Daily Surf Report: California IOUs, Neil Patrick Harris Hosts Jul 2, 20092:17 PDT

Thursday, July 2, 2009.

California pulls the plug on writing checks in favor of a Wimpy-style “I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for a state bureaucracy today” approach,  and Neil Patrick Harris continues his path to hosting every awards show ever thought of. This is your Daily Surf Report, using the best videos on the web to keep you abreast of the day’s top stories.

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Daily Surf Report: Senator Al Franken, Jackson’s Perscription Troubles Jul 1, 200911:46 PDT

Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

It only took eight months, but Minnesota finally has two Senators again. Meanwhile, Michael Jackson’s will has surfaced, and not everybody is happy with it. This is your Daily Surf Report, using the best videos on the web to keep you abreast of the day’s top stories.

Daily Surf Report: Ahmedinejad Confirmed, Comoran Plane Crash, Jackson “Wasn’t a Freak” Jun 30, 200910:48 PDT

Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

Ahmedinejad is once again declared by a state entity as the winner of this month’s Iranian elections, while just off the island nation of Comoros the search continues for survivors of a Yemenia Air crash. This is your Daily Surf Report, using the best videos on the web to keep you abreast of the day’s top stories.

Michael Jackson Remembered: A Video Retrospective Jun 25, 200911:12 PDT

Despite a tumultuous public existence in recent years, Michael Jackson’s tremendous impact on our culture and music is undeniable.

Here are some of the greatest video moments of Michael Jackson’s career, along with a few memories of the ways that his music impacted those of us here at VideoSurf.

VideoSurf Brings Video Search to Twitter Jun 18, 20098:00 PDT

Videosurf.com is now powering video searches from within Twitter!

Anyone on Twitter (whether they follow @videosurf or not) can now search through VideoSurf’s rapidly growing index of over 50 billion visual moments from great sites like YouTube, CNN, ESPN, Hulu, MTV, MSN, Comedy Central, and more without ever leaving their Twitter stream. By combining the Twitter API and the bit.ly API with our own VideoSurf API, VideoSurf has created a mashup that gives you one more reason to watch video all day long.

Performing a VideoSurf search on Twitter is easy:

1. In the Twitter post field, simply type @videosurf

2. then type “s” (as in search)

3. then a description of the video you want to search for