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White Knight intros gas-powered Eco Tumble Dryer

Crave Of course, if you want to be ultra low carbon you'll buy the greenest tumble dryer of them all: a clothes horse. British firm White Knight has launched two low carbon tumble dryers that run on gas rather than electricity.

Tags: machines, energy, electric, gas

18 November 2008, 11:49

Crave predicts the future: Flip Mino goes HD

Crave As we predicted just last month, Flip Video has taken the high-definition plunge. Amazon and the Flip Web site in the US are selling the new Flip Mino HD, a 720p version of the popular pocket camcorder.

Tags: flip video, high definition, definition, hd

12 November 2008, 10:43

Fujitsu Siemens LifeBook U820 and P1630: Tiny tablets

Crave This new 1kg tablet updates the P1620 with Centrino 2 components, including an Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 Ultra Low Voltage Processor and 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi connectivity. Fujitsu has announced updates to two of its LifeBook lines, the UMPC-like U...

Tags: intel, cell, connectivity, webcam

5 November 2008, 11:01

Netbook showdown: The top 10 mini laptops rated

Crave The original Eee PC drove yet another nail into the already air-tight coffin of ultra-mobile PCs and inspired the entire computing world to follow in its diminutive footsteps. So you want a tiny laptop, but you're not sure which one to get?

31 October 2008, 9:06

Netbook showdown: The top 10 mini laptops rated

Crave The original Eee PC drove yet another nail into the already air-tight coffin of ultra-mobile PCs and inspired the entire computing world to follow in its diminutive footsteps. So you want a tiny laptop, but you're not sure which one to get?

30 October 2008, 15:55

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

Crave The Flip Video Ultra is available now for around £90, with the smaller Mino set to go on sale for around £120. With the debate over citizen journalism a hot topic at the moment, it's interesting to read the BBC's chief geek Rory Cellan-Jones...

7 October 2008, 12:16

Panasonic DMP-BD35 and BD55: New ultra-sleek Blu-ray players

Crave Everyone has times when they feel restless and unable to settle on decisions, but those good folks over at Panasonic have got it bad. It seems like only yesterday that the BD30 and BD50 players arrived and now the company has replaced them with new...

Tags: panasonic, ray, players, profile

7 October 2008, 10:44

Pentax K-m: 10-megapixel dSLR with cashback

Crave Let's start with the glass: the DA 15mm F4 ED AL Limited ultra-wide-angle, smc Pentax-DA 60-250mm F4 ED [IF] SDM telephoto zoom, and smc Pentax-DA 55mm F1.4 SDM medium-telephoto lenses. With Photokina just a day away and the big boys already in the...

22 September 2008, 10:30

Photos: Flip Video Mino hands-on

Crave The Mino, like its predecessor the Ultra, boasts a 2GB built-in flash memory, which holds up to 60 minutes of video. And, like the Ultra, currently available from Firebox and riding high in Amazon's bestseller list, simplicity is the watchword.

15 September 2008, 10:34

Sharp Aquos XS1: Ultra-slim 1080p TV with LED backlight

Crave Thin TVs are all the rage at the moment, although truth be told, we aren't sure why. Sure, when we ditched the massive CRT screens the massive size reduction that flat-screen TVs brought was amazing, but the biggest improvement was the potential...

5 September 2008, 11:48

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

Crave Everyone knows Pioneer makes epic TVs. The PDP-LX6090 and the LX5090 have the most stunning blacks we've ever seen, as well as a generally amazing picture that wows the pants off everyone who sees it.

4 September 2008, 11:09

Samsung at IFA 2008: Women, ultra high definition and widgets

Crave There was also considerable excitement about Samsung's new ultra-high-definition TV, which looks set to replace existing HD televisions at some point, as soon as they can persuade us to part with even more of our cash.

1 September 2008, 14:58

Samsung at IFA: A 200Hz LCD and other TV treats

Crave Given the relationship that Sony and Samsung have with LCDs, it’s not a massive surprise to see Samsung announce a 200Hz TV today, barely a day after Sony made a big deal about its own model. Luckily for Samsung, it isn’t the only TV innovation it...

Tags: samsung, model, pixels, tvs

29 August 2008, 11:58

Photos: Sony launches new S-series Walkman at IFA

Crave If you don't like ultra-thin MP3 players, this might be one to miss. 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 series.

Tags: sony, fi, mood, walkman

28 August 2008, 15:00

Photos: Dell's Latitude E series claims 19-hour battery life

Crave We're assuming the people reading this aren't wearing suits, so we'll talk mostly about the E4200: it weighs less than 1kg (that's less than an Eee PC 1000), it has an LED backlit keyboard (like a MacBook Air), it has WiMax, 3G, 802.11n, GPS...

13 August 2008, 14:32