On Thursday, a fun new instructional site called HowCast is launching. I was able to take a peek around the beta version of the site and came across a bunch of useful videos as well as lists and wikis ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

In the do-it-yourself culture born of The Great Recession, making things yourself is chic, and Howcast finds itself in the zeitgeist sweet spot. It has more than 100,000 videos on its site so far—some ...

Is there really a market for another how-to site online? "Absolutely," said Jason Liebman, who has partnered with an old YouTube colleague, Daniel Blackman, to redefine the how-to space with the ...