Got a new Apple? Time to get your firmware update on

Unibody Macbooks and MacBook Pros, along with newer MacBook Airs, have gotten a firmware update from Apple, ostensibly addressing “stability issues.” I think they’re talking about th

Screw The Downturn. Accel Raises A Cool Billion In New Funds

<img alt="" />Twenty five year old venture capital firm <a href="http://www.accel.com/">Accel Partners</a> is announcing two new funds today that add more than $1 billion to their war chest: Accel Gro

Oppo's BDP-83 megaplayer gets more detailed

We saw the Oppo DVD/Blu-Ray player at CEDIA in September, and it looked great then, but details were lacking. We’ve got a lot more information now, and this versatile media player and rescaler i

Broadcast 2.0 and BBC's iPlayer

“Broadcast 2.0”: a swanky new term for the convergence of Internet video and social media. BBC is working on integrating this idea into their iPlayer, launched a year ago in December 2007.

Contest: Know your mobile trivia (or how to use Google)? Come win 50 bucks!

Long story short, Virgin Mobile sent us an envelope full of $50 dollar gift cards, and we’re passing them on to our readers at a rate of one or two per day. (If you really want the whole back st

iPhone gift cards could impact up to a million units

Shaw Wu, analyst at Kaufman Bros., is anticipating iPhone sales of 6 million units for the December quarter, down from 6.9 million units sold in the previous quarter but in line with Wall Street&#8217

Marissa Mayer At Le Web: The (Almost) Complete Interview

<img alt="" />The video above shows twenty two minutes of my and Loic Le Meur's half hour interview with Google’s Vice President of Search Product and User Experience Marissa Mayer at the Le Web con

Next-gen Logitech gaming keyboard spied, looks hot

Engadget China has discovered a picture of a new Logitech device called the G18 (?), apparently in the print publication Hello!. If I’m not mistaken, that’s a full-color LCD in the middle

Review: Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro

Quick Version: The QuickCam Vision Pro from Logitech is perhaps the easiest-to-use webcam I have seen in a while. There is no software required to run it, so you simply plug it in via the 6-ft USB cab

Hard case and laptop stand combo looks practical

I believe our own Greg described his laptop as a “ball-burner” recently, and I don’t think there is a more concise way to put the fact that modern portable computers get hot as the d

No Zune phone at CES – alas

I got all riled up last week about the possiblity — really, more of a hope than an expectation — that we might see a Zune phone revealed at CES. Deep down I think I knew I was talking a lo

Review: Microsoft Bluetrack Explorer mouse

Microsoft’s latest revision to its flagship “Explorer” line of mice features the new “Bluetrack” technology, which Microsoft says will track on just about any surface, in

CrunchTime people! TechCrunchTalk & Party next week. Got your ticket? [Update: Now Sold Out!]

UPDATE: This event is now entirely sold out. If you can’t make it follow Mike Butcher on Twitter and I’ll re-tweet the fact you have a ticket going spare. So next week we’re having a

Nvidia, AMD release new drivers

AMD announced recently that they are releasing the next version of their Catalyst driver, 8.12. It’s currently available for download from their site. The new version of the driver includes spee

Contest: $50 Giftcard Giveaway #2

Long story short, Virgin Mobile sent us an envelope full of $50 dollar gift cards, and we’re passing them on to our readers. (If you really want the whole back story, here you go.) The only catc

Book-like Nintendo DS to get, you guessed it, books

Turn the Nintendo DS sideways and then open it. It’s like a book! ROFL!!! They should totally make it so you could read books on it, but they should only make 100 books available at first and it sho

Monster Cable outs the Beats by Dr. Dre LeBron James custom edition

Monster Cable is out to make money with the Beats by Dr. Dre with another special edition. These cans are equipped the same innards of the standard black edition, but sport a custom LeBron James #23 p

Yay? Blu-ray recorders now more popular than DVD recorders in Japan

Blu-ray is now officially more popular than plain ol’ DVD in Japan. Wait, let me rephrase that: there are now more Blu-ray disc recorders in Japan than there are DVD recorders. More than 50 perc

Gmail Enables SMS Messaging From Chat

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/12806v2-max-250x250.jpg" class="shot2" /> Only a few days after the <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/08/gmail-finally-gets-a-to-do-l

Review: Xbox 360 VGA HD AV cable, Viewsonic VX2240w LCD monitor

I know, I know. The VGA HD AV cable has been out for three years, but I was in between TVs and only had a monitor to game on. I’ll keep this review short and sweet.
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