Yahoo"s Flickr has launched Flickr Video, which allows "pro" accounts to upload 90-second video clips. Flickr"s limit is much lower than Google"s YouTube and is designed to avoid copyright issues. Adobe rolled out Media Player 1.0, based on its Air platform. Adobe"s Media Player 1.0 makes online video available outside a browser.
Flickr, a groundbreaking Web 2.0 site when it launched but relatively quiet since it was acquired by Yahoo in 2005, launched Flickr Video, which allows "pro" users to upload 90-second video clips. Pro accounts start at $25 a year and offer unlimited uploads, although no individual video can exceed 150 megabytes.