Google owned YouTube which pioneered online streaming videos has started providing automatic captions to videos to make the site more accessible to the deaf and people with hearing difficulties.
At present the feature is only available for videos recorded in English and Google says that more languages will be added in the coming months.
Even though the idea and intentions are honorable, …

Recent research conducted by Sky HD reveals that the British have wasted nearly £52 Billion on gadgets which they do not know how to use or fully operate. It is astonishing that nearly 50% of the poll audience did not know that in order to get HD video on your HDTV, you need a HD device such as a Blu-ray …

An Italian court has convicted three Google Inc. executives on Wednesday for being criminally responsible for a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied. Though they can appeal against the verdict, the case highlights the broader problem related to Internet freedom. Google has responded strongly to the verdict saying that if the verdict stands, ‘The web as we know will cease to exist’.

Intel has recently confirmed that it was a victim of the recent ultra-sophisticated cyber attacks. Though Intel has refused to comment on the possible connection of these attacks being linked with Operation Aurora which targeted Google, the timing of the two attacks is astonishingly similar.

Google has recently demonstrated a new prototype of Google Goggles which can translate text captured in photos. The concept uses Google’s machine translation and image recognition capabilities and combines their intelligence to interpret the text in images.

Ever since the iPad was launched a couple of weeks ago – there’s been no shortage of fans who’ve fallen in ‘love at first sight’ with Apple’s latest gadget. The iPad has evoked mixed reactions from all over the world – if there are plenty of fans and admirers, there’s also no shortage of critics and people who’ve questioned iPad’s usability aspects.

Adobe and Apple are not known to be the best of friends and the recent launch of iPad without Flash support is likely to further deteriorate the relationship amongst these two technology heavyweights.

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Patrick Barry, the head of Yahoo’s Connected TV group, announced his staff in a mail sent on the morning of October 12 that he is leaving at the end of the month. It looks like he plans to “move on to new projects.” Josh Jacobs is also leaving although there is no apparent connection between him and Patrick. Josh is the head of ad technology platforms.

Since Google is targeting its main market sector, operating systems, Microsoft is trying to come up with intriguing new technologies. One of them has the codename “Project Natal”. The project aims to change the way games are played and, most of all, the way people play their original games. It is mainly based on gesture recognition technology and has the potential to literally rock the world of gaming.