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Crave Podcast 86: Microsoft offers free money!

Crave That's right, Live Search sucks so badly it'll actually give you money if you use it. Welcome, friends, to the 86th episode of the Crave Podcast. This week's hottest tech news includes Microsoft paying customers to use its Live Search Engine.

Tags: questions, forums, crave podcast, mini

23 May 2008, 10:00

Top green tech that saves you money

Crave Crave is here to deliver the convenient truth that using less electricity and water, and wasting less, saves money. Before you say anything, yes, we Crave hacks do wash our clothes -- every month -- but even we could save some money with Ecozone...

6 March 2008, 7:30

More money than brain cells? Here's the Samsung Armani TV

Crave It wasn't going to be long before they saw the money to be made from flogging standard electronics in a pimped case. Of course, you'll be paying a good wodge more for Giorgio's telly, so what will you actually get for your money?

Tags: samsung, gold, money, electronics

23 April 2008, 9:50

Rockstar steals your lunch money: Bully

Crave Has Rockstar Games lost its rabid little mind? Most game companies at the receiving end of the furore over Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would have packed themselves off to hide in a bunker. But Rockstar isn't like most game companies.

Tags: rockstar games, companies, auto, theft

4 August 2005, 9:59

Gizmondo: giving the PSP a run for its money?

Crave Normally, it's really easy to blag the latest gadget, but some companies can be less generous than others. Strangely, the UK gaming device Gizmondo has proved to be the most elusive yet. After three months of email tennis with Tiger Telematics, we...

Tags: console, balls, gadget, tiger

6 July 2005, 10:33

ViewSonic VP2130b shows us the money

Crave There's a common misconception that all the nano-electric technology inside your PC is utterly useless without it being connected to a monitor. Obviously, being the super-geeks that we are, we can get away with basic tasks like video editing or...

Tags: viewsonic, resolution, inch, contrast ratio

2 May 2006, 11:19

One For All Energy Saver: Switch all your AV kit off. Properly

Crave Here's the deal: the One For All Energy Saver remote is designed to save you money, reduce your carbon footprint and generally reduce the remote clutter in your life. The eco problem with AV equipment is standby, of course -- by not turning off...

Tags: energy, remote control, switch, saving

11 August 2008, 10:47

Virgin Media pulls Sky channels from cable

Crave Rather than stump up the extra money Sky demanded -- rumoured to be nearly double the amount Virgin was previously paying -- the cable company decided to ditch Sky's non-premium channels, yanking them from its programme listings.

Tags: demand, channel, entertainment, sky

1 March 2007, 11:47

Crave Talk: Roaming phones still pile on the groans

Crave All the money saved on a cheap weekend on the continent -- a tenner airfare, twenty quid a night hotel -- is wiped out in half an hour with one incoming call from mum on your mobile. The network operators do have an answer for this: we're making so...

Tags: country, charge, rates, operators

14 July 2006, 10:10

Virgin Free TV: It'll cost you

Crave If you can't get, or don't want, full cable TV, Virgin Media would still like to get some money off you. So how does Virgin persuade people to hand over money without getting anything in return? Offer them something 'free' that actually turns out...

Tags: sign, box, broadband, money

4 April 2007, 10:47

Sharp Aquos LC-32XL8E: Slimline 32-inch 1080p LCD

Crave You might as well save your money and get a 720p TV. Hopefully the Sharp will save you money on electricity, with the company claiming that the TV only uses 0.4W in standby. Here at Crave we often get asked about 1080p 32-inch LCD televisions and...

Tags: sharp, space, inch, money

7 August 2008, 13:47

Nokia 8600 Luna: Hands-on with the sexy snapper

Crave This isn't just a phone -- it's a statement that you've got so much money you can drop £600 on a handset. For that massive sum of money, you get a slick slider phone that features a very sexy glass front section.

Tags: nokia, money, handset, glass

7 June 2007, 10:56

Rory's Christmas Shopping: Poor man's Xbox 360

Crave Beer money left over: £5.47 -- that's six cans of Stella and a packet of crisps. Apparently, blowing (virtual) company money on non-tech items isn't really in the Crave spirit, so after a (virtual) telling off I've now reconsidered.

Tags: microsoft, console, hard drive, value

2 December 2005, 17:00

Alternative energy gadgets: No battery, no cry

Crave One way to save money and the planet simultaneously is to ditch the fossil fuels and electrical leash and seek alternative sources of power. We've picked you out an elite bunch of the best money- and power-saving gadgets our eco-expert buddies have...

12 March 2008, 7:30

iPhone: Now Apple's most important product

Crave Saying that Apple's iPhone business "had become too big to ignore," Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a rare appearance on the company's earnings conference call on Tuesday to explain just how much money the iPhone is dumping into Apple's coffers.

Tags: jobs, charge, cash, financial

22 October 2008, 10:15