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Take on me: Yahoo audio search

Crave At first, Yahoo's new audio search engine looked to us like a glorified version of what's possible with most search tools, but a half-hour of tinkering gave us so much pleasure that we're overwhelmed with love.

Tags: yahoo, tracks, itunes, links

5 August 2005, 11:51

Yahoo Internet Calling: Early morning frustrations

Crave Finally, after trying and failing to use a new Plantronics headset to try out Yahoo Internet Calling, we're resigned to the idea that Computer + Drop From a Fifth Floor Window = Very Satisfying Mess. The idea behind the new beta version of Yahoo...

Tags: yahoo, problem, messenger, beta

24 May 2005, 11:01

Attack of the clones: Nissan & Yahoo DVD players

Crave It seems so, with both the Nissan DV-100S and Yahoo Micro DVD Player aiming for a spot on the consumer electronics shelf. The Yahoo player (that's the one pictured on the right) is only available in the US at the moment, and as far as we can tell...

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

2 June 2005, 11:59

Crave Talk: Is Flickr's German censorship sinister or clumsy?

Crave Yahoo is under fire from Flickr users -- again -- after restricting the photos of German users. The current controversy began when Yahoo, reacting to a local law, added Germany to the list of countries in which Flickr automatically filters images...

Tags: flickr, law, community, german

20 June 2007, 12:30

3 announces unlimited Skype calls and other goodies

Crave Hutchison, more commonly known as 3 in the UK, today announced a partnership with Skype, Sling Media, Yahoo, Nokia, Google, eBay, Microsoft, Orb and Sony Ericsson. According to the hype, you'll get free Skype-to-Skype calls to any PC or other X...

Tags: europe, director, mobile phones, rate

16 November 2006, 15:31

Crave Talk: Free mobile services for ads

Crave Yesterday Vodafone announced a deal with Yahoo in the UK to launch advertising on mobile devices. It remains to be seen whether Yahoo and Vodafone can pull off the same trick by creating unobtrusive advertising that doesn't alienate users.

Tags: vodafone, services, ads, marketing

15 November 2006, 12:27

Life without Google: A fate worse than death?

Crave We tried a range of searches on Yahoo, Ask and Windows Live and each delivered excellent results. On-site information Trawling through the likes of AOL and Yahoo reveals a wealth of on-site information not accessible via Google.

Tags: google, aol, searches, yahoo

29 November 2006, 14:02

Photos: Samsung U600, U300, U100 and U700

Crave Interestingly, Samsung has done a deal with Yahoo so that you can access Yahoo search, IM and email using the U600, U300 and U100. Samsung came out in force at 3GSM and launched an array of new handsets, including a bunch of super-thin phones...

23 February 2007, 11:59

iPhone vs Sony Ericsson W950i vs Nokia N95 vs LG Prada

Crave Apple has partnered with Google and Yahoo to bring maps and email to the device. One important thing to note is that the W950i supports 3's new X-Series flat-rate data plan, which gives you unlimited Web browsing and free Skype-to-Skype calls to...

22 January 2007, 12:03

Crave Talk: Apple and EMI to ditch DRM?

Crave The song was unprotected, meaning there was no barrier to pirating, and had to be bought from Yahoo's Web site. This move was instigated by Yahoo, but it seemed that extracting DRM-free music from a major label was harder than pulling iron from...

Tags: apple, released, labels, digital music

2 April 2007, 11:14

Crave Talk: Not checking out Google Checkout

Crave Relatively few people signed up to other payment systems such as Microsoft Passport or Yahoo Wallet. Equally, Yahoo Wallet didn't gain traction. You name it, Google's done it. Last week, it expanded into what must have been one of the few remaining...

Tags: google, stores, government, consumers

6 July 2006, 15:06

Flickr puts new features on the map

Crave Hard on the heels of the 2 billionth photo being posted to popular image-sharing site Flickr, the Yahoo-owned photomeister has confirmed that recently announced new geotagging features will be live this week.

Tags: flickr, places, tags, weather

19 November 2007, 10:42

Crave Podcast 71: Extra penis with your phone, sir?

Crave We discuss whether Nintendo's Brain Training discriminates against Northerners, how Nigerian scam artists are using dating Web sites to scam cash out of gullible ladies, and the prospect of a Yahoo-Google -- Yahoogle?

Tags: shannon doubleday, crave podcast, scam, installed

8 February 2008, 12:55

Slingbox makes its UK debut

Crave The video quality is comparable to mid-bandwidth video streams such as those from Yahoo's Launch music video service -- it's by no means perfect, but it's viewable, doesn't suffer from any 'buffering' lags and can be used in conjunction with set...

Tags: sling media, connected, watch, weekend

30 May 2006, 12:31

Crave Podcast 95: Steal music, get a letter

Crave In our special feature, the Year in Tech, we looked at 1995, which turned out to be quite a year for Internet companies, with both Yahoo and eBay starting up. This week on the Crave Podcast Episode 95, Ian Morris, Kate Macefield, Nate Lanxon and...

Tags: fans, crave, sony ericsson, podcast

25 July 2008, 16:37