December 25th, 2010

So, What Did You Get?

Good morning! Hope all is well. I’m sitting on the couch eating fake food from my daughter’s new plastic kitchen and my son is playing with a “Darda Power Loop Pyramid,” a completely mechanical race set that throws two light model cars through multiple loops. It’s actually very cool. I got a pasta maker and my wife made me labels for the wine I make. As far as I can… → Read More

December 25th, 2010

The 12 Days Of Christmas Digital Storm Computer Giveaway Winner

Happy holidays, dear readers! From everyone here at CrunchGear, thank you for making 2010 a blockbuster year for us. Your daily allegiance to our little site does not go unnoticed and our 12 Days of Christmas giveaways were the very least we could do. Unfortunately we didn’t have enough gear to give everyone something. Sorry. You must know that we would give everyone something if we… → Read More

December 24th, 2010

Open Thread: What Are You Doing Today?

Shopping? Fighting? Dancing? Hugging? Working? Tell us! Remember, you can still win all sorts of crazy stuff today. We’re closing all of our contests tonight. → Read More

December 24th, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: Nook Color Giveaway

Reading and books: probably the most fantastic gifts possible. That said, the Nook Color can do books, magazines, simple games, and browse the web all on an Android system. It’s been called an iPad light and that’s a great description, really. Normally these run $249.99 in Barnes & Nobel stores, but as the last item in our 12 Days of Christmas giveaway extravaganza, it’s… → Read More

December 23rd, 2010

12 Days of Christmas: Blu-Ray Player and a Redbox Subscription

Grab ringside seats to the death of optical media with one of three new Blu-ray players complete with 1 year of free Redbox rentals. The folks at Redbox, who are running some other kind of concurrent Blu-Ray promotion, want their business model to remain vaguely viable for at least the next few years so they want to ensure that you and yours are enjoying fine Blu-ray entertainment as streaming… → Read More

December 22nd, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: Sony Bloggie Touch Giveaway

The Sony Bloggie camera is for taking pictures and videos with. It is my understanding that some people would be particularly interested in this hardware and so we are pleased to offer two of these items to two of our readers. Does that sound nice? Sure it does. → Read More

December 21st, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: OnLive Giveaway

Been looking onto this whole OnLive gaming thing with a bit of curiosity? Well then, let the us here at CrunchGear play the part of Santa and put one under your Christmas tree this year. We’re giving away three OnLive gaming systems today and just like our other contests, a simple comment is all it takes to enter. Oh and we’ll take peanut butter chocolate chunk for the customary Santa… → Read More

December 20th, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: Boxee Box Giveaway

The Boxee Box will certainly bring joy and merriment to your holiday. It is with out question one of my favorite gadgets of 2010 and so I’m really excited that we can give one away to a lucky reader. It’s a wonderful device that while not without faults, is still pleasing and fun to use. So how do you win one of these wonderful devices? Click through for the rules and instructions. → Read More

December 19th, 2010

Stocking Stuffer Weekend: Keybrids!

Update: Contest is over! Thanks for all the entries, the winners have been notified via email! Happy holidays, everybody. The creator of the Keybrid key/keyring hybrid has donated a few for our use. These keys should be cuttable to fit most locks, and as you can see, it is also a keyring. I really don’t know what else to tell you… other than how you can win one. All you need to do is… → Read More

December 19th, 2010

Stocking Stuffer Weekend: Mice Galore

Update: Contest is over! Thanks for all the entries, the winners have been notified via email! Happy holidays, everybody. We’ve got more doodads to give away than there are days of Christmas, so we’re giving away a bunch of good stuff this weekend. I happen to have a big pile of mice on hand, and there’s no way I can possibly use them. Looking for a new mouse, or perhaps a gift… → Read More

December 19th, 2010

Stocking Stuffer Weekend: Sena Folio Leather iPad Cases

Update: Contest is over! Thanks for all the entries, the winners have been notified via email! Happy holidays, everybody. My first encounter with the Sena Folio was a little embarrassing (for the case), though perhaps that one bit coming off was due to my superhuman strength. At any rate, their cases really are sexy and you should want one. Lucky for you they want to give a few away! There are… → Read More

December 19th, 2010

Stocking Stuffer Weekend: The Element Cases iPhone/iPad Package

This is something for you and something for someone you love without an iPhone 4. What Element Case is offering is a really nice package including two iPhone 3GS cases and a great Joule iPad stand in a custom color. Here’s the whole package: One Formula 3GS Case One Ion 3GS Case One Satin-nickel Joule with winner’s choice of liner colors One Joule zippered carrying case → Read More

December 19th, 2010

Stocking Stuffer Weekend: Joby Gorillatorch Switchback

Our 12 Days Of Christmas giveaway series is on overdrive this weekend as we fill our reader’s stockings with gifts, gadgets, and merriment. All of the contests this weekend run through Sunday night. It’s both a compact lantern and a high-performance 5 LED headlamp. How awesome is that? We didn’t even mention that the lumens are adjustable from 5 to 130 and there’s even a red… → Read More

December 18th, 2010

Stocking Stuffer Weekend: WickedLasers Arctic Laser and Tripod

WickedLasers likes you. A lot. They want to give you an Arctic Spyder III Pro Arctic Blue Laser with tripod this weekend and you’re going to love it. I’m serious. How powerful are these things? This is the Spyder II I tested last year. http://player.ooyala.com/player.swf?embedCode=Q0eGx3MTpLhUlAFi9YfAGTJYcgToWhzO&version=2 How do you win? Good question. → Read More

December 18th, 2010

Stocking Stuffer Weekend: Grid-It Organizer Giveaway

Our 12 Days Of Christmas giveaway series is on overdrive this weekend as we fill our reader’s stockings with gifts, gadgets, and merriment. All of the contests this weekend run through Sunday night. Technically, the 3-Ring Binder Grid-It Organizer from Cocoon will not fit into most Christmas stockings. It’s big. If that bothers you, please, don’t feel that you have to enter this… → Read More

December 18th, 2010

Stocking Stuffer Weekend: Joby GorillaPod Giveaway

Our 12 Days Of Christmas giveaway series is on overdrive this weekend as we fill our reader’s stockings with gifts, gadgets, and merriment. All of the contests this weekend run through Sunday night. Mark this one under the “You’ve never known you’ve need this” category. Trust us, once you’ve used a GorillaPod, it will never leave your camera’s side. → Read More

December 17th, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: Zune HD

The Zune brand may be the whipping boy of the blog world, but everyone who’s ever gotten their hands on my Zune HD has been seriously impressed. You know why? Because it’s awesome. It’s got great battery life, a beautiful and intuitive interface, and you can buy and stream stuff right from the device. So we want to give one to you. It even comes with a month of Zune Pass, no… → Read More

December 16th, 2010

12 Days of Christmas: Blank Label Custom Shirts

We at CrunchGear want to make sure you’re dressed for success, or at least can go to Christmas Mass with your in-laws in something other than sweat pants and ironic t-shirts. To that end, as part of our 12 Days of Giveaways we’re giving away three gift certificates ($150, $100, and $50) for Blank Label, one of the design-your-own clothing services we’ve discussed this year. Use the gift… → Read More

December 15th, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: Sceptre 24-inch LED PC Monitor

Everyone needs a bit more workspace, right? You know Santa doesn’t slum with a 19-inch monitor anymore. That’s why we’re giving away a brand new 24-inch LED monitor from Sceptre. 2ms response time, 5,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, a 1920 x 1080 panel — yessir, this will certainly bright up your holidays. The retail sticker on this ultra-thin, ultra-fast bad boy is $269… → Read More

December 14th, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: Razer Starcraft II Gear Set

Update! We have a winner, who should be receiving an email right about now! Thanks for all the entries, and thanks for reading! Bonus giveaway because I forgot what day it is! Got a Starcraft fan in the family? Zerg them with gifts this season courtesy of Razer, whose SCII gear we scoped some time back. They worked with the Blizzard team to make these things extra-appropriate for the game, and… → Read More

December 14th, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: Roku XDS streaming player

Like Uncle Eddie said, “Clark, that’s the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.” And so, kind readers, in that spirit today’s daily giveaway is a Roku XDS. Cut the cord, stream Netflix, and keep your hard earned money instead of paying for the power bill on Comcast’s massive 2100-foot HD wall. Or don’t cut the cord. We don’t care. We just want to give… → Read More

December 13th, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: Kobo E-Reader And E-Books

We’re kicking off our 12 days of giveaways with an e-reader from Kobo. You might have seen our first review, or our more recent one; it’s a bare-bones, straightforward little e-reading device that is now graced with onboard w-ifi and a store for magazines and newspapers. And we’ve got one with your name on it for our first daily giveaway.

All you need to do is leave a comment below mentioning… → Read More

December 13th, 2010

12 Days Of Christmas: Digital Storm Black OPS Assassin PC Gaming Rig

Santa and his little elves at Digital Storm are busy assembling a spectacular gaming monster for one lucky CrunchGear reader’s Christmas morning. We hear it’s going to include an Intel Core i7 950, a bunch of RAM, and a Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 graphics card — a computer that would normally cost over $2,200. It’s going to be epic and it could all yours for just the price of a… → Read More

December 13th, 2010

The 12 Days Of Christmas Giveaway Extravaganza

Happy holidays, dear readers! ‘Tis the season to gather round family and friends in the spirit of giving; that’s just what we’re doing here. Over the next 12 days we’re going to give away 12 fantastic gifts just because that’s the least we can do for our loyal readers. There’s no gimmick, no silly requirement, nothing special that you need to do to win any of… → Read More