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Twitter rejects $500m Facebook friendship?

Crave Maybe it wasn't just egregious Silicon Valley gossip-baiting when Federated Media CEO John Battelle asked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg earlier this month if his company was going to buy Twitter. Kara Swisher of AllThingsD reported early on...

Tags: board, stock, ceo, facebook

25 November 2008, 9:44 > More matches in Crave

Denon DVD-3800BD: Wallet-busting Blu-ray

Crave The good news on that front is that Denon is using the Silicon Optix Realta chipset for high-quality video decoding, and HQV picture processing to wring every last drop of information out of either DVD or Blu-ray video.p video support is a given...

Tags: silver, eye, blu, ray

3 November 2008, 11:12 > More matches in Crave

3G speed test: T-Mobile G1 vs iPhone 3G

Crave We tested the G1 against another 3G phone with a T-Mobile SIM in it, the Samsung Omnia, and this time visited CNET UK's sister site silicon.com. No sooner had we taken our UK T-Mobile G1 out of its box when someone shouted out, "Does it have 3G then?

Tags: load, samsung, iphone, loaded

30 October 2008, 11:07 > More matches in Crave

The Queen visits Google's London headquarters

Crave Note: This story was originally published on silicon.com as a photo gallery. The Queen joined the Web 2.0 generation yesterday when she uploaded a clip to YouTube for the first time. The monarch took the leap into the wired world as she and her...

Tags: channel, youtube, visit, face

17 October 2008, 9:26 > More matches in Crave

New Apple MacBook Pro: Packing Nvidia

Crave Cleverly, there's the option to switch over to the 9600M GT -- another chip on the same piece of silicon -- for even better performance. Tonight's event at Apple HQ was widely expected to deliver a major refresh to the company's ageing MacBook...

Tags: air, hard drive, ray, blu

14 October 2008, 18:43 > More matches in Crave

Doomed tech: Calacanis talks 'Recession 2.0'

Crave Despite the vast recession the US and UK is fast plummeting into, Yahoo, whose stock this week hit a five-year low of little over $12 per share, is rumoured to be looking not to shed unprofitable little companies from its portfolio, but acquire a...

Tags: ups, employees, cash, aol

13 October 2008, 17:34 > More matches in Crave

Easy HDTV DVR

Downloads Works with most ATSC tuners with a BDA driver including ATI HDTV Wonder, ATI TV Wonder 650, Dvico Fusion, Silicon Dust HDHomeRun, Autumnwave OnAir GT, and AverMedia AverTVHD A180. Easy HDTV DVR is a hi-definition DVR (Digital Video Recorder) and...

3 October 2008, 21:31 > More matches in Downloads

Sigma DP2 and SD15: Sensors say bigger is better

Crave But the DP2 packs a Foveon X3 sensor, which has three layers of silicon that each absorb colours. Learning is fun, mmkay? So today we're going to learn about the Sigma DP2, a 14-megapixel compact camera, and the SD15, a dSLR.

24 September 2008, 12:05 > More matches in Crave

100Mbps for unconnected UK areas first

News A Consumer Panel spokeswoman told CNET UK's sister site, silicon.com: "We're not asking for ISPs to pay but we could nevertheless ask Ofcom to make clear what the shape of regulation could be so that the cost implications are clear.

Tags: consumer, broadband, statistics, panel

5 September 2008, 9:20 > More matches in News

BT to save iconic red phone boxes for £1

News Back in June BT warned that more public call boxes would have to close as usage continues to slide -- though at the time a spokesman told CNET UK's sister site silicon.com that he could not specify the number of red phone boxes under threat...

Tags: cent, scheme, colour, wish

1 September 2008, 10:06 > More matches in News

AMD ships new 790GX gaming chip

News AMD today announced the availability of silicon targeted at the 'performance' gaming community. The new 790GX chipset is slotted below the existing, higher-end 790FX, which is targeted at the ultra-enthusiast game segment.

Tags: processor, hd, clock, amd

6 August 2008, 8:59 > More matches in News

BT to upgrade 10 million homes with fibre

News A BT spokesman told CNET.co.uk's sister site silicon.com these barriers include a universal service obligation to put copper wire into new homes, something which is high cost but which fibre takes away the need for.

Tags: industry, generation, silicon, return

16 July 2008, 8:15 > More matches in News

News.blog: Fake Steve Jobs says goodbye

News After it launched in 2006, the blog quickly became a must-read for anyone intrigued by Apple, its mercurial founder, and Silicon Valley in general. Fake Steve Jobs is no more. Dan Lyons, the former Forbes writer and soon-to-be Newsweek writer...

Tags: jobs, tech, writer, steve

10 July 2008, 8:55 > More matches in News

Ending an era with Bill Gates' best quotes

News Here's CNET.co.uk's sister site silicon.com's pick of the best: As the world's most famous tech boss, Bill Gates has been quoted more times than you can shake a stick at -- but there have been some particularly insightful, bold and wide of the mark...

Tags: industry, speech, magazine, cnet news

27 June 2008, 9:00 > More matches in News

Geek sweets: Satisfy your nerdy candy cravings

Crave No, we don't mean sugary treats that taste of silicon, we're talking about sweeties inspired by the tech we love. If you find yourself torn between spending your hard-earned on new technology and frittering the cash on scrumptious sweets instead...

26 June 2008, 16:36 > More matches in Crave