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Nokia Maps and Messenger services upgraded

Crave And the new Nokia Maps allows users to plan their journey ahead of time on their PCs and sync the information with their mobile phones for when they're on the road. Nokia has released new versions of its mapping and navigation service along with a...

Tags: nokia, maps, messaging, gps

3 December 2008, 9:19

Hancock Blu-ray comes with bonus digital copy

Crave Each disc comes with a code, which you can use to authorise two PCs. Blu-ray is great for home viewing on a large screen, but when you're on the move with a laptop it's neither practical or necessary to watch a 1080p copy of a movie.

Tags: ray, disc, laptop, blu

1 December 2008, 11:37

iPanda audio system adds a spot of cuteness

Crave The compact iPanda connects to all iPods, plus other MP3 players, gaming consoles, mobile gaming devices, mobile phones, desktop PCs and laptops. If you're not one for cute and cuddly audio systems, then we must warn you that this product might...

Tags: product, devices, ipods, volume

27 November 2008, 9:28

Microsoft to offer free PC antivirus software

Crave Microsoft on Tuesday said it is changing its strategy for offering PC antivirus software, with plans to discontinue its subscription-based consumer security suite and instead offer individuals free software to protect their PCs.

Tags: consumers, consumer, protect, customers

19 November 2008, 10:09

Adobe bringing fully fledged Flash 10 to phones

Crave Adobe naturally isn't the only company that wants to supply the plumbing for applications that run on mobile devices as well as PCs. Inspired by a new generation of smartphones, Adobe has begun a new, higher-power effort to spread its Flash...

Tags: enabled, operating system, air, offline

18 November 2008, 10:15

USB 3.0: Coming in '09

Crave Today's consumers are using rich media and large digital files that need to be easily and quickly transferred from PCs to devices and vice versa. Unveiled on Monday by the USB Implementers Forum, the USB 3.0 spec can theoretically support data...

Tags: industry, usb, products, forum

18 November 2008, 9:49

Ubuntu set for ARM-chipped netbooks

Crave It emerged in October that ARM's processor architecture technology would soon be used in netbooks, the new breed of small, low-cost laptop PCs. Free software developer Canonical has announced it will be developing a version of its Ubuntu Linux...

Tags: linux, distribution, operating system, consumers

17 November 2008, 10:25

Intel Core i7 CPU tested

Crave Hence why Intel shipped our test system with only 3GB of RAM (we got creative with a 2x 1GB, 1x 2GB RAM configuration, for 4GB total for testing), and why in high-end PCs that use the new X58 platform, 3GB, 6GB and 12GB configurations will be common.

12 November 2008, 16:47

Parallels plans link-up for iPhone and PCs

Crave There is a huge number of people who run PCs at work but would like to run a Mac at home and would like to have an easy way to move between the two worlds. Virtualisation company Parallels said last week that it plans to launch a facility to let PC...

Tags: pack, iphone, details, pc users

12 November 2008, 9:19

Shuttle x27D: Dual-core Atom 330 desktop

Crave The Atom 330, as our geekier readers will know, is a dual-core Atom variant designed for desktop PCs, not netbooks. Be jealous -- very, very jealous. We've just got our filthy paws on the Shuttle x27D -- the first Shuttle PC to use an Intel Atom...

Tags: core, intel, usb, ports

7 November 2008, 12:01

Microsoft aims Windows 7 for Christmas 2009

Crave In a technical session on Thursday afternoon, Microsoft provided the clearest public indication that it's planning on getting Windows 7 completed in time to run on PCs that ship for next year's Christmas buying season.

Tags: christmas, windows vista, testing, machines

7 November 2008, 10:00

Microsoft hails choice in Windows 7 as advantage over rival

Crave While Vista has largely been absent in the fast-growing netbook category, Windows 7 is aimed to work well on such low-end PCs -- a number of which are on display at WinHEC. Microsoft touted its new Windows 7 as having more choice than its rival...

Tags: machines, handle, beta, enable

6 November 2008, 10:00

Netbook showdown: The top 10 mini laptops rated

Crave The original Eee PC drove yet another nail into the already air-tight coffin of ultra-mobile PCs and inspired the entire computing world to follow in its diminutive footsteps. So you want a tiny laptop, but you're not sure which one to get?

31 October 2008, 9:06

Netbook showdown: The top 10 mini laptops rated

Crave The original Eee PC drove yet another nail into the already air-tight coffin of ultra-mobile PCs and inspired the entire computing world to follow in its diminutive footsteps. So you want a tiny laptop, but you're not sure which one to get?

30 October 2008, 15:55

Free PCs and broadband for 20,000 children

Crave Thousands of children in England will receive free computers and access to broadband under government plans to bridge the digital divide. From February 2009, kids in Suffolk and Oldham will benefit from a £30m pilot scheme, with the programme due...

Tags: financial, broadband, tech, children

23 October 2008, 8:47