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PlayStation Network as big as Xbox Live

Crave He did not say when the avatar-based virtual world, still ostensibly slated to launch by the end of the year, would go online however. Celebrating the second anniversary of the PlayStation 3's US launch this week, Sony Computer Entertainment...

Tags: sales, entertainment, xbox, playstation

19 November 2008, 9:31

Parallels plans link-up for iPhone and PCs

Crave Parallels Desktop allows users to run PC environments on their Mac -- users can run their software (Mac, PC, Linux, open source or "almost anything else", according to Blackburn) in a virtual machine on their system.

Tags: pack, iphone, details, pc users

12 November 2008, 9:19

What to expect from Fennec, Firefox's mobile browser

Crave No matter how you shine it, a mobile keyboard (virtual or otherwise) is less than ideal for inputting text. Mozilla's release of the Firefox for Mobile alpha code, codenamed Fennec, grants that wish to users of the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet...

Tags: mobile phones, extensions, ons, add ons

20 October 2008, 10:12

Hands-on with New Xbox Experience: Welcome to avatar city

Crave To those familiar with Nintendo's Mii avatars or those from the countless virtual worlds out there, this will feel like old hat. Microsoft has named a date for the launch of its revamped Xbox Live service: 19 November.

9 October 2008, 11:45

Photos: Citroen GTbyCitroen goes from game to reality

Crave It was first designed to hurtle around the virtual tracks of the PS3's Gran Turismo: Prologue, but Citroen -- presumably bored of making Picassos and C5s -- has decided to make one for real. Citroen's just gone up in our estimation -- way up.

2 October 2008, 16:04

Onkyo HTX-22HD: Three is a magic number

Crave If you virtual surround sound isn't good enough, you can add a set of speakers and a centre channel to get full 5.1 surround sound. You used be able to buy a massive CRT with a built-in Dolby Pro Logic decoder and a set of speakers.

Tags: onkyo, hd, speakers, connecting

2 October 2008, 11:11

Samsung Pixon 8-megapixel camera phone: Pixon, Pix-off

Crave Video is supported by something called 'virtual 5.1 channel' surround sound, which frankly sounds very suspect to us. To us, the Samsung Pixon's name sounds like it was chosen to reflect the phone's camera capabilities, sounding something like a...

Tags: samsung, sounds, adventures, dedicated

29 September 2008, 15:02

Gamers fight back against Spore copy protection

Crave Spore was one of the most highly anticipated games in recent years, in part because it's the brainchild of Will Wright, who turned simple tasks like taking virtual trips to the bathroom into the best-selling PC game ever with The Sims.

Tags: itunes, arts, downloaded, electronic

15 September 2008, 9:56

Sony Vaio AW: Introducing the 18.4-inch Blu-ray photo laptop

Crave Other bonuses on both models include HDMI out and Dolby Home Theatre virtual surround sound, with 2.1 speakers. Sony is seriously bringing it today: it's announced an 18-inch laptop, the Vaio AW. It features an 18.4-inch display with Adobe RGB...

Tags: colour, ratio, adobe, inch

11 September 2008, 10:09

Google Chrome: Hands-on with the polished new browser

Crave Chrome includes its own JavaScript Virtual Machine called V8. Google wants the browser to help users focus on the applications and pages they are viewing, rather than on browser toolbars and buttons. With Chrome, Google has rethought the Internet...

Tags: tabs, javascript, beta, tab

3 September 2008, 10:04

Google Chrome browser out today

Crave The browser is also getting a new Javascript virtual machine, V8. Google is today set to launch its long-rumoured open-source Web browser, Chrome. In a post on its official blog, the search behemoth promised that that Chrome would "add value for...

Tags: operating system, tab, open source, accessing

2 September 2008, 14:26

Crave Podcast 100 video part 2 of 2: See more movement!

Crave That's when the Y2K bug threatened to wreak havoc on the world, America Online was purchased by Time Warner for a piffling $162bn, Concorde made its last flight, and Microsoft released Windows ME -- an OS as pointless as the self-tipping hat.We...

1 September 2008, 16:44

Crave Podcast 100 video part 2 of 2: See more movement!

Crave That's when the Y2K bug threatened to wreak havoc on the world, America Online was purchased by Time Warner for a piffling $162bn, Concorde made its last flight, and Microsoft released Windows ME -- an OS as pointless as the self-tipping hat.We...

1 September 2008, 15:44

JVC NX-BD3: Blu-ray player with 2.1 speaker system

Crave Although this is only a 2.1 system, featuring two compact stereo speakers and a chunky subwoofer, JVC has developed some technology that should create a virtual surround-sound system. It's taken JVC quite some time to hit us with a Blu-ray player...

Tags: material, blu ray, surround, speaker

14 August 2008, 11:42

Xbox 360 updates at E3: Rock, roll and Final Fantasy XIII

Crave Nor, it seems, is there an option to start legal proceedings against people illegally downloading your fake music or bully them with letters sent via their virtual ISP.Microsoft also announced an increased selection of arcade games, including a...

Tags: microsoft, deal, xbox, portal

15 July 2008, 11:14