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Spotify: Pure music-streaming win

Crave Spotify runs on both Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X (10.4 is required). One email to the press department and a very short wait later and we had ourselves an invitation to the closed trial. The idea behind Spotify is that you download a very slender...

Tags: wait, account, clicking, listen

4 December 2008, 11:38

The Asus N10J: A netbook that handles gaming

Crave It's a 10-inch netbook (which curiously doesn't carry the Eee PC brand name), with the usual Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and Windows XP. We may think of Atom-powered netbooks as the most basic of computers, good for Web surfing and e-mailing...

Tags: asus, cpu, graphics, resolution

1 December 2008, 9:28

Hello Kitty makes netbooks dangerously cute

Crave It runs on Windows XP Home in your choice of five languages. After months underground, during which time she released only a pixellated propaganda video, the felicitous feline has surfaced once again, bent on pursuing her plan for world domination.

24 November 2008, 9:27

Photos: LG Netbook X110 in the pink with 3G

Crave Just remove the battery, insert your 3G SIM card, fire up the 3G launcher application in Windows XP, and you can hurtle along the information super motorway to your heart's content. We've just gone hands-on with the LG Netbook X110, people, and it...

21 November 2008, 11:59

Asus unveils upmarket Eee PC 1002HA

Crave The new Eee PC 1002HA has essentially the same components as the Eee PC 1000 -- Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, Windows XP, Bluetooth, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and a few different SSD and HDD options -- but in a sturdy, upmarket chassis with a brushed metal lid...

Tags: metal, eee, eee pc, brushed

21 November 2008, 10:51

Hands-on with Windows 7 touchscreen interface

Crave Microsoft, meanwhile, seems aimed at touch on the screen itself -- though trackpad makers such as Synaptics have added support for gestures that XP and even Vista laptops can take advantage of if their makers wish.

Tags: window, maker, developers, machine

4 November 2008, 9:36

Netbook showdown: The top 10 mini laptops rated

Crave Its 900MHz Intel Pentium M CPU and 512MB of RAM (1GB on the 701) offers enough grunt to run Windows XP or Linux operating systems, the 0.3-megapixel webcam lets you take self-portraits and video chat with friends, and it's cheap -- in its RM Asus...

31 October 2008, 9:06

Netbook showdown: The top 10 mini laptops rated

Crave Its 900MHz Intel Pentium M CPU and 512MB of RAM (1GB on the 701) offers enough grunt to run Windows XP or Linux operating systems, the 0.3-megapixel webcam lets you take self-portraits and video chat with friends, and it's cheap -- in its RM Asus...

30 October 2008, 15:55

New netbooks: HP Mini 1000, Compaq 7000, Vivienne Tam edition

Crave HP wants to keep the prices as low as possible, so Windows XP is a no-no. Just when you thought the netbook market was congested enough, in comes HP with not one, but three new models. The company recently unveiled the Mini 1000, the fashion...

29 October 2008, 10:58

Unreleased Windows 7 gets security patch

Crave The critical security hole also affects Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. Microsoft released a security patch on Monday for software that won't be available publicly until today at the company's Professional Developer Conference.

Tags: windows vista, beta, pre, patch

28 October 2008, 9:42

BBC iPlayer reaches for the Sky

Crave After initially only being available as a download service on Windows XP, iPlayer is now available on Mac and Linux as a streaming service with a download version also in the pipeline.iPlayer is also available on Virgin Media, Apple's iPod and...

Tags: channels, windows xp, service, programme

21 October 2008, 8:30

Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo M9410: 1999 called, wants laptop back

Crave Plus it comes with both Windows Vista and XP, thanks to Fujitsu Siemens' TwinLoad system. We cracked open the Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo M9410 this morning and almost forgot what year we were in. You might not be able to tell from the picture, but...

Tags: keyboard, siemens, fujitsu, fujitsu siemens

20 October 2008, 10:35

Photos: Asus Eee PC S101 hands-on

Crave Both Linux and XP versions come with 20GB of free online storage. The Linux model will come with a 32GB solid-state drive, but the Windows XP version will ship with a 16GB drive plus a 16GB SD memory card.

15 October 2008, 11:13

Photos: Asus Eee Top all-in-one, touch-sensitive PC

Crave Inside, it uses a 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Intel integrated graphics, Windows XP, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, digital array mics, gigabit Ethernet and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi -- all par for the Eee course.

14 October 2008, 11:25

Microsoft to use 'Windows 7' code name in new release

Crave We've used version numbers like Windows 3.11, or dates like Windows 98, or 'aspirational' monikers like Windows XP or Windows Vista. For the first time in recent memory, Microsoft has chosen to stick with its code name for a final Windows release.

Tags: pre, vista, beta, windows vista

14 October 2008, 10:01