This story was written by CNET's Stephen Shankland. YouTube RealTime, a new technology that brings an as-it-happens social aspect to Google's video-sharing site, shows promise but suffers shortcomings ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

RealTime lets friends share what they're watching on YouTube. But you'll have to build a new social network, and it doesn't unlock any hidden YouTube value. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

Last year, we reported on an experimental new YouTube project called RealTime. The feature let you interact with your friends on YouTube, sharing videos and seeing what else they were watching using a ...