not prohibit UI skins for 3.0, whereas Microsoft has been a bit more staunch on their stance.

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According to a new survey released by the Yankee Group, 73 percent of iPhone owners are very satisfied with their AT&T service.

The overall satisfaction rate for AT&T subscribers is 68 percent, while 69 percent of general smartphone users say they are satisfied with the carrier.

Many will be surprised by the results, especially given the very vocal detractors of the carrier and Apple's recent debacles with privacy on the iPad and "antennagate" on the iPhone 4.

Not to mention that AT&T charges iPhone owners about $12 extra than their other smartphone users, per month.

"Consumers transfer the high gloss of their Apple iPhone experience to AT&T," says the author of the study, Carl Howe. "The iPhone creates a halo effect that rubs off."

AT&T says it is the victim of misconceived perception, and really, their network is not as bad as you might hear on the news.

"There's a gap between what people hear about us and what their experience is with us. We think that gap is beginning to close," adds Mark Siegel, an AT&T spokesman. "It doesn't mean we're perfect; we still have work to do. But that's no surprise to us, because we have a great network."

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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney is looking to purchase social gaming company Playdom for over $500 million USD, buying up the firm for which it already has an investment stake.

Word of the acquisition comes just days after Zynga, the company behind the blockbuster sensation Farmville (among others) was a hit at the Allen & Co. media mogul gathering.

Disney, following its recent acquisition of Tapulous, has made it clear it wants to grow a footprint in the gaming market.

Playdom has the most popular game on MySpace, "Mobsters," and a few other popular games such as "Big City Life," "Social City," "Bloodlines," and "Wild Ones."

The company says it has over 38 million monthly active users, and its CEO was former president of publishing at EA. By comparison, Zynga has over 200 million active users.

Playdom, just like Zynga, makes most of its revenue from advertising and the sale of virtual goods.

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