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O2 Wallet: Oyster card, Barclaycard and phone in one

Crave The concept isn't new and uses near-field communications (NFC) technology that's been around for some time, although this is the first time it's been trialled in the UK on this scale. Forget carrying around a separate mobile phone, credit card and...

28 November 2007, 14:35

Sony Ericsson W300i: Robbie Williams' Walkman

Crave We're still not overjoyed with the fish scale-like keys on the keypad, or the large hinge that also featured on the Z530i, but for the price it's not a bad deal at all. Unless you're a fugitive hiding out in a forest or mountain range you've...

Tags: sony ericsson, sony, ericsson, walkman

13 July 2006, 9:37

Creative HQ-2300D: Home cinema in your ears

Crave But at the opposite end of the musical scale, quite literally with Mylo's Destroy Rock & Roll album, it was like listening to dance music in a church. Do you have a complete disrespect for your co-workers?

Tags: creative, box, headphones, headphone

14 September 2005, 10:04

Sony battery recall affects HP, Toshiba, Dell laptops

Crave This recall appears to be on a much smaller scale than in 2006, when more than eight million notebook batteries were recalled. More than two years after the largest battery recall in the electronics industry, Sony batteries have been fingered again...

Tags: battery, dell, problems, batteries

31 October 2008, 9:30

Movie & TV sell-outs: When tech product placements go bad

Crave Included in our choices is our patented Sell-out Scale, so you can see at a glance just how in-your-face the placement is, from near-arthouse integrity to filthy kerchinging commercialisation. Cue gravelly voiced trailer man: "In a world where tech...

23 June 2008, 14:22

Gulliver's MP3 player

Crave It's slightly novelty-keyring in its looks, and, call us losers, but we can't seem to get it off Hold mode, but the scale of the thing is entertainment enough for now. If these MP3 players get any smaller we're going to end up inhaling one.

Tags: samsung, entertainment, box, human

27 May 2005, 11:27

Opinion: Why Yahoo Buzz will benefit Digg

Crave Its mail service alone has over 250 million users, and its search engine, while overshadowed on an epic scale by Google, still accounts for between 15 and 20 per cent of all Web searches made in the US and UK.

Tags: visitors, tech, story, scene

29 September 2008, 16:50

JVC Everio Full High Definition: Junior goes to HD school

Crave The new Everio is expected to have a swappable hard disk, and given current limitations on drive size at this scale, should have a capacity somewhere around the 30GB-80GB mark. Photos of this JVC Everio 'Full High Defintion' (there doesn't seem to...

Tags: jvc, hard disk, model, disk

3 October 2006, 10:46

NEC: now I am a big G

Crave If a 32-inch monster LCD just won't fit on your desk, or you value your grip on reality too much to immerse yourself in a virtual world of such scale, then this 19-inch NEC is a happy medium between losing your life to an online universe and...

Tags: contrast, inch, gaming, lcd

29 September 2005, 11:21

Nokia 3110 Evolve: Nokia gets recycling

Crave But with market leadership in an industry of this scale also comes responsibility," said Kallasvuo. SmartPlanet: Nokia is the latest in a long line of companies to 'commit' to going green, but the mobile phone giant has backed up its pledge with a...

Tags: nokia, material, cent, handset

6 December 2007, 9:00

Battlefield 2: Two tribes go to war

Crave So it's all about modern warfare, meaning you can try and scale the massive maps on foot, but you're better off jumping into a tank. Every once in a while, a computer game comes along that takes over your life.

Tags: electronic arts, attack, enemy, pilot

11 July 2005, 11:29

Amputees' phantom limbs return in virtual reality

Crave The small-scale study has seen impressive results already, with four out of the five participating patients showing improvement. Scientists are helping amputees to experience their lost limbs once again.

Tags: virtual, person, movement, reality

14 November 2006, 14:45

Photos: Hands-on with the Sony Vaio FW Series (VGN-FW11ZU)

Crave One feature unique to the new Vaio range -- though not exactly new technology in the grand scale of things -- is the dedicated AV button, which you'll see in our photos over the next few pages. It's not just the business end of the market getting...

16 July 2008, 14:07

Sony OLED TVs: The future's bright, the future's organic

Crave At this stage the company isn't committed to large-scale production of the panels, but Crave intends to hassle Sir Howard until the company finally gives in and sends one over. Can you imagine a television that makes LCD and plasma sets look as fat...

Tags: sony, contrast, screens, tvs

9 January 2007, 11:13

Seismometer and Movies: Our favourite new iPhone apps

Crave It has various configuration options, including various sampling frequencies between 20Hz and 200Hz, the ability to enable a high-pass filter, and the use of a logarithmic or linear scale. We've been perusing the iTunes App Store this weekend for...

Tags: apple, iphone, apps, itunes

15 September 2008, 15:56