Twitter is Down! (I forgot how much I miss typing that)

<img alt="" /><a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a> is down. Super down. The <a href="http://status.twitter.com/">status blog</a> is silent on the issue, although the error message untruthfully

Amazon Web Services Launches CloudFront

<img alt="" />Amazon made good on their promise to <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/18/amazon-gets-in-on-the-content-delivery-biz/">launch a content delivery network</a> by the end of the year

Can you beat Mega Man 9 in less than 25 minutes? This guy did

http://dl.speeddemosarchive.com/mediaplayer.swf Yes, the fine art of Speedrunning is alive and well, especially with this second renaissance of retro games and remakes brought on by the rise of the vi

It's Official. Facebook Is Running A Protection Racket On App Developers

<img alt="" />Earlier today Facebook released details on its <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/11/17/facebook-rolls-out-verified-app-program-plus-one-hell-of-a-revenue-model-for-themselves/">new Ve

Core i7 hitting Dells, Alienwares, Gateways

Those big packages from Intel must have arrived at all the custom prebuilt computer sites, because all of a sudden they’re all making a racket about how their latest setups rock the new Core i7s

G1 capable of multi-touch input? Looks like it.

Whenever the G1 vs iPhone debate gets underway, iPhone purists are quick to flag the G1’s lack of multi-touch input support. Turns out, it might just be able to handle it after all – on th

Samsung Gravity hits T-Mobile today

T-Mobile said the Samsung Gravity would show up on Nov. 17th and, sure enough, it has arrived. While the Gravity might not have the same pull as some of the bigger, less wallet-friendly QWERTY handset

Review: Kensington Portable Power Outlet

Quick Version: This handy, compact, five-in-one power doodad from Kensington turns one outlet into three plug-ins and two USB charging ports for $24.99.

New honeycomb tire takes 'run-flat' to a whole new level

US Soldiers and Michigan drivers share one thing in common. The absolute need for better run-flat tires. Soldiers have to deal with IEDs and weapon fire where Michigan drivers have to pilot over

The Clean Mountain Can or The Mt. Everest Poop Collector

Ever wonder where everyone, you know, goes when climbing Mt. Everest and other such peaks? Personally, I have lost sleep over it but no more. This simple looking container, dubbed the Clean Mountain C

Google's Voice Search Finally Hits The iPhone

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/googlevoiceapp.png" class="shot2" /> Google's search-by-voice application is finally available on the App Store. To grab it, visit <a href

Kodak suing Samsung and LG over patent infringement

Good lord, sir. There are so many lawsuits about that you can’t swing a cat without hitting a lawyer. IBM is suing Papermaster, Papermaster is suing IBM, Apple and Psystar are suing each other,

Apple issues MacBook glass trackpad patch

The CrunchGear staff has, over the years, grown weary of most Apple products being borked in their first iteration, so we’ve all refrained from purchasing a new MacBook and/or MacBook Pro as the

Boy collapses after 15-hour World of Warcraft session

Flickr’d Oh, kids. If you’re going to play your shiny new Death Knight for 15 hours in a row, you’d better make sure to prepare yourself, mentally and physically, for the experience.

SGN's iFun Turns iPhone Into PC Game Controller

<img alt="" />We've had a blast playing SGN's suite of Wii-like games over the last few months - <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/09/17/sgn-launches-igolf-for-iphone-wii-action-is-here/">iGolf</a>

Carbon nanotube speakers are a thousandth the width of a human hair, have no bass

Well, I can only assume they have no bass; “nano” seems to imply less than woofer-level low-end. It seems that researchers at Tsinghua University in China have created a “speaker&#82

Yang Steps Down As Yahoo CEO, Search For Successor Begins

<img alt="" />Expect Yahoo's share price to jump tomorrow - <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/jerry-yang">Jerry Yang</a> will be <a href="http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/releasedetail

5 seriously overhyped digital cameras

Although I’m a big fan of the Casio EX-F1 and wrote at length last week on how major the RED announcement was, I can’t disagree with this list. The D90 hasn’t lived up to its hype, t

Spansion suing Samsung over flash memory patents [Update]

Smaller, lesser known (to Joe Blow consumer) tech companies have been known to take on the big guys with lawsuits that may or may not hold up in court, but this one seems to hold a bit of water. At le

There won't be a Street Fighter IV arcade release in the U.S.

Even though you can find imported stand-up arcade units of Street Fighter IV in the big cities, Capcom will not officially releasing it here. You all know why: arcades in the U.S. have been dead for s
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