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Where's my hoverboard? And other movie tech we want now

Crave Lightsaber from Star WarsKnife, torch, wound cauteriser, soup warmer, skeleton key, cigarette lighter -- the lightsaber is the coolest and most versatile gadget of all time. If the Star Trek transporter existed, you'd simply press a button and hey...

19 February 2008, 14:24

Google adds voice search to its iPhone app

Crave No, you haven't woken up in an episode of Star Trek, it's just plain old voice search, similar to Nuance's technology. Let's say you want to search for the new Star Trek movie -- you simply tap the mic icon, it says 'speak now', you say 'Star Trek...

Tags: google, icon, movie, voice

18 November 2008, 10:34

Firefox 3: Reviewed

Crave A company logo, if available, will appear before the URL; after the URL there's the new one-click bookmark star and the familiar RSS icon. Immediately after the URL and just before the RSS icon is the new Star icon.

Tags: add ons, star, ons, places

18 June 2008, 14:39

Attack of the clones: Nissan & Yahoo DVD players

Crave It won't just appeal to Star Trek fans though, as you can shove it into a briefcase for some light relief on a business trip. And, depending on your social confidence, you can either spend the evening alone watching Star Wars, or kick-start a hotel...

Tags: star, dvd player, star wars, star trek

2 June 2005, 10:59

Photos: Hands-on Sony Ericsson K850i Cyber-shot phone

Crave The 5-megapixel camera packs auto-focus, red-eye reduction, digital image stabilisation, Bestpic mode (which lets you take a quick succession of shots) and its star feature, a super-bright xenon flash and LED photo light.

18 October 2007, 11:59

Does not compute: The 10 most annoying kid + robot team-ups

Crave Boxey and Muffett the daggett (Battlestar Galactica)The original Battlestar Galactica was often denigrated as a Star Wars clone, its rebel good guys, armoured bad guys and feathered haircuts appearing hard on the heels of George Lucas' meisterwork.

21 April 2008, 16:48

Ringin' roses: Top 10 pink mobile phones

Crave For maximum pinkness, go for the Star design. Both phones come in three designs -- Pop Flowers, Bird and Star -- all featuring the retro-inspired but funkily modern patterns of UK designer Cath Kidston.

15 February 2008, 14:21

Top ten Internet memes

Crave The Star Wars Kid A 14-year-old French Canadian student decided one day to pick up a golf ball retriever and pretend, on camera, that it was a Star Wars lightsaber. That may explain why Star Wars Kid's family filed a class-action lawsuit against...

9 November 2007, 8:00

Christmas gift guide: Great presents from £15 to £150

Crave These Star Wars USB memory keys make for ideal stocking fillers. They've got 1GB of storage and come pre-loaded with various Star Wars nuggets like wallpapers, soundbites and videos. Star Wars Mimobots, from Firebox Luke, I know what you're getting...

11 December 2007, 16:02

PDT Eye-Theatre: An eyeful for your iPod

Crave And why does the set make us look so like Star Trek's Geordi La Forge? Crave was tantalised by the idea of the PDT Eye-Theatre. Would it afford relief from squinting at the beautifully clear but frustratingly small iPod screen?

Tags: tag, price tag, ray, eye

12 October 2006, 10:48

Toshiba Quad Core HD Processor: Qosmio X300, F50 and G50

Crave From here on in, the Spurs Engine will be known as the Toshiba Quad Core HD Processor, and it'll star in a range of new Qosmios, namely the 15.4-inch F50, the 18.4-inch G50, and 17-inch X300 gaming rig.

18 June 2008, 9:35

iPhoto '08: Apple learns to skim

Crave Star-based ratings of photos and smart lists will be familiar to users of iTunes. Combine all these together and you could create a smart-list folder that automatically updates itself with all five-star pictures tagged with a certain person's name...

Tags: apple, events, cover, event

30 August 2007, 10:47

HTC Athena: The sane man's UMPC?

Crave There will be hustle, bustle, gambling, the international porn-star awards (which take place next door), oh and shed-loads of technology. Crave can't wait for CES 2007. One of the things we're most excited about seeing is the HTC Athena -- or X7500...

Tags: keyboard, ces, htc, gsm gprs

27 December 2006, 9:45

CNET.co.uk Podcast Beta 2 -- This time it's mobile

Crave The latest CNET.co.uk podcast gets all mobile as Guy Cocker, Rory Reid and Chris Stevens, along with special guest star Rupert Goodwins of ZDNet.co.uk, take a look at some of the latest developments in consumer tech.

Tags: rss, itunes, podcast, rupert

17 February 2006, 7:48

Crave Podcast 9: Projecting on thin air

Crave Remember that scene in the original Star Wars where R2-D2 projects a 3D hologram of Princess Leia saying, "Help me Obi-wan Kenobi, you're my only hope"? Well, now you can project an image of Princess Leia into your living room, using the Betaminds...

Tags: crave, podcast, princess, crave podcast

10 July 2006, 14:42