Skype 5.3 for Windows released, improves mobile video call quality

Version 5.3 of Skype for Windows has just been released, with the main emphasis of the new release being improved call quality, and the quality of video received by mobile Skype users. Presumably one party of the video call must be using Skype for Windows 5.3, though.

Beyond improved call quality, not much has changed. You can now see your friends' presence icons when contact cards are collapsed, and the topic editing button is now always visible on the conversation header. For a complete list of changes, hit up the Skype Garage blog.

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David & Brooklyn Beckham Celebrate His 13th Birthday With The LA Lakers

Last month the Beckham family celebrated the 7th birthday of youngest son Cruz David. This weekend, eldest son Brooklyn Joseph celebrated his 13th birthday in style with his dad at an LA Lakers basketball game. Altho the Beckhams are truly a soccer-loving family, they tend to have a strong affinity for basketball. Clearly Brooklyn is [...]

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Top LulzSec members arrested, group leader reportedly acted as informant

The LulzSec hacking group may have officially called it quits last June, but that doesn't mean it was able to escape the eye of law enforcement. As Fox News reports, today saw three group members arrested and two more charged with conspiracy -- a move that one FBI official described as "chopping off the head of LulzSec." What's more, it's reported that group leader "Sabu," now identified as 28-year-old Hector Xavier Monsegur, was acting as an informant for the FBI since he was first caught and secretly arrested in June of last year (around the time the group disbanded). Court documents unsealed today also show that Monsegur has pleaded guilty to carrying out attacks on companies like MasterCard and PayPal, and that he's been charged with 12 criminal counts of conspiracy. The full indictments against the group's members can be found at the Gizmodo link below, and the FBI's press release can be found after the break.

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Liam Hemsworth Appreciates 'Passion' Of 'Hunger Games' Fans

'We had young girls with tears in their eyes,' he tells MTV News of cast's 'HG' mall tour.
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Liam Hemsworth kicked off the "Hunger Games" mall tour in Los Angeles over the weekend, much to the delight and fancy of "HG" fans everywhere. The Aussie actor and his co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence were greeted by screaming fans who were anxious to catch a glimpse of the big three.

Fans' enthusiasm to meet the cast and see the film is matched by Hemsworth's own excitement about "Hunger Games." "I saw the film for the first time last week. I was pretty nervous to see it the first time, and it's turned out unbelievable," he told MTV News at Cosmopolitan's Fun Fearless Awards event in New York City. "It's honestly one of the most powerful films I've seen and I'm really looking forward to everyone seeing it."

While fans will have to wait a few more weeks to see the movie, they are turning out in droves to meet the actors before it hits the big screen. And Hemsworth finds their enthusiasm quite thrilling. "It's pretty exciting. We had young girls with tears in their eyes," he added. "It's exciting to see the passion. It's cool."

Hemsworth will appear at a number of the mall tour stops over the next few days, including Atlanta on March 6, Scottsdale on March 7 and the final stop on March 10 in Seattle, where he'll be reunited with Lawrence and Hutcherson.

The highly anticipated, Gary Ross-directed "Hunger Games" opens on March 23. Tickets for the movie are already breaking records previously held by the third installment of that other beloved franchise "The Twilight Saga," "Eclipse."

Check out everything we've got on "The Hunger Games."

For young Hollywood news, fashion and "Twilight" updates around the clock, visit HollywoodCrush.MTV.com.

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Paula Deen Sued for Harassment and Racist Remarks

Paula Deen is in hot water! The Food Network star and her brother Bubba Hiers, who co-owns a Savannah restaurant with Deen, are being sued by a former employee of Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House.

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Sharp working with Japanese government on Home Energy Management System standard (video)

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Sharp is partnering, not with another major player in the consumer electronics field but, with the Japanese government to create a standard based on its Home Energy Management System or HEMS. The platform allows users to not only monitor their energy consumption, but also reduce their electrical burden through home automation tools. With the aid of a tablet or smartphone, home owners can dim lighting and televisions or control thermostats, while monitoring how such changes affect energy consumption in real time. Sharp plans offer the system commercially with a router and WiFi modules that sit between appliances and your electrical outlet. The next step is getting regulators to agree to the standard so that non-Sharp products can become part of the ecosystem. Check out the video after the break.

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First Look: Oprah Winfrey Previews Her Upcoming Interview With Whitney Houston?s Daughter

Last week we learned that Oprah Winfrey managed to score the first interview with Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only begotten child of the late Whitney Houston, and today we get to check out a short preview clip of the upcoming interview. This Sunday March 11, one month to the day that Whitney died, Oprah will [...]

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Square's new Register app turns the iPad into a full-on point of sale terminal

Square's Register app turns the iPad into a full on point of sale terminal
Square continues to add functionality to its mobile payment platform, and the latest addition is its new Register app for iPad. The refresh brings a sleeker interface and greater Card Case integration along with analytics to break down sales by transaction type and chronology to track your business' performance. Additionally, you can set up custom permissions to limit employee access, create customer loyalty programs and there's an improved inventory system feature as well. Naturally, it still relies on Square's trusty card reader for swiping cards and charges 2.75 percent per transaction using Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express. Small businessmen, your payment chariot awaits, so check out a video of the new Square Register in action after the break.

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Interlocked is a three-dimensional brain teaser

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Back when I was a kid, I used to love crafting ornate puzzle boxes out of Lego. There would be just one way to open the box, by carefully shifting and rotating a bunch of pieces. Well, either that, or breaking the box in frustration.

Interlocked takes that spirit and turns it into a beautiful Flash game. It's a good thing the soundtrack is soothing, because the game itself can get pretty frustrating.

At the start of each level, you're presented with a box built out of blocks in different colors. You can click and drag the mouse to rotate the box any which way. Once you decide you want to shift a part of the box, hit SPACE to switch into "move" mode. You can then click any part of the box and drag it. Of course, you can only move a part as long as nothing is in its way. So it becomes a matter of understanding how the box is built, and what parts you need to move around so you could eventually take the box apart.

It's a tricky, difficult game, but it's a great brain teaser -- and definitely a keeper.

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