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Skype announces support for HD video calls – Skype is giving
PC users with an HD webcam and sufficient bandwidth the ability to make high-definition
video calls. The HD capability is included in the beta version of Skype 4.2, the
company said. The software was actually released for PC users in early December
but Skype didn't disclose the HD features at the time, perhaps because it wanted
to make a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show, which gets under way this week
in Las Vegas. It planned to update its download page on Tuesday to include information
about the HD capabilities. A few companies will introduce HD webcams designed for
Skype's software at CES. They'll be able to handle the video encoding and processing
on-board, so customers who have one won't need such a fast PC processor, according
to Skype.
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Google launches Nexus One mobile phone – Google has unveiled
its highly-anticipated Nexus One mobile phone, which the web company says is part
of an emerging category of handsets called "super phones". The Nexus One runs version
2.1 of Google's own Android platform and is manufactured by HTC, just like the Android-based
T-Mobile G1 and G2, also known as the HTC Hero. Powered by a Qualcomm 1 GHz Snapdragon
processor, which Google says is ideal for running multiple apps at the same time,
the 11.5mm thick handset also features a 3.7in 480x800-pixel AMOLED screen. Google
has also voice-enabled every text field on the phone, so as well as being able to
speak their search queries, users can also speak emails, tweets or even Facebook
status updates. The voice recognition also works in conjunction with GPS to allow
users to search for a service or shop, and then get turn-by-turn directions to that
service.
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Emergency Internet Explorer patch nears – Microsoft has announced
that it will issue an emergency security update for Internet Explorer (IE), and
plans to announce a ship date for the fix later today." Given the significant level
of attention this issue has generated, confusion about what customers can do to
protect themselves and the escalating threat environment, Microsoft will release
a security update out-of-band for this vulnerability," an entry on the Microsoft
Security Response Center (MSRC) blog. "We take the decision to go out-of-band very
seriously, given the impact to customers, but we believe releasing an update out-of-band
update is the right decision at this time,". The IE flaw has gained more attention
than most zero-day bugs because it has been linked to the attacks that broke into
Google's corporate network last month. Google has claimed that the attacks originated
in China. Researchers have been busy building exploits since the original attack
code went public last Thursday. Yesterday, for example, a noted American vulnerability
researcher and a French security company disclosed that they had created exploits
that worked on the newer IE7 and IE8, and could bypass the DEP (data execution prevention)
protection that Microsoft has been touting since it acknowledged the bug.
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Google gives iPhone users access to Google Voice – Google
has revealed it is giving Apple iPhone users access to its Google Voice telephony
management system, despite Apple rejecting an app for the iPhone last year. Google
has launched a Google Voice web application that runs on iPhone devices with the
3.0 OS or later versions, as well as on Palm WebOS devices. The Google Voice application,
which is currently only available to US users, leverages HTML 5's functionality
for running sophisticated web applications on a browser at speeds matching those
of native applications. The application lets users tap into a "streamlined" version
of the Google Voice inbox, display their Google Voice numbers in caller ID systems,
listen to voice-mail messages, read voicemail transcripts, exchange text messages
free and make international calls billed at Google Voice rates. To access the application,
users need to go to the URL http://m.google.com/voice and sign into their Google
Voice accounts. They don't need to download anything to their phones.
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