:00:07. > :00:14.-- having repeated. Now on BBC News it is time for
:00:14. > :00:21.Click. I wonder where we are going. This
:00:21. > :00:31.is like an adventure. It is like going on holiday. I love brand-new
:00:31. > :00:43.
:00:43. > :00:51.HDMI cables as well. Who are you? You are my new best friend.
:00:51. > :00:56.The Xbox is about to become an Xbox. This week, Click is in the US to
:00:56. > :01:01.get the 360's 6SR. We will strap on the latest smart watches to find
:01:01. > :01:05.out exactly what makes them tick. All that plus the latest Ten News
:01:05. > :01:14.and a suite of tools to make your home videos look that much better.
:01:14. > :01:18.-- technology news. Welcome to Click. In a couple of weeks' time,
:01:18. > :01:23.the video gaming world will head to Los Angeles for the annual E3 games
:01:23. > :01:29.expo. That this year it is such a bd for gaming, the manufacturers
:01:29. > :01:36.are jumping the gun. Sony has will be teased us with PlayStation 4,
:01:36. > :01:40.and now it is Microsoft's turn to get as excited. As the Xbox 360
:01:40. > :01:46.prepares for retirement, we have been to Microsoft headquarters to
:01:46. > :01:51.meet its successor. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing a
:01:51. > :01:56.Xbox One. With that, Microsoft fired another shot in the never
:01:56. > :02:02.ending war over who can build the best gaming console. Or did it?
:02:02. > :02:06.With more than 100 million Xboxs are sold through the years, there
:02:06. > :02:12.has never been any question that at its core, Xbox was all about the
:02:12. > :02:18.games. But in this round, Microsoft has a bigger and bolder approach to
:02:18. > :02:22.taking housing living rooms hostage. Tim Xbox is on a new mission.
:02:22. > :02:25.Design and build and all in one system to light up a new generation
:02:26. > :02:29.of games, television and entertainment. It does more than
:02:29. > :02:35.just allow you to score winning goals, drive race cars and shoot
:02:35. > :02:39.down enemies, you can also use it to watch movies and Live TV, listen
:02:39. > :02:46.to music, take a Skype call, even at the same time. And with
:02:46. > :02:52.ambitious content partnerships announced, with a new Halo TV show
:02:52. > :02:55.produced none other by Steven Spielberg himself. The Halo
:02:55. > :03:00.universe, where technology and myth-making meet to produce
:03:00. > :03:05.something really ground-breaking. It is a bit of a stretch to call
:03:05. > :03:10.the Xbox one just a gaming console, isn't it? It is still a gaming
:03:10. > :03:16.console, it is billed by game has, for gamers, that has incorporated
:03:16. > :03:22.new functionality. We have built a product that we can innovate and
:03:22. > :03:26.give create is the opportunity to build amazing new experiences.
:03:27. > :03:32.Certainly, playing two game as has paid off for Microsoft, it has been
:03:32. > :03:37.flying high for Prof -- from profits from Xbox but with a new
:03:37. > :03:41.offering from Nintendo already out, and one from Sony on the way, media
:03:41. > :03:47.interest in the battle for gaming supremacy in a $65 billion annual
:03:47. > :03:51.market has never been more intense. After all, why else would the Click
:03:51. > :03:55.team joined a gaggle of 200 other journalists to brave the Seattle
:03:55. > :04:01.weather? Did Microsoft capture their attention with its newest
:04:01. > :04:09.weapon? Splashy press conference, splashy announcement. First
:04:09. > :04:15.impressions. I think it is a really interesting product. The Gaming was
:04:15. > :04:19.a bit light but that is always going to happen. I do like the name,
:04:19. > :04:25.because I was iffy about it at first, but it is an all-in-one
:04:25. > :04:31.thing. They want you to have that thing and none -- nothing else.
:04:31. > :04:39.you feel that Sony, Nintendo, Apple, Google, will have to be on their
:04:39. > :04:43.toes? It is in the same area as Google TV. Much in the same way
:04:43. > :04:49.that they are going to try and introduce things. Google should be
:04:49. > :04:54.a bit concerned there. Maybe it is Microsoft that should be concerned.
:04:54. > :04:59.Despite initial favourable reaction, many hard core gameplay has
:04:59. > :05:03.complained about the emphasis on the Xbox's TV capabilities. The
:05:03. > :05:10.company's share price did dropped during the hour-long announcement,
:05:10. > :05:15.while Sony's surged 9%. Investor indifference, maybe. But there are
:05:15. > :05:22.still big question marks hanging over the new device. The new Xbox
:05:22. > :05:27.Mains behind glass, where it will stay until it is available...
:05:27. > :05:32.Microsoft has not said. Again, no- one knows how much it will cost.
:05:32. > :05:37.The specifics about content deals, how nicely the device will pay it -
:05:37. > :05:41.- will play with cable and will be ready to take full
:05:41. > :05:46.advantage of the new system, especially because you ought Xbox
:05:46. > :05:52.360 games will not work on the Xbox one. Filling out the new box, a
:05:52. > :05:56.Blu-ray tribe. 8 gigs of RAM and a 500 gig hard drive. Though
:05:56. > :06:01.Microsoft it did not spend much time talking about technology specs,
:06:01. > :06:06.it would take time away from the pretty pro duct pictures. Give them
:06:06. > :06:10.some credit for actually showing us their device. A feat that Sony
:06:10. > :06:14.spectacularly failed to match at their own rort event for the
:06:14. > :06:19.PlayStation 4, event the teaser video, adding precious little to
:06:19. > :06:24.what we do know about the form factor. But this console war is not
:06:24. > :06:30.just about the boxers themselves, it is partly behind -- about the
:06:30. > :06:36.accessories. Microsoft has caught up reinforcements, in the form of a
:06:36. > :06:39.new Kinect, which will be bundled with every Xbox one. Such an
:06:39. > :06:44.integral part is the improved Kinect interface. It has been
:06:44. > :06:49.redesigned with more invested 3D capabilities which allow for better
:06:49. > :06:52.gameplay, and it a more accurate Kinect. It is the height of
:06:52. > :06:56.enhanced interface which can recognise individual users and
:06:56. > :07:02.serve up content customised to their interests and a viewing
:07:02. > :07:07.habits. Its camera allows it to see in the dark, with vastly improved
:07:07. > :07:13.3D imagery which should help it better understand a user's physical
:07:13. > :07:17.input. With Kinect's improved voice recognition capabilities, couch-
:07:17. > :07:22.potato as do not have to search for the remote to do something as
:07:22. > :07:28.change the channel. Microsoft swears that the Xbox one his first
:07:28. > :07:32.and foremost a gaming console. Exclusive titles and two
:07:32. > :07:38.beautifully show us the system's graphics. EA Sports used at the
:07:38. > :07:43.event to demonstrate a new gaming system that should use every --
:07:43. > :07:48.which should make every footballer tool. It would deliver bonus game
:07:48. > :07:54.content or so. Competitors and gamers around the world, you have
:07:54. > :07:59.been put on notice. Microsoft intends to protect its turf. It is
:07:59. > :08:04.an unviable to devise. It will give you the best game experience, it
:08:04. > :08:08.will connect you with your friends, all the things that to love.
:08:08. > :08:13.Mission accomplished? The battle rages on.
:08:13. > :08:18.Are you are excited by it -- by what you had just seen? Email us
:08:18. > :08:22.and let us know. In a couple of weeks' time, we will be going to
:08:23. > :08:28.eat three to hear much more from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. -- 2
:08:28. > :08:31.E three. Yahoo has bought up blogging site
:08:31. > :08:36.Tumblr for $1 billion plus some small change. They hope it will
:08:36. > :08:42.open up a new audience to its online products. And make it cool
:08:42. > :08:46.again. Yahoo's boss means that most things will be unchanged, promising
:08:46. > :08:50.not to screw it up, but she wants to introduce more seamless
:08:50. > :08:56.advertising. It comes as Yahoo has made significant changes to its
:08:56. > :09:03.other big passions, Flickr is to upgrade its uses to 41 terabyte
:09:03. > :09:07.storage accounts, and to introduce a more picture rich android app. It
:09:07. > :09:14.is doubling the cost of paid accounts that carry no advertising.
:09:14. > :09:19.Twitter has asked for higher levels of accounts security, introducing
:09:19. > :09:23.two step verification. It is activated in a town settings. It
:09:23. > :09:27.requires you to activate a code sent to your mobile phone alongside
:09:27. > :09:32.a password. The move comes after several high-profile accounts were
:09:32. > :09:38.hacked earlier this year. Finally, a debate that has raged on the
:09:38. > :09:43.internet for over 25 years, has at last been put to rest. Steve
:09:43. > :09:51.Wilhite, in effect -- inventor of the GIF, publicly declared that the
:09:51. > :09:57.acronym is pronounced AGEF. It is still a staple of the online world,
:09:57. > :10:07.bringing us the weird and the wonderful. And also cats, a lot of
:10:07. > :10:07.
:10:07. > :10:12.cats. Every few years, technology changes
:10:12. > :10:17.enough for someone somewhere to get a brilliant idea. If things start
:10:17. > :10:22.getting smaller, we will soon be able to fit everything into a watch.
:10:22. > :10:28.So we see a new raft of smart watch has hit the scene. That is where we
:10:28. > :10:38.are now. This latest crop aims to be much more than just a bunch of
:10:38. > :10:39.
:10:39. > :10:45.posh timepieces. Perhaps the most famous clock in
:10:46. > :10:50.the world resides in London's Elizabeth tower. Here, inside the
:10:50. > :11:00.Elisabeth tower in Westminster, all year round, three o'clock mechanics
:11:00. > :11:06.
:11:06. > :11:10.tend to this giant 154 year-old example of mechanic timekeeping. It
:11:10. > :11:16.is almost a living mechanism. The plot mechanics feed it by winding
:11:16. > :11:26.it three times a week. They regulate it to ensure that it keeps
:11:26. > :11:28.
:11:28. > :11:32.good time. It is accurate to within one second a day. This is
:11:32. > :11:37.timekeeping delivered on a grand scale. But on a more personal,
:11:37. > :11:43.wearable level, time and technology march on. Lots of love may have
:11:43. > :11:50.ditched wristwatches in favour of a mobile phone's clock, but the watch
:11:50. > :11:53.itself is now capable of more than just telling the time. This is the
:11:53. > :12:03.annual What in jewellery Fair in Switzerland full, the premier event
:12:03. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:20.for all things chronological. That The latest marvels of micro
:12:20. > :12:25.mechanical engineering. Often, price tags resemble that of a
:12:25. > :12:29.family car. But how smart can they watched? That particular time he's
:12:29. > :12:34.over there is fitted with a personal locator beacon. That seems
:12:34. > :12:39.pretty clever to make. Crafted in lightweight titanium and measuring
:12:39. > :12:44.51 millimetres across, it contains an emergency transmitter that will
:12:44. > :12:48.notify search and rescue services of its own's location once
:12:48. > :12:52.activated. The watch itself transmits two signals on emergency
:12:52. > :12:58.frequencies. One is earthbound. The other can be detected by satellites
:12:58. > :13:01.in space, regardless of its wearer's location. The personal
:13:01. > :13:07.locator beta -- beacon has its own battery which must be recharged
:13:07. > :13:11.every two months. �12,000 for this level of safety. And if the Annat
:13:11. > :13:15.suddenly sets of the Beacon, showing off down at the pub, they
:13:15. > :13:21.will be charged a considerable amount of cash to cover the cost of
:13:21. > :13:24.any scrambled search and rescue teams. This one is not a watch at
:13:24. > :13:28.all but a wrist mounted mobile phone. Inside is a SIM card and the
:13:28. > :13:32.watch face has a colour touchscreen. It is certainly not a smartphone.
:13:32. > :13:37.It allows its user to make and receive calls, send and receive
:13:37. > :13:42.text messages, even watch and listen to multimedia content. The
:13:42. > :13:46.screen is very small. Texting and using the calculator will become an
:13:46. > :13:51.exercise in patience and steady hand at skill. But if you want to
:13:51. > :13:55.use a really smart what, you had better known a smartphone. Most of
:13:55. > :14:00.these devices connect through Bluetooth. They present their
:14:00. > :14:07.wearer with information from their fans like text or e-mail alerts.
:14:07. > :14:09.They can also act as a remote control for the music player. The
:14:09. > :14:14.Allah million Shell keeps the weight down. It has a touchscreen
:14:14. > :14:18.speak red microphone and can use the Android operating system. It
:14:19. > :14:22.can make and receive calls when used in conjunction with the
:14:22. > :14:26.smartphone. That screen and Bluetooth makes this a very
:14:27. > :14:30.powerful as the device, requiring daily charging. Because it connects
:14:30. > :14:34.to a mobile phone with Bluetooth tethering, it is more Bawtry
:14:35. > :14:40.intensive than standard Bluetooth. Once you are online, the next step
:14:40. > :14:44.is to set up each application through the cloud before anything
:14:44. > :14:50.well what -- anything will work. Even then, you might not get quite
:14:50. > :14:55.what is expected. Most applications work to some level but on the whole,
:14:56. > :15:01.the experience was slow and country. To cap it all off, the watch is not
:15:01. > :15:05.even water resistant. Pavel has had a lot to live up to, raking in $10
:15:05. > :15:09.million on Kickstarter, making it the most heavily funded project in
:15:09. > :15:14.the history of the website. That popularity came at a price, with
:15:14. > :15:19.huge demand and huge delays as a result. It is finally with us now
:15:19. > :15:23.and those delays have paid off - sort of. It is basically a second
:15:23. > :15:27.screen for the fine so if it is disconnected, it is not very useful.
:15:27. > :15:35.Connected always of looters, it is cooked up to an application on the
:15:35. > :15:40.iPhone or Android had set. Because of its limited screen real-estate,
:15:40. > :15:46.these and the work as an overview. In terms of style, the plastic feel
:15:46. > :15:52.might not be for everyone but it is waterproof to 50 metres and has a
:15:52. > :15:55.low-power LCD e-paper display, working out at about one week of do
:15:55. > :16:01.so from the battery. The development kit for the couple has
:16:01. > :16:03.been out since April and already has a decent support. Those
:16:03. > :16:08.applications include a new watch faces like these and a couple of
:16:08. > :16:14.dedicated applications like this fitness application. There are more
:16:14. > :16:18.in development. The quality of these applications could make or
:16:18. > :16:22.break the Pebble. At the moment, it does not to a lot but what it does
:16:22. > :16:28.do it manages fairly well. Rumours are rife surrounding Samsung and
:16:28. > :16:30.Apple's interest in producing a smart watch. In this area, wearable
:16:30. > :16:36.technology has potential in the not-too-distant future, even if it
:16:36. > :16:42.is not being realised in the present.
:16:42. > :16:52.I don't know about you, but in the 1980s, I had a cup today to watch -
:16:52. > :16:52.
:16:52. > :16:56.do you remember those? -- calculator watch. They were so
:16:56. > :17:06.small that he wanted to do anything, you had to take them off your wrist,
:17:06. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:13.at which point, all you had was a tiny calculator. Now, Webscape.
:17:13. > :17:17.Kit is fun to dabble with video editing but if you want to get more
:17:17. > :17:22.serious, check out the light works, a comprehensive editing suite
:17:22. > :17:25.powerful enough to produce top Hollywood measly -- movies like
:17:25. > :17:28.Mission impossible and that man. The free version is packed with
:17:28. > :17:36.features and effects with an upgrade to a professional if you
:17:36. > :17:39.want more integrated input and output methods. If it is your first
:17:39. > :17:42.time using software like this, it might look intimidating but you
:17:42. > :17:46.will pick it up in a time once you get to grips with some of the
:17:46. > :17:54.guides and tutorials. For those with more experience, it will come
:17:54. > :17:57.very quickly indeed because the interface is pretty intuitive.
:17:57. > :18:02.There will be a steep learning curve, however, so be prepared to
:18:02. > :18:09.lock yourself away in a quiet room for a few hours and read all of the
:18:09. > :18:17.manual files. It is only available for Windows right now but the Linux
:18:17. > :18:27.version has been released to the public. Stay tuned for more news
:18:27. > :18:32.relating to the Apple version. Ever get the feeling that you are
:18:32. > :18:37.being followed? That is the point with Twitter but one group has
:18:37. > :18:42.taken the concept to the end of creepiness with their free iPhone
:18:42. > :18:49.Apple, shadow me. Going beyond a simple follow, this allows you to
:18:49. > :18:56.shadow a particular account, seeing everything that is public that they
:18:56. > :18:59.see. Of course privacy campaigners will
:18:59. > :19:03.probably have a good it look at this one because it makes cyber
:19:03. > :19:07.stalking as easy as it has ever been, but that said, the
:19:07. > :19:11.information it is serving up is nothing that is not already
:19:11. > :19:17.publicly available, so if you are worried about what it is delivering,
:19:17. > :19:23.perhaps you should revisit your security settings. For a less
:19:24. > :19:28.creepy thing to do with your iPhone, a checkout this one. It is not free
:19:28. > :19:32.but it won't matter to all of you fans because it is beautifully made
:19:32. > :19:42.and you can keep an eye out for all those famous distribution lorries
:19:42. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:47.as you drive about. The world billiards championship is
:19:47. > :19:53.one of the oldest sporting World Championships in history, dating
:19:53. > :19:58.back to the mid-19th century. Agent De Bello 84 has given this
:19:58. > :20:03.particularly sedate game a 21st century twist, be created in
:20:03. > :20:08.glorious html 5 to be played on the latest internet browsers. In this
:20:08. > :20:14.version of the game, a billiards tournament has been infiltrated by
:20:15. > :20:19.a terrorist group. Yes, really. And you are under constant pressure by
:20:19. > :20:27.the driving pulling the plug music and exploding eight balls to clear
:20:27. > :20:30.the table as quickly as possible -- the driving music. It is apparently
:20:30. > :20:37.a very accurate rendition of the physics of a real billiards table,
:20:37. > :20:47.which is probably why my inability to sink a ball in a pocket is so
:20:47. > :20:48.
:20:48. > :20:55.frustratingly realistic as well. The winners of the 17th annual
:20:55. > :21:00.Webby Awards were announced on Tuesday. Jerry Seinfeld, Kevin
:21:00. > :21:10.Spacey were among those invited to make a five word exception --
:21:10. > :21:13.
:21:13. > :21:17.acceptance speech. Stephen Wynne height, inventor of
:21:17. > :21:22.the GIF received a lifetime achievement award. You know I
:21:22. > :21:31.pronounce that one right. There is also a YouTube channel if you want
:21:31. > :21:35.to watch clips from the night. Active Google+ uses of which there
:21:35. > :21:41.are now apparently 190 million we have noticed a complete overhaul of
:21:41. > :21:45.the desktop design last week. Now, the makeover is going mobile. The
:21:45. > :21:49.social network announced on its block that hosts would now appear
:21:49. > :21:55.at -- appear as cards in the mobile Webster in, making it easier to
:21:55. > :22:01.read and interact with. As well as looking prettier, they design adds
:22:01. > :22:09.41 new features including a multi- coloured layout, automatic photos
:22:09. > :22:15.and hashtag options. Thank you. You will find that on
:22:15. > :22:22.our website along with other material as well as breaking