consumers

Crave Talk: Use Macs Sophos? Are you mad?

Crave Crazy as it seems, this strategy probably won't hurt Sophos, as the company only sells anti-virus software to businesses (and the Mac-switching advice was issued to consumers). Indeed, its advice is more likely to annoy its consumer-focused rivals...

Tags: alerts, viruses, consumers, anti

10 July 2006, 12:25

Intel Core i7 CPU tested

Crave It may be worth the wait, if you know you'll need that much parallelism, but few consumers will. The major impact of the QPI for consumers is that Intel uses different QPI ratings to distinguish the Core i7-965 Extreme Edition from the non-Extreme...

12 November 2008, 16:47

HTC Touch HD: An iPhone for the rest of us

Crave HTC has just announced the launch of HTC Touch HD -- a 5-megapixel quad-band multimedia handset, aimed at both consumers and business users.It's got a 97mm (3.8-inch) touch-sensitive 480x800-pixel (not exactly HD) display, 512MB of internal memory...

Tags: htc, hd, sony ericsson, opera mini

15 September 2008, 17:15

Crave Talk: Is iTunes right for movies?

Crave A smart industry would grab the chance to get closer to its audience and fine-tune its delivery mechanism to what the consumers actually want, not limit itself to old-fashioned ideas that predate the invention of the silicon chip.

Tags: apple, industry, jobs, consumer

21 June 2006, 11:05

Official unlocked iPhone 3G available in Hong Kong

Crave Apple has made an unlocked version of the iPhone 3G available in Hong Kong, letting consumers pick whichever carrier they so choose. This is in sharp contrast to Apple's policy for the almost everywhere else on the planet.

Tags: iphone, carrier, hong kong, itunes

29 September 2008, 8:53

Blu-ray trounces HD DVD in sales

Crave We previously thought HD DVD's only road to victory was by selling loads of cheap standalone HD DVD players, so the fact that relatively expensive Blu-ray players are starting to sell makes it seem like this format war has been officially declared...

Tags: war, hd, blu, sales

24 January 2008, 9:27

Crave Talk: Is Origami the future?

Crave Perhaps Microsoft believes that if the UMPC gets enough press attention, consumers will flock to it in droves -- in other words if they build it, we will come. All have yet to convince consumers. When Kevin Costner's corn field whispered "If you...

Tags: microsoft, field, ultra, host

15 March 2006, 8:00

Crave Talk: Free mobile services for ads

Crave From keywords on search to discreet little text ads next to your emails, consumers seem happy to accept ads if they're implemented carefully. And at what point do consumers start going all Falling Down?

Tags: vodafone, services, ads, marketing

15 November 2006, 12:27

Crave Talk: Is the $100 laptop the end for Moore's Law?

Crave Concurrently, consumers have lusted after the latest and greatest computing hardware, encouraged in part by newer, fatter, ever more demanding operating systems and applications. Moore's law is great for making tech faster, and for making slower...

Tags: children, tech, law, laptops

24 July 2007, 11:19

Crave Talk: Why are all our gadgets glossy?

Crave Many consumers feel a psychological need to publicly display their wealth and power. Consumers have a tendency to mindlessly migrate towards the glossiest thing in the store and buy it on impulse, a habit that the industry is catching on to quickly.

Tags: industry, value, human, water

20 February 2007, 11:21

Photos: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T700 camera and album

Crave The concept behind Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-T700 is to give consumers a solid snapshot camera boasting a bounty of features and modes, with an easy-to-use touchscreen interface, as well as a portable digital photo album able to hold approximately 40...

8 August 2008, 11:06

Crave Talk: Zune must go wireless

Crave Watch out consumers, here comes Steve Ballmer! You may already have seen the man's near-psychotic performance at a developers' conference where he chanted "Developers! Developers! Developers! while dashing around the stage like a shaved gorilla on...

Tags: microsoft, man, community, wi fi

27 July 2006, 11:31

iStockphoto wallpaper for your mobile

Crave Crave US: iStockPhoto, an online subsidiary of stock-art seller Getty Images, is taking its business to consumers. The company typically sells images to newspapers, ad agencies and others with a large appetite for photos and illustrations, but on...

Tags: phase, getty images, wallpaper, stock

12 April 2007, 9:52

Logitech launches its PS3 assault

Crave UK consumers may be feeling PS3 apathy, but that hasn't stopped Logitech from launching a range of new peripherals for the thing. Six new gizmos were unveiled at CeBIT 2007, all designed to make your gaming experience a little more civilised.

Tags: logitech, gaming, controller, gamers

15 March 2007, 9:05

Denon DVD-A1XVA: Battleship player

Crave While the forward march of technology usually results in lower prices for us consumers, it seems that a quiet revolution is starting in the world of DVD players. We seriously thought we would see DVD players given away free inside packets of Corn...

Tags: denon, dvd player, definition, dvd players

9 February 2006, 10:50