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Make Your Scratched Gadget Shiny, YouTube Adds Automatic Captions

by Thomas Houston on March 4, 2010 at 06:27 PM


There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
  • Hack n Mod shows you how to take a clunky gadget scratched from months of abuse to a sleek, brandless futuristic device with just a few simple polishing tips. [From: Hack n Mod, via: OhGizmo]
  • Though Google first announced automatic captions on YouTube videos way back in November, the world's most popular video site is finally rolling out the features on all English-speaking videos. [From: TechCrunch / Washington Post]
  • This coffee thermos, from Canon's press center at the Olympics, was designed to look like the company's pro L-series "white" lenses. It's also possibly the coolest geek swag ever, and will probably be going for thousands on eBay in a few weeks. [From: pdn via Chad Mumm]
  • Claiming that whole "Internet thing" isn't going to work out or that we'll all be using flying cars in a decade probably isn't the best way to gain credibility, so Slate's got a guide to sussing out bad tech predictions. [From: Slate]
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