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Amazon UK MP3 store: Cheap and DRM-free

Crave And as more shoppers wise up to the fact that most songs bought from iTunes -- still the most popular destination for legal music downloads in the world -- can only play on Apple products, DRM-free stores such as Amazon become ever-larger threats...

Tags: itunes, labels, songs, amazon

3 December 2008, 11:42

Photos: Tesla Motors' new electric roadster

Crave Tesla modeled its retail facility after Apple's stores, and prefers the term 'store' rather than 'showroom'. Instead of franchising, Tesla will retain ownership of all future stores. This new power train eliminates the two-speed gearbox from the...

26 November 2008, 11:26

Humax Foxsat-HDR: Finally, a way to record freesat HD

Crave As you would expect, the Foxsat-HDR is capable of recording up to 1080i video, which it stores on its internal 320GB hard drive. We've certainly had a bit of a pop at freesat in the past, but it's not because we don't like it -- we just think it...

Tags: humax, definition, channels, hd

4 November 2008, 11:46

Datz Music Lounge: Unlimited MP3s from EMI and Warner

Crave Access to the Datz Music Lounge will be sold as an over-the-counter box, initially from the Datz Web site and about 180 Sainsbury's stores in the UK. A new music service called Datz Music Lounge is set to launch this weekend, offering unlimited...

Tags: universal, unlimited, songs, labels

29 October 2008, 22:57

Sony delays LittleBigPlanet for Qur'an expressions

Crave The game will now appear in UK stores on the week of Monday 3 November. Sony is delaying the much- anticipated PlayStation 3 title LittleBigPlanet due to a late discovery that background music tracks contained two expressions found in the Qur'an...

Tags: tracks, playstation, delay, forums

20 October 2008, 10:18

Flip Video 'the future of journalism': UK chief blasts Sony, hints at HD

Crave Traditional stores are excited but have their own process.it's a different challenge getting into the stores. Having had a sneak preview of the Flip Video Mino courtesy of Firebox, we met with Ray Sangster, Flip Video's European president, in the...

7 October 2008, 12:16

Pentax K-m, Eye-Fi, Lensbaby, Seitz, Minox spy cameras, Hasselblad, Kodak and the rest round out Photokina

Crave This stores location information for around 1,000 locations in 128MB of onboard memory. Let's start with the ugly: the Pentax K-m is a perfectly acceptable entry-level dSLR, but someone dropped this version from the ugly tree, hitting every branch...

26 September 2008, 11:55

Gamers fight back against Spore copy protection

Crave In its first week, it seemed to do pretty well -- at least anecdotally, with stores around the US reporting they'd sold out of their stock. After years of anticipation, the coming-out party for Electronic Arts' new evolution game, Spore, seems to...

Tags: itunes, arts, downloaded, electronic

15 September 2008, 9:56

Passionato: Classical music downloads done right

Crave It's got catalogues from big classical names, including Naxos, Universal Classics and Jazz, Decca, BBC Worldwide, Capitol USA, Blue Note and EMI Classics.It's the work of former Baltimore Symphony Orchestra president James Glicker, who told the...

Tags: itunes, stores, titles, encoded

12 September 2008, 10:23

Photos: Pioneer Kuro KRP-500 and KRP-600 aren't KRP at all

Crave They won't be available just anywhere -- these TVs are designed to be sold by specialist AV stores, which have the understanding to explain the advantages of these screens' technology. The PDP-LX6090 and the LX5090 have the most stunning blacks we...

4 September 2008, 11:09

Photos: Sony launches new S-series Walkman at IFA

Crave UK launch and pricing should be available soon, too, but we're expecting September availability in UK stores. Sony has unveiled its latest line of Walkman MP3 players here at IFA in Berlin -- the top-end S series, the E series and the entry-level B...

Tags: sony, fi, mood, walkman

28 August 2008, 15:00

Photos: Asus N50V laptop takes leaf from HP's book

Crave There's no word about whether the system stores pictures of anyone who fails the authentication, but here's hopin'. Crave had an awkward run-in with the postman this morning. He turned up, handed us a package containing an Asus N50V laptop, and we...

28 August 2008, 13:42

Motorola Rokr EM30, EM28 and EM25: Rokr round the clock

Crave All three mobiles focus their attentions on music, with 3.5mm headphone sockets as standard on all models, support for MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV music files, microSD expansion and compatibility with stores such as Napster and 7digital.

7 August 2008, 10:55

Crave Live: Tesla Roadster has touchscreen control

Crave This includes an insightful interview with the car's product manager -- a man who stores a frankly unhealthy amount of Tesla facts inside his head. You think know all about the Tesla Roadster. But have you seen the funky touch-screen lurking next...

30 July 2008, 11:15

Government wins: Major UK ISPs forced to fight piracy for BPI

Crave It's the ultimate goal of the music industry to encourage file sharers to move to legal download stores or back to good ol' CDs. In what the British Phonographic Industry is calling a 'ground-breaking' agreement, the six largest ISPs in the UK are...

Tags: sharing, identify, letters, industry

24 July 2008, 9:44