• By Alaska Miller
    Oct 20, 2008 4:40 PM 0
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    Microsoft can now @&!* censor your $#!@ in real time

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Microsoft a patent, first applied for in 2004, on technology to censor profanity — or any keywords off a list — from an audio stream in real time. This technology could be applied not just to online video like YouTube but also for cell-phone audio and internet chat. Think China will be the first buyer? @#$% yeah. [Ars Technica]


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