Review: HP TouchSmart 600

Short version: HP’s TouchSmart 600 isn’t the perfect solution for a touchscreen based home computer, but it comes pretty damn close. The TouchSmart system works well as an internet home ap

Metal Gear Arcade gets head-tracking VR goggles

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/lbimg_3dglass.jpg" />It's been a long time since I've been in a modern arcade. Since I suck at Street Fighter 4 and the like, and most of

Get ready NASCAR fans, Mario Kart is coming

Despite what my co-workers believe, the fact that I live in Northern Nevada does not automatically make me a fan of NASCAR. I am a fan of MarioKart though, and the fact that Nintendo has teamed up wit

Baby Bidou mp3 player. You know, for kids

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/179_large5.jpg" />I always say that you're never too young to start with your first gadget. This is an example of that theory, taken mayb

Octazen: What The Heck Did Facebook Just Buy Exactly, And Why?

<img src='http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/octazen.jpg' class="shot" alt="" />Facebook has acquired its third company, Malaysian startup <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/octaz

Review: Microsoft Sidewinder X4 keyboard

Short version: A competent, but unremarkable keyboard. If you like Microsoft keyboards, spend the extra cash for the fancier and cooler X6.

Let The Credits Roll (In), Netflix Is Down

<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-160244" title="netflix" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/netflix.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="320" />For at least the past hour, <a href

Fake security camera moves, pretends to keep you safe

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/77841.jpg" />So you want your neighbors to think that your house is an impenetrable fortress, but you don't really feel like shelling out

Welcome To TechCrunch Or 5z8.info/dicksonparade_k5f1f_hackwebcam

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-160232" title="shady" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/shady.png" alt="" width="300" height="196" />The web has no shortage of URL shorten

Spotify gets some local competition – but it's a bit of a WiMP

<img src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture-242.png" class="shot2" />Although Sweden-born streaming music startup <a href="http://Spotify.com">Spotify</a> has done well in Scand

Nintendo successfully sues Aussie etailer for selling DS flash cartridges

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/objection.jpg" />It's getting to be a mighty dangerous place out there for DS pirates. Several months ago, Nintendo decided to sue a few

Plant-based plastics promise perkier peat

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sugar-plastic-image.jpeg">Do you know how hard that headline was to write? So hard! Anyway, scientists at <a HREF="http://www3.imperial.

Benjolin Light Synth: What the cuss?

Do not press play on the video. Don’t do it. It will hurt. This is some sort of circuit bent synth that can create chaotic music. While the folks at Make suggest its fun at parties, I beg to dif

Microsoft to WinMo 6.5 devices: You want WinPho 7? You can't handle WinPho 7!

Earlier this week we told you guys that Windows Mobile 6.5 was going to stick around after Windows Phone 7 hits the masses. It would even take on a new name — Windows Phone Classic. With everyon

I Pissed Off A PR Spammer Today

<img src='http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/prmac.jpg' class="shot2" alt="" />It's no secret that we consider the PR <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/08/22/one-pr-firms-lack-of-ethic

Vuze/Azureus being pushed out on prominent BitTorrent sites

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/azureus.jpg" />There's a bit of a controversy in the BitTorrent community, friends. Two rather prominent, so-called private trackers, who

Shatner, My Dad Says

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-160211" title="shat" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/shat.png" alt="" width="300" height="386" />We first wrote about <a href="http://twi

Why Apple's New Ban Against Sexy Apps Is Scary

<img class="shot2" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/sexban.png" alt="" /><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/02/18/did-apple-just-ban-sexual-content-from-the-app-store/">Last nigh

One of the coolest gadgets at MWC – a portable fuel cell

<img src="http://eu.beta.techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/photo_1_9f3aa25284b0e52ffb18060a7222a16c.jpg" class="shot2" />One of the more interesting objects on display at Mobile World Congress this ye

Trying to track down those Chinese hackers

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hackchina.jpg" />More news from that China hacking deal. Investigators have tracked the attacks that befell Google and other victims to t
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