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Top ten laughably bad tech ads

Crave Originally we were going to call this 'The top ten worst tech ads', but as we hunted around we discovered these are pure gold. This truly magnificent advert is one of several Atari ads that had an unusually keen sense of humour.

19 September 2007, 11:00

Hiro Media: Piping ads into free TV downloads

Crave Changeable advertising is then inserted into the video, targeted to your geographical location and other demographic info, which is collected via the Hiro application.Fans of privacy will be unimpressed, but we'd argue the amount of data collected...

Tags: ad, material, codec, windows media player

16 November 2007, 11:05

Google to show UK religious group's anti-abortion ads

Crave Google has agreed to display ads for anti-abortion messages from religious groups on its search site, as part of an out-of-court settlement with a UK Christian organisation, the group said on Wednesday.

Tags: anti, ads, policy, christian

18 September 2008, 9:19

Obama a gamer? Campaign ads in 'Burnout Paradise'

Crave Campaign ads for Barack Obama popped up in Electronic Arts' high-octane racer game Burnout Paradise last week, according to GamePolitics. The EA representative said that the ads would appear in only ten different US states, most of them contested...

Tags: host, ads, ad, campaign

16 October 2008, 10:03

Crave Talk: Free mobile services for ads

Crave There's no question that users will put up with ads in exchange for free services, an approach that has made Google millions. From keywords on search to discreet little text ads next to your emails, consumers seem happy to accept ads if they're...

Tags: vodafone, services, ads, marketing

15 November 2006, 12:27

Sharp Aquos LC-46HD1E: Hard drive, 1080p and quieter ads

Crave Sharp has announced a new range of flagship televisions with a whole host of extra features -- including an integrated PVR with a 160GB hard drive to record stuff and 100Hz technology to reduce the motion blur often seen on LCD televisions.

Tags: sharp, screens, range, contrast

14 March 2007, 16:25

Teen YouTube sensation cashes in with ads and product placement

Crave Lucas Cruikshank is to user-generated video what Tiger Woods was to golf or what Bobby Fischer was to chess when they were teenagers, Not only has he risen to fame in a field dominated by adults, but he has managed to turn that success into cold...

Tags: cash, conference, youtube, revenue

17 November 2008, 11:46

iPhone to hit US shops this month

Crave According to three new Apple ads featured on Apple's Web site, the iPhone is going to be available to buy in US shops on the 29th of June. Even though it's over four months since the iPhone was announced, seeing it in action in these new ads has...

4 June 2007, 11:42

Crave Talk: Five things Apple made up

Crave You can find a full list of the ads at the ever-nerdy Wikipedia. Put simply, these ads are everywhere, and are designed to remind us how cool Macs are, and how lame and sucky PCs are. If you haven't seen the Mac and PC adverts, you must be living...

Tags: apple, upgrade, pcs, ad

15 May 2007, 11:56

New Sony Bravia ad: Paint the town red. And yellow and blue

Crave In this digital age, where we can fast-forward past ads with our PVRs, or go to places like YouTube where there aren't any ads in the way, advertising has to be its own reason to watch. For all its troubles, Sony seems to be the first big tech...

Tags: sony, ads, ad, san francisco

18 October 2006, 12:02

We7 adds Sony BMG catalogue for free streaming

Crave If users want to buy the tracks without ads, they are provided with a link to the iTunes store. Last.fm also offers the streaming of full Sony BMG songs, but with ads displayed only on the Web site, and not in audible form inside the tracks...

Tags: we7, tracks, songs, itunes

28 April 2008, 10:45

We7.com: An ad with every free track

Crave messages.We7 claims that after listening to ads for four weeks, users can download an ad-free version of the song. At the moment all the ads are default We7 ads, which are painfully akin to the very worst local FM radio station's ident jingle.

Tags: we7, song, sample, ad

1 May 2007, 10:48

TalkTalk slammed over 'free' broadband ad

Crave While newspaper ads for the TalkTalk landline and broadband bundle carried a disclaimer alerting readers to the limited geographical nature of the free connection, there was no equivalent text shown onscreen during the TV ads.

Tags: broadband, ads, customers, ad

26 September 2008, 9:18

Turbo-charge your photos: Phoenix, Flickr, JPEGCrops and Qtpfsgui

Crave You don't need to pay to sign up, but you will see ads and can only save up to 50 watermarked creations. Paid versions cost around £3 or £7 per year, with no ads or watermarks, and no limits on what you can save.

29 October 2008, 13:27

Google Earth vs Virtual Earth 3D: War of the world viewers

Crave There are no ads in the UK as yet, but US TV network Fox has placed an ad above a cinema in downtown San Francisco. It's only a matter of time before similar virtual ads reach Britain. Updates for worldwide virtual mapping applications are like...

Tags: models, eye, virtual, earth

7 November 2006, 12:22