YouTube turning on automatic captions

From CNET News.com: Google is ready to launch an ambitious attempt to provide captions for videos on YouTube.

The company is holding an event in Washington D.C. Thursday to announce that it has developed a way to use the voicemail transcription technology in Google Voice to allow...

RIM Exec: Attacks Targeting Smartphones Likely

From DailyTech: Research In Motion Security Chief Scott Totzke recently said there is a chance smartphones could one day be hijacked and turned into rogue phones on a much larger scale than what is being discovered now.

Totzke, who is RIM's VP of BlackBerry Security, claims summer...

ASUS to Add NVIDIA Ion Graphics to Some Netbooks and Nettops

From DailyTech: The first of the netbooks to hit the market were underpowered when it came to decoding most video, especially if that video was in HD resolution. This left users frustrated with choppy video playback or the outright inability to play some videos.

NVIDIA stepped in...

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Downloadable Now

From Tom's Hardware: The Microsoft Office 2010 beta leaked onto P2P networks earlier this week, but those of you who have been holding out for something a bit more official can safely download away.

Microsoft today revealed at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) the public...

Hackers Make Modern Warfare 2 Ded. Server?

From Tom's Hardware: When news came that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 would come without dedicated servers for the PC version, gamers were upset and disappointed at the removal of one of the advantages of the PC platform.

Some PC gamers even decided to boycott the game. Of course...

Antitrust battle will go on despite AMD-Intel settlement

From InfoWorld: The antitrust battle between Intel and Advanced Micro Devices isn't necessarily over, despite a settlement agreement announced by the microprocessor companies.

Last week, the companies agreed to set aside their disagreements and drop several lawsuits, including...

Google-Branded ‘Super’ Phone Expected in 2010, Report says

From PC World: Google phone rumors are back with a vengeance, spurred on by reports that the Internet behemoth Google is partnering with phone maker HTC on a "super" Android device thinner than the Droid and iPhone. The release date for this Google-branded phone is early 2010...

Chase commits $5 million to Facebook charity campaign

From CNET News.com: Chase announced Monday a partnership with Facebook to power the finance company's inaugural "Community Giving" campaign, which will allocate a total of $5 million to small, local nonprofits voted on by Facebook members.

The campaign takes the form of--you guessed...

Facebook adopts new privacy policy

From CNET News.com: Facebook on Tuesday announced that it has decided to adopt a revised privacy policy designed to be more accessible and easier to understand.

The social network had just completed a weeklong comment period for the new revision and, though "a lot of people...

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