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If you do any work with video on a Mac, you probably already have some basic software for video editing and production. Out in the open source arena, though, there are many free utilities, adjunct applications, and just plain novelties that any videographer can benefit from using. OStatic has a round-up of six good options.

Former SAP exec Shai Agassi may have convinced both Israel and Denmark to take a chance on his electric vehicle infrastructure startup, Project Better Place, but getting regions of the sprawling U.S. on board is another story. Agassi tells Earth2Tech in a video interview why he thinks the U.S. is actually a really good fit for his company’s plans. It’s all about those clustered urban centers and the two-car American family. Check it out here.

The Earth2Tech Team grabbed some camera time with Google.org’s director for climate change and energy initiatives, Dan Reicher, at Google’s conference in Washington DC on plug-in vehicles. Reicher told them that Google will make investments in green cars this summer through it’s plug-in hybrid program, RechargeIT. That’s a big step beyond the four plug-in hybrids that currently constitute Google’s entire RechargeIT program. . . . For the full video check out Earth2Tech.

Linux was just deemed greener than Windows Server 2008 when running as the operating system for servers — a good 12 percent more efficient. Now that might not sound like much, but the same research also drove home just how difficult it is to get servers to run efficiently. So don’t scoff, and all hail the green penguin…read the full story here on Earth2Tech.

Bill Gates has been slowly selling off his 20.6 percent stake in ethanol producer Pacific Ethanol. Gates’ private investment and holding company, Cascade Investment, has been whittling down its stake trade by trade, and by last Friday Cascade had sold off a total of 1.4 million shares in three days, or roughly $5 million worth of Pacific Ethanol stock. The bloom has sure fallen off the ethanol rose, as the margins for ethanol makers have been growing way thin. For the full story, go to Earth2Tech.

The East Coast version of Graphing Social Patterns, a conference for developers and marketers building and distributing apps for MySpace, Facebook and the myriad of other social networking platforms out there, will kick off next week in Washington, D.C. GSP East will tackle social networking from two angles — one, business and marketing; and two, app development and technical strategy. As GigaOM is a media partner for this event, we have one free ticket to give away, and it’s valued at $1195. Simply tell us in the comments section what conference topics you’d like us to cover over the coming year. (Don’t forget to leave a valid email so that if we pick your answer, we can get in touch with you.) Or go here to register and use code “gspe08gig” to get a 15 percent discount off the ticket price.

Internet video portal and software maker Veoh has raised $30 million from Intel Capital, Adobe Systems Inc. and Gordon Crawford, senior vice president of Capital Research Global Investors, NewTeeVee is reporting, bringing the company’s total funding to just shy of $70 million. The funding for Veoh was just one of the $60 million worth of investments unveiled by Intel Capital; the investment arm of the chip maker also led funding rounds in online security company Accertify, workforce management software maker TOA Technologies, energy efficiency and smart grid company Grid Net, online health video network HealthiNation and Latin America-focused social networking company Vostu, as well as India-based online education company Vriti Infocom and Czech Republic-based online retailer Internet Mall.