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YouTube to Offer Captions on Videos

in News on March 5, 2010 at 8:30 am PT

Google Inc.’s YouTube said it will offer automatically generated captions for its entire video catalog, a boon for deaf users and those who want to watch videos in other languages.

Microsoft Bails Out of “Family Guy” Windows 7 Episode After Actually Watching “Family Guy”

in Media on October 26, 2009 at 3:40 pm PT

Remember Microsoft’s plan to use “Family Guy,” Fox’s ribald, off-color cartoon sitcom, to promote Windows 7? No more, says Microsoft, which is pulling out of plans to sponsor a special episode of the show scheduled to run Nov. 8. What happened? Apparently, Microsoft realized that “Family Guy” is a ribald, off-color sitcom.
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