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Google adds voice search to its iPhone app

Crave No, you haven't woken up in an episode of Star Trek, it's just plain old voice search, similar to Nuance's technology. Let's say you want to search for the new Star Trek movie -- you simply tap the mic icon, it says 'speak now', you say 'Star Trek...

Tags: google, icon, movie, voice

18 November 2008, 10:34

Great Christmas gadgets under £100

Crave These attachments for the Nintendo Wii come in blue and red, glow bright enough to be seen in daylight and work a treat with Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Christmas isn't just about family arguments, bad Cliff Richard records and improbable plot...

11 November 2008, 16:50

Hands on with the Casio Exilim EX-Z19: N-n-n-n-nineteen

Crave Just as video killed the radio star, for some reason Casio's taken a backwards step in its implementation of YouTube capture mode in the Z19. In the week that MTV released every video ever shown on the channel to people in the States -- and people...

Tags: casio, scene, ex, portrait

31 October 2008, 11:20

Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO pics revealed

Crave LucasArts and BioWare announced yesterday their forthcoming massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. The game takes place chronologically about 300 years after the previous Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic franchise and...

22 October 2008, 10:07

B-movies on Blu-ray: Strippers, flying saucers and sea monsters

Crave If you want your thrills a little more risqué, perhaps you'll be interested in the 18-rated Zombie Strippers, featuring adult movie star Jenna Jameson. Get ready to scream: aliens are coming, creatures from the sea are going to eat us all and there...

Tags: ray, earth, film, sea

13 October 2008, 11:31

Philips HTS6515: Apparently, the sound will embrace you

Crave It also features an electronic DVD drawer that's been nicked straight from the set of Star Trek and as such will keep geeks happy for weeks. If your boss said to you, "Hey, we've been talking and we're of the opinion that you can do just as good a...

Tags: philips, stereo, cable, speakers

8 October 2008, 11:10

Photos: Chevy Volt electrifies Paris Motor Show

Crave GM has given the Chevy Volt its first auto show exposure at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. With a game-changing powertrain, the Volt is as relevant in Europe as it is in the US. The Volt uses a series hybrid system, using an electric motor to drive the...

6 October 2008, 11:25

Onkyo TX-NR906: Darth Vader endorses this AV receiver

Crave The Death Star's corporate network can also be accommodated. He may enjoy killing the innocent, blowing up planets and generally keeping a stranglehold on those around him, but that doesn't mean old Darth Vader doesn't like to kick back, relax and...

Tags: onkyo, planets, hd, inputs

3 October 2008, 11:01

Photos: LG Renoir 8-megapixel camera phone

Crave But it's the camera that's the star of the show. Hot on the trail of Samsung's i8510, yesterday LG showed us its own 8-megapixel camera phone, the LG Renoir. LG tells us this is its first phone to keep its original development codename, whereas the...

26 September 2008, 13:45

Photos: Canon EOS 5D Mark II hands on

Crave In the context of this article we'll gloss over Die Hard 4.0, and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull and go straight to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (y'know, the funny one, with the whales). Sequels were extensively discussed in now-dated clever...

17 September 2008, 16:01

Gamers fight back against Spore copy protection

Crave Enraged by what they call "draconian" copyright protections, thousands of people flooded Amazon.com to give the game a one-star rating. After years of anticipation, the coming-out party for Electronic Arts' new evolution game, Spore, seems to be...

Tags: itunes, arts, downloaded, electronic

15 September 2008, 9:56

Geek sweets: Satisfy your nerdy candy cravings

Crave Behold the R2D2 giant Pez dispenser (£25), a Holy Grail for Pez and Star Wars fans alike. If you find yourself torn between spending your hard-earned on new technology and frittering the cash on scrumptious sweets instead, we might have the answer...

26 June 2008, 16:36

Mitsubishi launches 3D TV

Crave At a recent press conference, Mitsubishi showed off Star Wars: Episode II, light sabers and all blazing across the screen with a noticeable amount of depth. Our entertainment systems have evolved from black and white to colour, from fuzzy 576i to...

Tags: inch, models, star wars, glasses

24 June 2008, 10:24

Firefox 3: Reviewed

Crave A company logo, if available, will appear before the URL; after the URL there's the new one-click bookmark star and the familiar RSS icon. Immediately after the URL and just before the RSS icon is the new Star icon.

Tags: add ons, star, ons, places

18 June 2008, 14:39

Toshiba Quad Core HD Processor: Qosmio X300, F50 and G50

Crave From here on in, the Spurs Engine will be known as the Toshiba Quad Core HD Processor, and it'll star in a range of new Qosmios, namely the 15.4-inch F50, the 18.4-inch G50, and 17-inch X300 gaming rig.

18 June 2008, 9:35