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Microsoft CEO Ballmer: Zune for Windows Mobile

Crave Microsoft has indicated for some time that it sees a Zune future in the mobile phone arena, but the company has been hard to pin down on just what its plans there are. A magazine interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggests that the company...

Tags: zune, hardware, zune software, moment

3 October 2008, 10:22

Photos: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (aka Tube)

Crave You'll be able to play MP3, WMA (protected and unprotected) and unprotected AAC files.Still, there's also a secondary camera located on the front for video calling -- this is still a phone, not an MP3 player -- and support for Microsoft Exchange...

3 October 2008, 9:46

The 50 most significant moments of Internet history

Crave Apache fuelled an explosive growth of the Web, and up until around 2000, even Microsoft's Hotmail ran on Apache. Hotmail was the first major Web-based email provider, conceptualised by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith in 1995, launched in 1996, and...

25 September 2008, 16:02

Google Android: Beyond the mobile phone

Crave Which is why Yahoo, Microsoft, and Nokia probably shouldn't be too complacent about the possibility of Android spreading beyond phones. But some Android partners say the software will use more broadly than just phones.

Tags: computing, embedded, river, operating system

23 September 2008, 10:59

HTC Touch HD vs Samsung Omnia vs LG KC910 vs 3G iPhone

Crave It's not a perfect phone, especially for some types of business -- if you need to edit Microsoft Documents on the go, steer clear. Touchscreen phones are here to stay, and whether you like it or not, every mobile company is getting finger-friendly...

19 September 2008, 10:06

Xbox 360 gets UK price cut

Crave Pick-and-mix merchants Woolworths may have jumped the gun with leaked catalogue photos appearing on the Internet a few days ago, but Microsoft has now made the rumours official and confirmed the Xbox 360 will be getting a price cut before Christmas.

Tags: christmas, console, xbox, pack

17 September 2008, 9:20

Sony Ericsson G705: With added Web goodness

Crave A relatively large screen makes it easy to read emails and the G705 supports Microsoft Exchange, so you can hook it up to your work email. Sony Ericsson today announced a slider phone aimed at people who want to use the Web on the go.

Tags: sony ericsson, ericsson, gps, microsoft exchange

9 September 2008, 11:53

New Zunes: Buying songs from radio and more

Crave The latest software update reinforces the notion that Microsoft is aiming the Zune at hard-core music enthusiasts. As for music, Microsoft has added several things aimed at making it easier to discover and acquire new tunes.

Tags: song, stations, zune, fi

9 September 2008, 11:44

Best of the forums this week: Steve Jobs to retire?

Crave Steve Jobs to retireThis week, Green speculates that Steve Jobs is to announce his retirement at the 9 September Apple event, now that Bill Gates has left the Microsoft building: "Bill has just gone so maybe he wanted to beat his friend/rival by a...

Tags: motorola, laptop, tech, jobs

5 September 2008, 10:56

Crave Podcast 100 video part 2 of 2: See more movement!

Crave That's when the Y2K bug threatened to wreak havoc on the world, America Online was purchased by Time Warner for a piffling $162bn, Concorde made its last flight, and Microsoft released Windows ME -- an OS as pointless as the self-tipping hat.We...

1 September 2008, 16:44

Photos: Hands-on with the iRiver P20

Crave For IFA this year, however, iRiver brought a fully functioning, non-stuffed P20 to Berlin for intrepid tech journalists to poke opinions at.For those not aware, this is an 80GB or 120GB portable video player, featuring physical wheels a la iRiver...

Tags: iriver, portable, selection, love

1 September 2008, 12:10

Crave Podcast 99: Game pirates must pay up

Crave Elsewhere, Yahoo is planning a push for Net-enabled TVs, Microsoft has launched the amazing Photosynth for consumers, US police are inadvertently killing trees with their radio equipment, and Jeremy Clarkson is causing a YouTube-style kerfuffle...

Tags: cent, kids, crave podcast lounge, forums

22 August 2008, 12:00

Samsung Omnia viral video: Not corporate cack shocker

Crave Business bods will be particularly interested in the ability to edit Microsoft documents on the go, something the iPhone 3G has yet to be able to do. It's extremely rare that big companies do the 'viral video' thing well, let alone "wow that's cool...

Tags: samsung, packs, viral, unboxing

20 August 2008, 11:12

Crave Podcast 97: Windows is dead!

Crave In this episode, he'll help us out with issues like the imminent death of Microsoft Windows. Apparently Microsoft will replace the long-running OS with a smaller, more flexible platform called Midori.

Tags: microsoft windows, death, gamespot uk, detect

8 August 2008, 11:00

iPhone 3G vs Netbooks: Who's the mobile Internet daddy?

Crave A large screen and a mechanical keyboard make netbooks very appealing compared to the iPhone 3G if you're planning on doing serious work on the go, particularly when you realise that you currently can't edit Microsoft documents on the iPhone 3G.

5 August 2008, 15:13