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Google Adding Automatic Captions To YouTube Videos
3:15AM Adam Frucci | Google is bringing its Google Voice speech recognition tech to YouTube, creating automatic captions for deaf and hearing-impaired users. Get ready for hilariously incorrect captions! More »
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Second Gen Pogoplug Lets You Share Multiple USB Drives Online
12:29AM Rosa Golijan | Like the prior generation, the new Pogoplug allows for USB drive sharing over the internet. It’ll run for $US129, still have no service fees, take up to four USB drives, and have Twitter and Facebook integration. More »
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3:41PM Nick Broughall | So I’ve been playing around with Google Wave for a while, and despite being on a few waves, have yet to find a really practical use for it. Until now – I want to use Wave as a way of chatting with you guys in real time – in particular as a way of getting feedback on the site. More »
Join The Giz AU Wave
3:41PM Nick Broughall | So I’ve been playing around with Google Wave for a while, and despite being on a few waves, have yet to find a really practical use for it. Until now – I want to use Wave as a way of chatting with you guys in real time – in particular as a way of getting feedback on the site. More »
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New York Testing Emergency Alerts Over Gaming Networks
3:00PM Rosa Golijan | I’ve seen “extreme weather warning” alerts beep-beep-beep across my TV during a show, but someone playing a video game might not. That’s why NY state officials are intending to also send those Emergency Management Office issued alerts over gaming networks. More »
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Do You “Get” The Chrome OS?
10:20AM Sean Fallon | Today we got our first glimpse at Google’s Chrome OS and learned what it’s all about. So let’s start a discussion about some of the big issues. More »
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Moving Scroll Bar Clock Makes My Inner Web Designer Queasy
8:40AM John Herrman | On the surface, scroll clock looks like a simple visual trick: Look, it’s a clock made out of moving scroll bars! This is a marginally clever animation! Then you realise that every one of them actually works. More »
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“Unfriend” Declared Word Of The Year
3:36AM Brian Lam | The New Oxford American Dictionary declared “Unfriend” the word of the year. It beat out hashtag, netbook and sexting, among other nominated words. More »
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2:36AM Jesus Diaz | Michael Fricklas is Viacom’s general counsel, the company’s top lawyer. I can’t tell if he actually felt bad when he said the above at a recent meeting with Yale Law students. I kind of feel an evil, dark smile inside. More »
Viacom Top Lawyer On Obliterating Peer-to-Peer Users
2:36AM Jesus Diaz | Michael Fricklas is Viacom’s general counsel, the company’s top lawyer. I can’t tell if he actually felt bad when he said the above at a recent meeting with Yale Law students. I kind of feel an evil, dark smile inside. More »
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At Long Last, The Pirate Bay Shuts Down Its Tracker
2:23AM John Herrman | The Pirate Bay has been in Zombie Pirate mode for months now, but one of the last remnants of its halycon days has been sent to sea on a burning boat: their tracker — the biggest in the world — is gone. More »
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