Skype makes video-version 2.0 official

Skype has released the new look version 2 of its Internet telephony software, the first version to provide one-to-one video calls. It also boasts Skype's best-ever call quality and around a dozen or so minor feature additions such as the ability to group and filter contacts, new sound events and an improved history. There is also a long list of bug fixes and support for several additional languages. ...more

blinkx video search adds RSS and podcasting

Audio and video search startup blinkx has added new strings to its bow: RSS and podcasting. The SmartFeed facility can be used by any RSS reader. Rather than listing everything that's indexed, users first run a search. ...more

Intel buys into Micron Technology

Intel has bought $450 million worth of shares in memory maker Micron Technology, representing 5.3 per cent of the company. Micron says the money will be used to develop its 300mm manufacturing technology and boost DDR2 memory production. ...more

Sharp to launch world's largest 65in LCD television

Sharp is poised to introduce the world's largest LCD television when it launches a 65in model in Japan in August, before making it available in the US and Europe later this year. However the company only expects to make around 300 per month, as the 1.68bn Yen price (around $15,500) is well out of the range of most TV buyers. ...more

Adobe spins a CE Linux version of its Acrobat reader

Devices based on the consumer electronics version of the open source OS can now read Adobe PDF files. Adobe says that the announcement of a CE Linux version of the popular Adobe Acrobat will allow PDF documents to be read on a much wider range of devices. The first product to incorporate the new version of the Reader is a car navigation system designed for the Japanese market by Sony. ...more