YouTube extends automatic video captioning
WASHINGTON – YouTube, in a significant development for millions of deaf Internet users, extended automatic caption capability Thursday to all English-language videos on the video-sharing website.
YouTube users have been able to manually add captions to videos since 2008 and in November of last year the site began offering machine-generated captions for [...]
2010 BAFTA Awards Winners
Here is the complete list of winners for the 2010 BAFTA Awards:
Best Film
The Hurt Locker
Best Actor
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Miller
Best Animated Film
Up – Pete Docter
Best Cinematography
The Hurt Locker
Best Costume Design
The Young Victoria
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Best Editing
The Hurt Locker
Outstanding British Film
Fish Tank
Best Film Not [...]
82nd Academy Awards (Oscars) 2010 Nominees
Here are the nominees for the Oscars 2010 or the 82nd Academy Awards, which will be held Sunday, March 7 (March 8 in Manila) at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and will be hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin:
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
Up
Up In the Air
Best Actor
Jeff [...]
World’s best travel destinations for 2010 (National Geographic Magazine)
Here is the list of the world’s best travel destinations for 2010 courtesy of National Geographic Magazine:
Bhutan || Outfitter: Bio Bio Expeditions
Bolivia || Outfitter: Nantahala Outdoor Center
Botswana || Outfitter: Explore Inc
Canada – B.C. || Outfitter: Monashee Adventure Tours
Canada – Manitoba || Outfitter: Earthwatch Institute
Chile + Argentina || Outfitter: Boojum Expeditions
Costa Rica || Outfitter: Wildland Adventures
France [...]
Countries affected with A(H1N1) influenza
Mexico
3,892 (75)
first reported laboratory-confirmed cases on Apr 24; first few laboratory-confirmed deaths reported on Apr 27
United States
5,764 (9)
first reported laboratory-confirmed cases on Apr 24; first death reported on Apr 29
Canada
719 (1)
first reported laboratory-confirmed cases on Apr 27;first death reported on May 9
Costa Rica
20 (1)
first reported laboratory-confirmed cases on May 2; first death reported on May [...]
World Digital Library to launch at UNESCO
Agence France-Presse|PARIS – The World Digital Library, a website offering free access to rare books, maps, manuscripts, films and photographs from across the globe, launches Tuesday at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
Bringing together priceless material, from ancient Chinese or Persian calligraphy to early Latin American photography, it is the world’s third major digital library, after Google [...]
World's 10 best secret dining clubs
Reuters Life! | SYDNEY – For gourmet food lovers seeking somewhere different to eat, a number of secret dining clubs have popped up around the world, mixing guests and wines.
Web site Travel + Leisure has compiled a list of the world’s 10 best secret dining clubs (http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-best-secret-dining-club ) This list is not endorsed by Reuters.
1. [...]
2008 Global Gender Gap Report: RP still ranked 6th
The Philippines, a developing Asian economy headed by a female president, has retained its ranking as the sixth out of 130 countries in the world in terms of narrowing the gender gap between men and women.
In its 2008 Global Gender Gap Report released yesterday, the World Economic Forum ranked the Philippines next to Norway, Finland, [...]
World's top 10 good luck monuments
Reuters |
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) – Whether you choose to rub, kiss or pat them, travel website VirtualTourist.com has come up with a list of the top 10 monuments in the world believed to bring good luck.
Whether it’s noses, bellies or bottoms, these talismans brave the affections of thousands trying to improve their lot, VirtualTourist.com (www.virtualtourist.com) [...]
