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Google adds video chat to Gmail

November 12, 2008, 11:00 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Web Tags: chat, gmail, Google, video, webcam

Face fans no longer have to type their messages to friends through Gmail and GoogleTalk, they can chinwag through video and voice, as Google adds webcam support to its all-powerful email service.

Logitech’s webcam CCTV; has potential to ruin holiday

October 15, 2008, 11:00 am by Ben Sillis Leave your comment

Filed under Cameras Tags: cctv, logitech, webcam

The papers were right for once it seems: the whole nation’s gone mad, installing CCTV in every nook and cranny, and now Logitech has even worked out a way to bring your computer into the security cam craze (or should that be plague?) with its clever but oh-so worrying Digital Video Security Systems.
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New Apple displays pack iSight webcams, LED backlighting

October 14, 2008, 7:38 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Apple Tags: Apple, cinema display, display, isight, LED, monitor, webcam

Alongside new MacBooks and MacBook Pro laptops, Apple unveiled its next generation monitors today, packing built-in webcams, LED backlighting and some clever extras too.

First hands-on: Toshiba’s gesture sensitive laptops

June 17, 2008, 5:18 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Laptops, Videos Tags: gesture, Laptop, Qosmio, Toshiba, webcam

Want to get all Minority Report with your laptop? Then you need one of Toshiba’s new Qosmio laptops, packing high-resolution webcams and beefy Cell processors to turn a wave of your hand into on-screen actions.

Turn your home PC into a super-smart burglar alarm

May 28, 2008, 9:55 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Desktop computers Tags: alarm, burglar, home, motion, PC, webcam

Got a PC? Got a webcam? Then you can turn your computer into a burglar-beating surveillance system.

Microsoft’s new LifeCams spring forth

May 14, 2008, 10:46 am by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Peripherals Tags: chat, LifeCam, LifeChat, Microsoft, Web, webcam

Webcams used to be the preserve of cyber geeks, but now Microsoft is looking to turn online chat into an even more social experience with the LifeCam series, offering photo swapping and “on-touch calling.”