joining us this morning cnet's editor at large brian cooley. brian, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> first let's talk about this multi-billion-dollar deal skype and every and microsoft. >> there are three things are going on as jason mentioned they will be integration of this skype calling -- remember, skype is not just audio calling, it's also video chat. so to build that into xbox and the connect technology, that's where you move your body to control the games, starts to loop all these technologies together. secondly think about all the companies out there that use office on the desktop and outlook. what if you have built-in good calling and video conferencing right there in outlook or in office? >> wouldn't have to leave y desk. >> they could also share documents. skype to make it richer or better. so there are richer buckets to make it better for consumer to enterprise. it pulls pieces together for microsoft. >> are we going to see changes? if you go skype this afternoon or tomorrow -- >> i would doubt changes for some time because

it should be a big story. >> thank you, brian cooley editor at large cnet. i'll shake your hand again because key can. >> i'll give you a hug during the commercial break. >> even better. everybody is a winner. >> friendlier. >>> time now 6:53. the royal itinerary is out. what we now know about prince william and kate middleton's california trip coming up. >>> and the search for a missing nursing student heats up. how an unsolved murder could provide clues. >> it have a story idea or comment to share with us, email brian@cbs5.com. ,,,, ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ folksy whistling ] [ man ] quitting is a fight you can't let yourself lose. it can take many tries. but keep trying, you will beat smoking. honey, you okay? yeah, i'm fine. ♪ [ ukulele ] do something for it. show it some love. chevron with techron. care for your car. reward in hopes of getting her home safely. kiet do is in hayward, where the woman vani >>> the family of a missing nursing student is hoping to get her home safely, putting up a reward. kiet do reports. >> reporter: good morning.

cnet's editor at large brian cooley makes down what we can expect. okay, brian. iphone envy. >> that old thing? >> that old thing? >> we use those for door stops at cnet now. >> very nice. >> no, iphone 4 is still hot. will it be an iphone 5 or 4s. remember how the 3-g became a 3g s? it was a half step forward. that's a possibility not a 5 and one of the other features we are looking for is pay bigger screen. you have a decent sized screen there but -- >> i still need my glasses to read it. >> it's still small. and this is one of the smaller ones in the business now. a lot of them have four and 4.3" screens. the iphone is 3.5. so it's actually lost ground. so we expect a bigger screen. we'll see what they can do with that. there will be a better battery in there. really important on the iphone because you can't replace the battery, you can't carry a spare. it's all locked in there. >> the ipad will go forever. >> forever. that thing is so big it's all battery. >> this thing just dies. >> no room for a huge batteries. the iphone is never best in class

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and with more on that here's brian cooley editor at large with cnet. [overlapping speakers] >> okay, iphone, smart phone, droid phone, microsoft? >> you don't think of microsoft and smart phones at least not until you're prompted from a little bit. they are coming from behind. they have been making smart phones for seven or eight years but they don't have the mine share. people think about other brands. so today in new york in about 10 minutes they are going to show off 500 new features of windows phone. probably haven't heard of that either? >> no. >> it's their version. ios which runs the iphone or android which runs the android phone. it's their operating system for phones. you can see it there. no one has ever seen it because they have a small market share but they are going to try to raise the profile today and become a contender and they may roll out we hear as many as a handful or two of new phones, actual handsets, that run this operating system. >> what do you think? >> do we need 500 new features? >> do we need another player in the smart pho

google and others. >> cnet's brian cooley. thank you so much. >> thank you, gentlemen. >>> well, first, their plant closed down and 4700 people lost their jobs. now some are saying that they are not getting what they were promised on the way out. linda yee is in fremont with why some former muni workers feel they are being short changed. linda? >> reporter: dana, it is like a punch in the stomach for those people that lost their jobs at that plant over a year ago. they say what they were promised was help in paying their cobra insurance premium. well, so far no one has seen a dime. james lost his job at the muni plant a year ago. besides trying to find work he has been battling cobra medical insurance problems. >> they should have reimbursed me at the beginning and they never did. i would keep calling them at least weekly. at least once a week. sometimes daily. >> reporter: as part of the severance deal for the 4700 workers about half of chamberlin's monthly insurance payments would be reimbursed by the insurance administrator

. >> reporter: c-net's brian cooley says there is lots at stake. >> to put it simply facebook doesn't like that google is searching social sites like facebook and reflecting some of the results of what you do in your social network life. >> reporter: in a statement facebook says "no smear campaign was authorized or intended. the issues are serious and we should have presented them in a serious and transparent way." for its part the p.r. company says the way this whole incident was handled is against its own policies the assignment from facebook should have been rejected. the company says as for google, ken, no comment. a lot of people talking about all this in silicon valley. the experts though say probably a small thing that will die out shortly but certainly is interesting. a battle of the titans. >> always something going on between these kind of companies. mark sayre in palo alto. thank you. >>> a landmark study could change the way hiv patients receive treatment around the world. the research spans nine countries. investigators discovered giving drugs to patients early cut their