YouTube volte-face

Time was when uttering the words YouTube was likely to get you marked down as a complete and utter internet obsessed, geeky fruit-loop.

When, early this spring I suggested to me editor that we do a Gizmo review of the last

Well oh, how the mighty have fallen :-) and to my editor's credit, it's a pretty damn good review too.

And it's not just at PG that people have had to change the way in which they perceive this influential site.

While at the start of the year YouTube was regarded at best as a phrase to be used to show that you were 'down with da kidz' and at worst, a hotbed of pilfering and copyright infringements, even big broadcasters have had to eat their words.