privacy

Planet CNET Episode 11: Google's new View and a bigger Eye

Crave Never to be outdone in raising protestations, the French are facing similar privacy issues to the ones that irked the US. We're tanned, rested and ready to go with another episode of Planet CNET, travelling around the world for the latest in tech...

23 July 2008, 13:25

Beat Big Brother: Dodge CCTV, phone taps and spies

Crave We'll show you how to use technology to protect yourself and give you the tools you need to get your privacy back. Nevertheless, there is a burgeoning anti-spy market and the products out there range from real conspiracy-theorist stuff to genuinely...

19 March 2008, 13:55

BenQ, Diino MyPix and Flickr: Photo storage update

Crave Uploader 3.0 allows you to select and re-order any number of photos and offers the option to set titles, tags, descriptions, sets and privacy data. If you've tracked down a BenQ camera, such as the DC C1050 or DC E1000, any time in the last year...

Tags: benq, cent, storage, books

3 December 2007, 10:55

Google Street View: London to get snap-happy?

Crave It's a useful service, but there's no secret that it raises questions relating to privacy: people have been caught smoking by Google cameras, only to have their family discover their filthy habit as a result.

Tags: google, cameras, street, london

26 November 2007, 10:47

Hiro Media: Piping ads into free TV downloads

Crave Changeable advertising is then inserted into the video, targeted to your geographical location and other demographic info, which is collected via the Hiro application.Fans of privacy will be unimpressed, but we'd argue the amount of data collected...

Tags: ad, material, codec, windows media player

16 November 2007, 11:05

Photobucket: Tag, you're it

Crave But as always with exciting, new, open networks, privacy concerns are not far behind. It's been a stonking week for photo-sharing sites. Flickr user yukesmooks posted the 2 billionth photo to the famous site, which now seems to be over some of the...

Tags: flickr, link, limit, upload

16 November 2007, 10:35

Top ten geek holiday destinations

Crave For any Apple fan, stopping by 2066 Crist Drive, Los Altos, California, and taking a privacy-respecting photograph should be a priority.Further Reading: here Location: Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, UKReason to visit: Gargantuan radio telescpopeJodrell...

24 September 2007, 13:22

Medison Celebrity: Swedish company offers laptop for £77

Crave Barrel-scrapingly low specs for sure, but in theory powerful enough for emailing your gran and ogling at people who don't understand the privacy settings on Facebook. Swedish manufacturer Medison has announced a laptop costing an insanely low £77.

Tags: press, laptop, conference, celebrity

26 July 2007, 9:46

Crave Podcast 42: Is Firefox the best browser?

Crave You can almost hear the beer fumes swilling around the room as the excitable team members focus their attention for long enough to talk about new Wireless USB technology, the necessity of Facebook's privacy settings and free Wi-Fi in London town.

20 July 2007, 12:43

Crave Podcast 42: Is Firefox the best browser?

Crave You can almost hear the beer fumes swilling around the room as the excitable team members focus their attention for long enough to talk about new Wireless USB technology, the necessity of Facebook's privacy settings and free Wi-Fi in London town.

Tags: crave, fi, wi fi, podcast

20 July 2007, 11:43

An anti-spying diary for kids

Crave Kids should have some privacy rights too, especially where nosy siblings are concerned. Crave US: Gone are the days of the old-fashioned lock-and-key diary. So even though this item isn't brand-new, Crave felt that it was timely to cite it in today...

Tags: diary, retail, store, lock

24 April 2007, 8:30

iStyles iPod Video Privacy Screen: Sayonara, paranoia

Crave In an attempt to vanquish the vexations, iStyles, a US company, has released the iPod Video Privacy Protection Screen -- a transparent film that coats the screen of your iPod and only reveals the video beneath when viewed directly, as opposed to...

Tags: istyles, protection, watching, privacy

15 March 2007, 9:53

Gadget Love: Rubber ducks for geeks

Crave You probably shouldn't take it to the paddling pool at your local park, but in the privacy of your own home, it's a 'personal massager' cum bathtime companion. Nothing says 'love' like a rubber duck. Who could forget Ernie from Sesame Street and...

Tags: colours, street, rubber, leds

9 February 2007, 12:53

Photos: Benefon Twig -- the mobile phone with sat-nav

Crave If you're thinking about privacy, the service will only work if the other person consents -- in other words, you can control who has the opportunity to stalk you. Earlier this year we heard about a phone called the Benefon Twig.

31 October 2006, 12:00

Samsung YP-K5: MPFreedom to share

Crave Thankfully Samsung also includes bass-enhancing in-ear headphones to let people enjoy music in the privacy of their own head. Samsung unveiled a flash-based MP3 player, which it reckons could take the iPod nano crown, at Berlin's IFA 2006 trade show.

Tags: samsung, battery, speakers, headphones

4 September 2006, 10:30