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Beat Big Brother: Dodge CCTV, phone taps and spies

Crave It'll even have your messages self-destruct after a certain amount of time -- just like in Mission: Impossible.Free at Readnotify.comParanoia scale: 2 tinfoil hats out of 5 White noise works against RF transmitters, tape recorders and hard-wired...

19 March 2008, 13:55

Panasonic DMP-BD30: Panny's profile 1.1 player finally hits UK

Crave Unless HD DVD manages to conjure up a biblical-scale miracle, we're all going to be buying Blu-ray players from now on for our high-definition movie pleasure. Of course, with Blu-ray having a number of profile specifications it can be a confusing...

Tags: panasonic, colour, generation, hd

27 February 2008, 11:50

The winner of our trip to Las Vegas

Crave Ah, Las Vegas, what a heart-warming place: a city in which bad behaviour (drinking, smoking, gambling, debauchery) is marketed on an industrial scale, with all the cheerful professionalism that only good old American know-how can provide.

Tags: gadgets, cleaner, american, ces

25 November 2005, 12:53

Crave TV: Defcon, the nuclear war simulator

Crave This game may lack the face-to-face brutality of Battlefield II, but you'll rest safe in the knowledge that you're causing destruction on a seriously mammoth scale. Those who feel compelled to wage global thermonuclear warfare should check out...

19 October 2006, 17:53

Windows Media Edition: is it for you?

Crave The normal Windows XP interface doesn’t scale well on the average television and its tiny menus and icons become meaningless blobs a few feet away from the screen. Windows Media Edition (WME) is Microsoft’s attempt to get you to use your home PC as...

Tags: windows xp, dedicated, sky, media center

14 March 2005, 8:22

Photos from CES 2007: World's largest LCD TV

Crave Models stand next to Sharp's 108-inch screen to give it scale. On the day before the Consumer Electronics Show, large manufacturers such as Sharp pack the international press core into rooms and trot out TVs.

8 January 2007, 14:27

Tech that's just wrong

Crave We've placed each wrongosity onto our patented 'Scale of Wrong' to show where they fit into the grand scheme of wrongness -- are they more Steve McQueen looking icey-cool or Steve Ballmer dancing like a loon?

3 March 2008, 7:23

Samsung P200: The £600 12-inch laptop

Crave It has a 12.1-inch, 1,280x800-pixel screen, so it's on the small end of the thin-and-light scale, although it weighs a surprisingly lardy 1.9kg (pushing it out of the ultraportable range). We've just got word of a titchy new laptop from Samsung...

Tags: samsung, silver, nano, macbook air

4 March 2008, 10:42

Crave Talk: Ebook reader will be literature's iPod

Crave But with the invention of plausible electronic ink technologies that truly mimic the properties of traditional paper, it seems increasingly likely that we will see an uptake in ebook readers on a scale that will make iPod sales look insignificant.

Tags: sony, method, electronic, panasonic

4 October 2006, 12:37

The ten most addictive online flash games ever made

Crave Addictiveness, using the internationally recognised HR scale: You're FIRED! For some people online flash games are a passing distraction to fill the hours between lunch and home time. For others online flash games are a passionate hobby that keeps...

6 November 2007, 8:00

Macworld San Francisco: What to expect from Lord Jobs

Crave We also expect the iTV to make a full-scale debut, with its real name revealed. Some call him a god, others a visionary, but for all his charisma Apple high priest Steve Jobs is a human -- he does not have wings, and nor does he have a magic pony.

Tags: apple, mac os, jobs, steve jobs

5 January 2007, 9:59

Sony's HDR-HC1: See yourself in hi-def

Crave Let's put some perspective on that -- there's only a handful of TVs in the world that can match that, and even Samsung's TV has to scale it down to 720p. We're on a mission to kick-start the high-definition revolution over here at Crave, and to...

Tags: sony uk, definition, samsung, cash

12 October 2005, 10:56

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, 10:37

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, 11:04