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Mobile industry not green enough, report says

Crave However, it's unprofitable for most companies to release dedicated eco-friendly models on a massive scale, the ABI report suggested. Makers of mobile phones produce few 'green' models with biodegradable, recycled, or fully recyclable materials.

Tags: ericsson, electronics, mobile phones, cent

4 December 2008, 9:22

Robot gets lead role in theatrical play

Crave The 20-minute production took place at Japan's Osaka University -- where Hirata is also a visiting professor at the Centre of the Study of Communication-Design -- and was performed for the media ahead of a possible full-scale public run in the...

Tags: human, robot, robots, debut

26 November 2008, 10:18

LittleBigPlanet workshop: Blueprint your levels

Crave Included is a simple graphing grid that shows the relative scale of whatever you're building to the characters in the LBP world, and when done you simply print out your creation, which can be used as a reference for when you're playing at home.

Tags: console, playstation, creations, molecule

6 November 2008, 10:16

Sony battery recall affects HP, Toshiba, Dell laptops

Crave This recall appears to be on a much smaller scale than in 2006, when more than eight million notebook batteries were recalled. More than two years after the largest battery recall in the electronics industry, Sony batteries have been fingered again...

Tags: battery, dell, problems, batteries

31 October 2008, 9:30

Photos: Hands-on with the tiny Optoma Pico projector

Crave Here we've placed the Pico next to an N95 8GB to give an idea of scale, and to prove the last photo really wasn't taken using the hand of a giant. If you don't live in a big city or have never used public transport, you won't be aware of the great...

21 October 2008, 12:13

Photos: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 does lenses, but no video

Crave We've seen some leaked pictures to give us a sense of the G1's scale, but having got our hands on the little fella for the first time at a launch event at Wembley Stadium, we can finally appreciate just what how groundbreaking the G1 is.

9 October 2008, 11:59

Opinion: Why Yahoo Buzz will benefit Digg

Crave Its mail service alone has over 250 million users, and its search engine, while overshadowed on an epic scale by Google, still accounts for between 15 and 20 per cent of all Web searches made in the US and UK.

Tags: visitors, tech, story, scene

29 September 2008, 16:50

How small is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1? This small

Crave Drawing a box on paper the size of the 124 x 84 x 45mm dimensions didn't tell us much -- the lines don't seem much smaller than our trusty Olympus E-510 -- so we've been itching to see it in scale. The strength of the Micro Four Thirds standard is...

Tags: panasonic, dmc, lenses, lumix

19 September 2008, 12:24

Seismometer and Movies: Our favourite new iPhone apps

Crave It has various configuration options, including various sampling frequencies between 20Hz and 200Hz, the ability to enable a high-pass filter, and the use of a logarithmic or linear scale. We've been perusing the iTunes App Store this weekend for...

Tags: apple, iphone, apps, itunes

15 September 2008, 15:56

Photos: Hands-on with the Sony Vaio FW Series (VGN-FW11ZU)

Crave One feature unique to the new Vaio range -- though not exactly new technology in the grand scale of things -- is the dedicated AV button, which you'll see in our photos over the next few pages. It's not just the business end of the market getting...

16 July 2008, 14:07

Bono's (RED) charity to launch online music service

Crave The ubiquitous coffee chain's in-store music project hasn't been a tremendous success, as is evidenced by its decision to scale back its in-store CD sales. Good news, celebrity charity aficionados: Project (RED) is going to be providing some music...

Tags: artists, initiative, africa, bono

30 June 2008, 16:24

Movie & TV sell-outs: When tech product placements go bad

Crave Included in our choices is our patented Sell-out Scale, so you can see at a glance just how in-your-face the placement is, from near-arthouse integrity to filthy kerchinging commercialisation. Cue gravelly voiced trailer man: "In a world where tech...

23 June 2008, 14:22

Top ten spacecraft

Crave The Chinese have also conducted experiments to destroy satellites in orbit, and in so doing have created space debris on a massive scale. Douglas Adams, in The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, wrote "Space is big -- really big -- you just won't...

19 June 2008, 16:36

Photos: A look into the high-tech future of furniture

Crave Sharon Marston's large-scale chandeliers of the future are created with fibre optics. Last week in New York, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair showcased the tip-top of modern design. More than 600 exhibitors displayed contemporary...

28 May 2008, 8:27

Photos: Hands-on with the HP Mini-Note 2133

Crave Here's the Mini-Note 2133 next to a remote control we found lying around, for scale. Guess what, gadget fans? We've just got our hands on the first HP Mini-Note 2133 in the UK, and we thought we'd share it with you in these gorgeous pictures.

21 May 2008, 11:54