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Photos: Asus G71V quad-core laptop

Crave These bad boys flash quicker depending on how much graphics power you're utilising, so when your games get more intense, the chances of someone sitting opposite you suffering an epileptic increases. Yesterday, the boys and girls of Asus sent us the...

4 December 2008, 12:08

Lindy mains conditioner: Cleans filthy power

Crave Lindy has the solution to this problem you never knew existed -- an amazingly practical six-way power adaptor with built-in mains power-cleaning wizardry. It may sound completely fabricated, but there is a legitimate problem this power strip helps...

Tags: electronics, power, problem, equipment

3 December 2008, 11:22

Hands on with the 24-megapixel Nikon D3X

Crave News of the Nikon D3X leaked over the weekend and we took it for a spin first thing this morning, giddy with the power of a 24.5 megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor. As you can see from our pictures, we've had some hands-on time with a stunning new...

1 December 2008, 16:07

Nokia's Home Control Centre lets you manage devices via mobile

Crave Wouldn't it be nice if you could manage all your home appliances, electronics, entertainment and security, plus your climate control system, from your mobile phone? That is exactly what Nokia is promising with its Home Control Centre solution.

Tags: nokia, mobile phone, wi fi, control centre

1 December 2008, 9:44

The Asus N10J: A netbook that handles gaming

Crave We may think of Atom-powered netbooks as the most basic of computers, good for Web surfing and e-mailing -- but what would happen if someone stuffed a discrete graphics chip into one of these low-power, low-price systems?

Tags: asus, cpu, graphics, resolution

1 December 2008, 9:28

Photos: Porsche Panamera Gran Turismo is a hybrid!

Crave Porsche will give buyers the option of six and eight cylinder engines ranging in power from 300 to 500 bhp, but will also produce an eco-friendly part-electric model, details of which will be announced in 2009.If Porsche can pull this off, it...

26 November 2008, 13:14

Photos: Tesla Motors' new electric roadster

Crave The car's motor has a redline of 14,000rpm, but you won't ever run over that limit, as the power control module keeps the motor from over-revving. We got a chance to test drive one fitted with version 1.5 of the power train.

26 November 2008, 11:26

PURE Digital Avanti Flow: Slick Net and DAB radio

Crave The Avanti is much larger, with an integrated down-firing sub woofer and a pair of 76mm (3-inch) main drivers, backed by a power-efficient Class D amp. Back in the day, Avanti was the name of a superb map on the original Half Life mod, Team...

Tags: pure digital, name, radio, wi fi

26 November 2008, 10:56

China's problem is dirty coal, not dirty plants

Crave In a rare independent study of China's energy sector, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found that the problem with China's coal power generation is not that its power plants lack cleaner technology.

24 November 2008, 10:51

Aston Martin DBS: Bangin' with Olufsen

Crave One thousand watts of amplification power this system. The Aston Martin DBS is a beautiful car and sitting in one is a very special experience. Sitting in a DBS and listening to a Bang & Olufsen audio system takes that special experience and adds a...

Tags: car, kit, driver, played

20 November 2008, 10:32

Adobe bringing fully fledged Flash 10 to phones

Crave Inspired by a new generation of smartphones, Adobe has begun a new, higher-power effort to spread its Flash technology to mobile devices. The company has worked for years on a lightweight incarnation of its Flash technology for mobile phones, but...

Tags: enabled, operating system, air, offline

18 November 2008, 10:15

USB 3.0: Coming in '09

Crave The new standard, also known as SuperSpeed USB, is also expected to be more power-efficient than its predecessor. Unveiled on Monday by the USB Implementers Forum, the USB 3.0 spec can theoretically support data-transfer speeds of up to 4.8Gbps...

Tags: industry, usb, products, forum

18 November 2008, 9:49

Ubuntu set for ARM-chipped netbooks

Crave Free software developer Canonical has announced it will be developing a version of its Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system specifically for ARM-based processors, which have traditionally been used in small devices such as mobile phones.

Tags: linux, distribution, operating system, consumers

17 November 2008, 10:25

Photos: Brabus Tesla Roadster packs warp drive

Crave Brabus' attention to detail means the power inlet is lit, too. German tuning specialist Brabus -- producer of souped-up versions of cars from Mercedes, Smart et al -- has announced it will build an enhanced version of the Tesla Roadster electric...

14 November 2008, 11:41

LG Flatron W2284F: Nipple-powered monitor

Crave Our favourite thing about the screen is the touch-sensitive power button, which one Craver noticed looks like a slightly deformed nipple. Bizarrely, you can actually tweak it to switch the power on, which causes the Perspex button to glow blue, and...

Tags: contrast, glow, response, knowledge

13 November 2008, 11:13