technology

Kangaroo video service 'anti-competitive'

Crave Ex-BBC director of future media and technology, Ashley Highfield, briefly headed the project as chief executive but left to join Microsoft in November. The future of Project Kangaroo, the proposed online TV-video joint venture between BBC Worldwide...

Tags: project, channel, continue, terms

4 December 2008, 9:04

Internet: The Movie!

Crave We've long dreamed of breaking into showbusiness -- there's no business like it, we've heard -- so we're drawing on our knowledge of the Internet and technology to put together this marketing plan, outlining our pitches for smash-hit movies based...

3 December 2008, 15:58

Sony BDP-S350: Sony strikes Blu gold

Crave There's the now ubiquitous (on Sony AV equipment) XrossMediaBar, which, despite the ugliest name in the history of technology, is brilliant to use.p playback and x.v.Colour should ensure that movies look as good as possible on your hi-def TV.

Tags: sony, profile, load, blu

2 December 2008, 11:20

Car Tech: Volvo XC60, safer than houses

Crave Join Rory Reid as he takes drives the new Volvo XC60 in the highlands of Scotland. It’s been fitted with some of the most cutting-edge safety tech available today, most notably the City Safety feature.

1 December 2008, 14:31

Apple in trouble over iPhone advert

Crave The ASA said in its adjudication: "Although we acknowledged that the majority of viewers would be familiar with mobile telephones, we considered that many might not be fully aware of the technical differences between the different types of...

Tags: apple, iphone, ad, complained

27 November 2008, 9:02

Runco's drool-worthy 100-inch VideoWall

Crave Runco's Constant Contrast technology allows the screen to incorporate frame-by-frame contrast correction to keep black levels low, regardless of ambient light, and the VW-100HD can purportedly reach contrast ratios in excess of 5000:1 ANSI.

Tags: runco, contrast, operation, frame

27 November 2008, 8:35

tikitag: RFID for the masses

Crave Here at Crave, we're huge fans of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Oyster cards have made our commutes less painful, RFID passports are promising to cut queues at airports, and the data logged by our office keys give us alibis when...

Tags: development, community, readers, firebox

25 November 2008, 11:01

Spammer ordered to pay Facebook $873m

Crave Facebook has beefed up its antispam technology since the spring, creating tools that can delete spam messages from accounts and block URLs that direct people to spam Web sites. Facebook has been awarded $873m in damages against a Canadian man...

Tags: messages, spam, emails, marketing

25 November 2008, 8:00

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

SmartPlanet stories on Crave

Crave You may have noticed that we have added a bunch of stories focusing on green technology and transport to Crave. But we found that green consumer technology was by far the most popular topic on the site, and as many of you have contacted CNET UK...

Tags: technology, channel, tech, continue

24 November 2008, 10:35

ID cards could replace passports for EU travel

Crave From autumn 2009 airside workers at the two airports will be issued with ID cards on a voluntary basis as part of early trials of the technology. UK citizens will be able to use their ID cards to travel to Europe, raising the possibility that they...

Tags: part, travel, cards, register

24 November 2008, 9:46

YouTube videos play in HD with a simple hack

Crave The YouTube-embed technology for HD videos is missing the option to view in full screen, but you can toggle it on from the Google service's hosted video page. Wired, with the help of users on the VR-Zone forums, has uncovered a simple way to get...

Tags: problems, playback, high quality, hd

21 November 2008, 10:13

CNET UK Podcast 112: We know where the BNP lives

Crave Technology always pushes boundaries with a big story, and this is no exception. It's episode 112 of CNET UK's beloved podcast and we've lined up a cracker. This week, Ian, Nate and Andrew discuss a wide range of topics from BNP supporters to yet...

21 November 2008, 9:42

Photos: Ears-on with the wireless Sleek Audio SA6 earphones

Crave Sleek Audio's SA6 earphones were previously just available as wired earphones, but can now be snagged in a pack that incorporates the wireless Kleer technology. The Kleer technology means that if you rip your music in a lossless audio format, it's...

20 November 2008, 11:53

Roadtest: Stopping and starting the Smart mhd

Crave It's a standard petrol Smart fortwo, but equipped with stop-start technology that flicks the engine off when you stop at traffic lights and roudabouts. I'll admit there's nothing too exhiliarting about those figures and the technology, which has...

Tags: car, engine, cent, orange

18 November 2008, 23:00