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In Brief: VoIP Coming to Leopard, Intel Upgrades Yonah

VoIP Coming to Mac OS X 10.5?

AppleInsider is reporting that developers are feverishly working on the inclusion of internet phone calls to Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard".

Sources familiar with recent builds say that VoIP dialling is a new feature of iChat 4.0.

It is unknown whether Apple will capitalise on this growing market or whether they'll partner with an existing solutions provider such as Skype or Google Talk.

Intel Launches 2.33GHz Core Duo

Today Intel quietly began shipping a moderately upgraded version of its Core Duo processor.

The Core Duo T2700 is priced at $637 and tops the previous high end chip, the 2.16GHz Core Duo T2600.

The current 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pro notebooks use the previous high end Core Duo processor, sources have contacted World of Apple with information about a discrete boost in MacBook Pro top speeds with no price change.

Intel has also quietly begun shipping the Ultra Low Voltage Core Duo this week.