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Nokia Maps and Messenger services upgraded

Crave Some of the other new features available include the ability to purchase turn-by-turn car navigation guidance, instant access to real-time information about traffic in certain countries, access to Wcities, an event guide that gives real-time...

Tags: nokia, maps, messaging, gps

3 December 2008, 9:19

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. Hunting for a Smart that's cheap to run but don't fancy diesel?

Tags: car, engine, cent, orange

18 November 2008, 23:00

Inside TorrentFreak: Ernesto's art of the niche

Crave Today, we still get a lot of visitors via Digg and other social media sites -- close to 10 per cent of our monthly traffic. Ernesto wrote a story about US telco Comcast throttling BitTorrent traffic, about which he told us, "[We were] the first to...

12 November 2008, 11:24

Photos: RUF's electric Porsche 911

Crave If you saw this in traffic, you'd assume it was a standard 911 -- until you realised there was no engine noise. Porsches aren't known for their eco-friendliness, but that could soon change if German modifier RUF Auto Centre has anything to with it.

14 October 2008, 15:31

Smart fortwo mhd: Lowest running costs of any small car?

Crave Like most hybrids, it incorporates stop-start technology, which shuts the engine off whenever the vehicle reaches 5mph -- such as when approaching traffic lights -- and restarts it instantaneously when the accelerator is pressed.

Tags: trial, car, fortwo, drivers

6 October 2008, 17:54

Opinion: Why Yahoo Buzz will benefit Digg

Crave And if you're looking for stories the majority of the population wants to read about too, you're likely to find Buzz highly relevant.If you're very lucky, and exceptionally interesting, your submitted story might be picked by Yahoo news editors to...

Tags: visitors, tech, story, scene

29 September 2008, 16:50

BMW 7-series concept: Fast lithium-ion hybrid

Crave This forms part of the car's idle-stop system, which allows the petrol engine to shut off at traffic lights and re-start seamlessly when you pull away, maintaining high torque in the process. Last week, Mercedes unveiled the S400 BlueHybrid, a...

Tags: car, concept, electric, fuel

24 September 2008, 14:34

T-Mobile G1 versus Apple iPhone 3G: Side by side

Crave Google Maps with Satellite View and Traffic. Google Maps with Satellite View, Traffic, Street View and compass mode that orients the screen as you move After the T-Mobile G1 was announced yesterday, we had a good hands-on with it and assessed its...

Tags: contract, band, fi, slot

24 September 2008, 11:49

Passionato: Classical music downloads done right

Crave The site is pretty well designed, although currently quite slow -- due, we expect, to all the traffic its launch has generated. If you're a classical music connoisseur, chances are you've never felt much love for the likes of iTunes and Napster.

Tags: itunes, stores, titles, encoded

12 September 2008, 10:23

Devolo dLAN 200 AVeasy Starter Kit: HomePlug for dummies

Crave A CD is included, which contains some additional quality of service software -- useful for prioritising certain kings of traffic, such as VoIP -- but this isn't essential, because the adaptors are plug-and-play devices.

Tags: networking, wi fi, pack, fi

21 August 2008, 11:11

Europe promises cars that talk to one another

Crave Roadside infrastructure will also be able to receive information -- such as non-standard speed limits and diversions -- from traffic-management centres and communicate that to the relevant traffic. We've seen cars that can see, and now -- thanks to...

Tags: talk, car, part, traffic

6 August 2008, 17:17

Mio Knight Rider sat-nav hands-on video

Crave The Knight Rider GPS will indeed feature the voice of William Daniels (aka KITT), and there will be a database of names so you can customise the device to have KITT personally greet and talk to you (provided that your name is included).As far as...

25 June 2008, 12:12

Beat Big Brother: Dodge CCTV, phone taps and spies

Crave Titles of pages are hidden, as is all the traffic, so you're well-protected from monitoring tools. Big Brother is watching you -- and we're not talking about the mind-numbing reality show. The UK has become a real-life Orwellian nightmare.

19 March 2008, 13:55

Testing Windows Vista SP1

Crave Microsoft says that users will only receive the changes specific for their computer to cut down on network traffic and download times. A little more than one year after its release, Windows Vista receives its first service pack update.

19 March 2008, 12:12

Car Tech: Jaguar XKR Portfolio drives by itself! Fast!

Crave When the lame-brain in front speeds up again, the Jag accelerates to keep up with the flow of traffic. Ladies, geeks, petrolheads -- we're proud to present a video of the most technologically advanced car we've ever driven.

14 March 2008, 15:06