Update 2: In America these days, it seems like all we hear from politicians is fear and cynicism about whether or not we can deal with the problems facing us and get our country back on track.
Avid Skype video users on Windows Phone 8, now is the time to get your hair did -- HD video is now possible employing "higher-end" WP8 devices, such as the Lumia 920, HTC 8X, and Samsung Ativ S. "Lower end handsets" will have to settle for VGA video, though Microsoft says call quality across the board was improved in update 2.4.
ENGADGET: Skype for Windows Phone 8 gets HD video, People Hub integration in latest update
Jan. 2 update: After briefly going over the cliff, Congress has protected the nation from massive tax hikes, sparking a stock market rally.
FORBES: Eight Ways To Protect Your Finances From Washington's Craziness
T-Mobile is working with LG to deliver a software update to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) for the G2x, which we expect will deliver some performance enhancements.
Motorola Xoom: One week following our report that Motorola was testing an Android 4.1.2 update for the WiFi version of its Xoom tablet, the company has gone ahead and made it available for all.
ENGADGET: Refresh Roundup: week of October 15th, 2012 Mobile
Well-known HTC phone modder Football doesn't want us to get comfy: he claims to have both obtained a leaked version of Sense 4.1's ROM Upgrade Utility (RUU) and folded it into the 2.2 update to his Maximus firmware for the international One X.
ENGADGET: HTC Sense 4.1 reportedly leaked with custom ROM, One X owners taste the future
Sony's providing a solution in its next update, firmware version 2.10, which enables folders of up to 10 items to be organized on the screen.
ENGADGET: PlayStation Vita's firmware update 2.10 adding folders, enhanced video playback
You've overclocked it and hacked it to run OS X and Android, now you can return your N900 to its native Maemo 5 OS with the launch of a version 1.2 software update.
ENGADGET: Nokia updates N900 to version 1.2 in UK, closes door on MeeGo
So we feel your pain, original Kindle owners, after Amazon announced a major firmware update that brings native PDF support to the 6-inch Kindle 2 and DX readers with the promise of a staggering 85% increase in battery life to all Kindle 2 devices -- if you haven't already received it OTA, the 2.3 software update is now available for download and installation via USB tethering.
ENGADGET: Kindle 2.3 software update available, generation 1 owners need not apply
Corsair will soon release a free software driver update which adds Dolby Headphone 2.0 to the Vengeance 2000 Wireless gaming headset.
With the 2.9 update, you can search for all the posts that received a particular emoticon ("funny" searches all the laugh-tagged posts for example).
ENGADGET: Path 2.9 update introduces contextualized, personalized search (update: now with video)
Evernote released a substantial Skitch 2.5 update for both OS X and iOS today, which makes the four-month wait since the last Mac update seem worthwhile.
Many of us enjoy looking through our social network history to reflect on shared memories, and Path is helping users do just that with its latest 2.9 update.
ENGADGET: Path 2.9 update introduces contextualized, personalized search (update: now with video)
The new 2.0 update features an entirely new FaceTime-like interface, allowing simultaneous audio translations within a video call, which not only adds a new interactive experience, but also adds another dimension to this new type of instant communication: the body language and tone to each conversation.
ENGADGET: Vocre 2.0 for iOS brings live translation to video calls
The final build that goes out as an OTA update will apparently be version 2.1, although that's not totally confirmed yet -- we're told that there are references to a "Nova-Barleywine" in the code, but it's not clear if that's another 2.x version or something else entirely.
ENGADGET: webOS 2.0 for the Sprint Palm Pre leaks out, added features in tow
Looks like Dell's stepped onto its own toes real hard with the Streak's Android 2.1 update -- O2 just confirmed to us that due to some "feedback from users, " it's decided to suspend said download while Dell gets cranking on a revised software release over the next two or three weeks.
The 2.5 Spring Update is a free download and should be available nowish.
ENGADGET: Zune 2.5 update brings TV downloads, Zune Card sharing
Motorola Xoom: Motorola is now testing Android 4.1.2 as a potential update for the WiFi variant of this tablet.
Microsoft has quite a bit in store for the Zune faithful with its new Zune version 2.5 software update.
ENGADGET: Zune 2.5 update brings TV downloads, Zune Card sharing
Update: Please note, Firmware 2.0 is available now for the H10.
He did have some (initial) concern over sluggish startup times but these seem to have been addressed by a firmware update (v1.0.2) he found on Digital-Cube's Korean site.
The iPad 2 got a chip update last year, for example, which significantly extended its battery life by using a 32nm A5 SoC instead of a 45nm one.
ENGADGET: Latest Apple TV reveals smaller A5 chip, adds to rumors of split with Samsung
It's quite another when it's a GPS watch, and athletes are building their own apps -- yet that's what Suunto has managed with a 2.0 firmware update to its Ambit outdoor watch.
ENGADGET: Suunto Ambit update lets athletes build their own GPS watch apps
Adobe has just released a security update for Flash Player 11.2.202.233 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux, Adobe Flash Player 11.1.115.7 and earlier versions for Android 4.x, and Adobe Flash Player 11.1.111.8 and earlier versions for Android 3.x and 2.x.
ENGADGET: Adobe issues security update for Flash player, warns against IE exploit
With any luck, that input will start rolling in soon: Valve is preparing to update its popular free-to-play shooter, Team Fortress 2 with a Rift-compatible VR mode, openly describing the update as an experiment.
ENGADGET: Oculus' Palmer Luckey and Nate Mitchell on the past, present and future of the Rift
We are also working to remove the texture from Modern Warfare 2 through a separate Title Update.
FORBES: Modern Warfare Multiplayer Map Taken Down for Offending Muslim Players
Samsung added 0.2-inches to this update, while incorporating elements of its "famed" inspired by nature design that conspire to lend this handset a reassuring in-hand fit.
ENGADGET: Samsung Galaxy Note II for AT&T hands-on: an S-Pen phablet with 4G LTE (update: video)
At least owners of "some earlier versions of Kindle" (quote from the press release) will receive native PDF support whenever the 1st generation firmware update (currently at version 1.2) is released.
ENGADGET: Kindle 2.3 software update available, generation 1 owners need not apply
It's been obvious from day one that it was possible, but after a couple of years of oh-so-painful 30 FPS recording on the EOS 5D Mark II, Canon is finally coming through with its long-promised 2.0.3 update that brings 29.97 FPS and 24 FPS (23.976, to be precise) 1080p recording at last.
ENGADGET: Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware 2.0.3 arrives at last to free us from frame rate hell
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