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Seven days of Vista -- day 5: DirectX 10 pimps your gaming

Crave Taking this 'no fun' diss to heart, we thought we'd spend the fifth day of our Vista foray looking at how the new OS could change the face of gaming. The new OS launches on 30 January -- so check back tomorrow, when we'll bring you more reasons why...

Tags: microsoft, xbox, flight, simulator

29 January 2007, 12:04

Windows Vista: Selling like hot cakes

Crave The naysayers have been saying nay an awful lot -- citing Vista's obvious Mac OS X influence, its questionable UK pricing structure, and surround-sound foibles. According to Microsoft's own numbers, over 20 million licences of the new OS have been...

Tags: microsoft, windows xp, os, vista

29 March 2007, 10:42

Apple and the performing circus widgets

Crave Our copy of OS X Tiger came with a selection of Dashboard Widgets included, but Mac users have been designing their own over the past few months and we've stocked up on the critters. Apple's OS X Tiger brought us many delights, but our favourite by...

Tags: apple uk, widgets, dashboard, tiger

21 June 2005, 10:22

iPhone vs Sony Ericsson W950i vs Nokia N95 vs LG Prada

Crave It runs a version of Apple's Mac operating system, OS X, and includes Widgets, Google Maps, the Safari browser and iTunes with CoverFlow. It runs on the Symbian OS v9.1 and uses the UIQ 3 user interface, which means you can run a variety of Symbian...

22 January 2007, 12:03

Crave Talk: Apple, don't make me jump!

Crave Screenshots of a new touchscreen iPod (most of them demonstrably fake) have appeared on MacRumors, along with an old patent Apple filed that might support this idea, while Mac OS Rumors posted a story on the rumoured iPhone.

Tags: apple, story, mark, event

30 March 2006, 14:00

Free software with the launch of Downloads at CNET.co.uk

Crave We've got software for your Mobile -- carry all your Documents to Go with this free-to-try application for your Palm OS device. We've got software for your Mac, such as the new version of the free Web browser Mozilla Firefox 1.5.

Tags: palm os, crave, tab, directory

8 February 2006, 10:49

Apple iMac 24-inch: Love is in the air

Crave But the latest Macs are competitive on price with high-end systems from companies such as Dell, and the new Intel-based machines will run Windows in a sandbox, helping people make the daring transition to OS X.

Tags: apple, intel, inch, processor

7 September 2006, 11:12

Apple OS X Leopard: Release date confirmed

Crave In news that's sure to send a shudder through many a Windows fanboy, Apple has announced that Mac OS X Leopard will go on sale on Friday 26 October at 1pm (GMT). The new OS is the sixth major release of OS X, and according to Apple frontman Steve...

Tags: os, apple, steve jobs, leopard

16 October 2007, 15:13

Rebel assault: OS X on PlayStation 3

Crave Could Mac OS X on the PlayStation 3 be the first manoeuvre in Sony's assault on the living room? Sony has casually announced that the PS3's cell processors will support a variety of operating systems "such as Linux or OS X Tiger".

Tags: apple uk, os, processor, playstation

8 August 2005, 10:50

Rolf your iPhone with iStylophone

Crave The Very Cool Software Company, a UK-based Mac OS developer, recently announced its first iPhone application: Dubreq iStylophone. If you're a fan of retro musical instruments, we've got some good news.

Tags: mac os, electronic, instrument, artists

14 October 2008, 10:11

Crave Talk: Should user interfaces cater for the intoxicated?

Crave Why do you drag disks to the 'Trash' to eject them in Mac OS? Why is the button that connects your mobile phone to a premium-rate Internet service twice as big as the button that answers calls? Why do you go to the 'Start' button in Windows to shut...

Tags: cash, mac os, machines, london

6 February 2007, 12:24

Google Chrome: Hands-on with the polished new browser

Crave Plans call for Mac OS X and Linux versions in the near future. In its comic-book preannouncement of its new browser, Chrome, Google stated correctly that watching videos, chatting and even playing Web-based games didn't exist when browsers were...

Tags: tabs, javascript, beta, tab

3 September 2008, 10:04

Exclusive: Alienware Star Wars PCs

Crave Shouldn't the Light Side edition run Mac OS? Someone handed a Star Wars fan an airbrush and four Alienware PCs, sat them in a room with John William's famous soundtrack blaring at a hundred watts and screamed, "Paint little Star Wars fan, paint!

Tags: mac os, wallpaper, pcs, marketing

20 April 2005, 15:39

Crave Podcast 32: How green is your PC?

Crave If you're still eager for more after that, there's videogames, Santa Rosa, the iRiver Clix, Sony Ericsson W610i, T-Mobile Ameo, and a reflection on this week's battle between Mac OS X and Vista. Is your computer a little metal hippie, or a horrible...

Tags: hd dvd, codes, battle, hd

4 May 2007, 15:49

Crave Podcast 32: How green is your PC?

Crave If you're still eager for more after that, there's videogames, Santa Rosa, the iRiver Clix, Sony Ericsson W610i, T-Mobile Ameo, and a reflection on this week's battle between Mac OS X and Vista. Is your computer a little metal hippie, or a horrible...

4 May 2007, 16:49