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Planet CNET Episode 7: Talking plants and cars

Crave Next, we're off to Japan for a toy plant that reacts to speech, and finally Rory Reid takes a look at the talking Fiat 500 -- check back on the site soon as we'll have more on this in a new episode of Car Tech.

25 June 2008, 11:08

Nokia 7280: an Art Deco talking stick

Crave As we worked out how to dial numbers and enter text, we were reminded of the Native American tradition of the talking stick, a sacred object that was passed around during important discussions. After a month of begging phone calls, we finally got...

Tags: nokia, dial, native american, talking

30 March 2005, 9:52

BenQ E1000: Talking tough

Crave By far our favourite press release of the last week comes from BenQ, announcing the E1000. It's a 10-megapixel compact snapper parcelled in a metal frame designed for "individuals with discerning taste", according to BenQ, that "truly reflects an...

Tags: benq, noise, screens, job

15 August 2007, 12:36

Word up! Talking books go online

Crave The Americans have had it for years, but it's only just begun to arrive here. No, not gun crime, but Audible -- the spoken word MP3 website. We all listen to music on our iPods, but you might not have considered listening to books-on-tape.

Tags: books, listening, tape, audio books

16 June 2005, 11:54

Go from savage to spiritual with CNET.co.uk Downloads

Crave We're not talking about a few piddly shareware apps designed by some kid in his bedroom, either. We're talking full applications, drivers, design and imaging software, developer tools, not to mention a tonne of games.

Tags: pocket pc, talking, recipe, lightroom

4 August 2006, 11:49

User-generated music video: Lips 2 Da Floor

Crave We're not talking about 'total pwnage' montages with random backing tracks -- that's too easy. We're talking about artists that deliberately use YouTube clips as their official music video -- a phenomenon we've dubbed the user-generated music video.

Tags: clips, youtube, talking, lyrics

9 March 2007, 11:10

TAG Heuer Meridiist: Because you're the man

Crave Watches might have been declassed from grade-A gadget snobbery, but in their place are high-end mobile phones -- and we're not talking Nokia N95s, we're talking about phones that cost thousands of pounds.

Tags: watch, tag, cash, man

21 April 2008, 11:32

Pure Digital Sonus 1-XT gives radio a new voice

Crave And then it started talking nonsense… "You are now listening to BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, Radio 5…" It wasn't our radio talking nonsense; we were hearing the headbendingly identical voice of the BBC's Sonus, transmitted with all the fidelity of DAB radio.

Tags: voice, talking, radio, bbc

9 March 2005, 12:04

Crave Talk: Google snoops on your TV

Crave Intel's medical division is already talking about using smart houses to follow every move their inhabitants take, not just to spot problems with people who live alone (such as them forgetting to take a pill), but to diagnose the first signs of...

Tags: google, talking, watching, advertising

20 June 2006, 12:39

Top ten animal geeks

Crave Koko is the gorilla who inspired the talking ape in Michael Crichton's novel Congo. Unlike Koko, Alex has never made moves on his trainer, but is capable of speaking around 1,000 words and seems to understand what he's talking about.

Tags: age, talking, television, expert

20 December 2006, 14:44

Planet CNET Episode 10: iPhone 3G around the world

Crave This week on Planet CNET we're talking all about the iPhone, from Japan to America, the UK to Australia. Unlike the original handset, the iPhone 3G's launch was global. But on a list of the best product launches ever seen, iPhone 3G’s might not...

17 July 2008, 10:27

Jabra JX20 Pura: If Zoolander owned a Bluetooth headset

Crave In the past, you'd probably cross the street if the person walking towards you was talking to himself. Nowadays, you'd be the chump -- Bluetooth headsets have given people a bonafide reason to blabber into the air.

Tags: talk, bluetooth, headset, carphone warehouse

2 June 2008, 11:29

Vista Service Pack 1: Things Microsoft forgot to fix

Crave Windows Vista Service Pack 1 became available yesterday and the entire Interweb is talking about it. Some are saying SP1 improves Vista's general meh-diocrity, while others, including our brothers and sisters at CNET.com, are saying it's not all that.

Tags: desktops, hard drive, windows vista, flip

19 March 2008, 14:27

Win a Sony Ericsson W610i Walkman phone!

Crave Crave is bringing music to your ears -- music phones to be precise -- we've been talking nicely to Sony Ericsson and have got hold of two of its recently announced W610i Walkman phones to give away completely for free in our latest competition.

Tags: sony ericsson, phones, sony, ericsson

2 May 2007, 15:02

Beat Big Brother: Dodge CCTV, phone taps and spies

Crave Big Brother is watching you -- and we're not talking about the mind-numbing reality show. While you're busy talking, these generate background noises that vary in frequency and amplitude, making them almost impossible to filter out.

19 March 2008, 13:55