November 2006

Hardware

Philadelphians Get RSS-Based Audio Tours

1:42 pm PST • November 16, 2006

If you’re one of the lucky people to live or hail from Philadelphia like myself, you’re in for a treat. A service called “Sound About Philly” has been released from…

Just FYI, kiddies. The Wii will be available for purchase on Amazon this Sunday morning. First come, first served, one per family, blah dee blah. Click through for the full…

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Dash Contest Last Gasp

1:04 pm PST • November 16, 2006

Clearly we ask too much of our dear readers in regards to video production. Two folks entered the Dash contest and it looks like two folks will win it –…

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Drive-by Video Of Video Game Campers

12:48 pm PST • November 16, 2006

http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/301444/the_playstation3_campout.swf The Hole – video powered by Metacafe A lot of us realize that some of you are diehard gamers and will wait outside a long time for a PS3.…

Jason Calacanis Says Adios to AOL

12:33 pm PST • November 16, 2006

Update:The New York Times is now reporting on this and quotes Calacanis. “I’m not inclined to start over with a new guy,” he said about his resignation. Calacanis has also…

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Gizmondo Exec Sentenced, Playtime Over

12:29 pm PST • November 16, 2006

Just an update on the tragic endbits of the handheld gaming vaporware platform, Gizmondo. BBC is reporting that Gizmondo’s former European operation head, Bo Stefan Eriksson will be going away…

So earlier we told you how Amazon yanked the Palm Treo 680 off their website. Now we know why thanks to a reliable source – Apparently 144,000 Treo 680s were…

Let's Get This Party Started!

12:13 pm PST • November 16, 2006

The TechCrunch New York Party kicks off in three hours, 7 PM EST, at BED in Manhattan. The final guest list is here, although it doesn’t include sponsor attendees and…

Blogger Aran Johnson got a Zune and the poor guy is dealing with yet another problem: Zune’s software only imported 600 of 3200 songs he had on his hard drive.…

PhoneZoo: Fast, Free Copyrighted Ringtones to Share

12:03 pm PST • November 16, 2006

PhoneZoo is a new service that allows you to upload any audio file, clip out a part of that file for a cell phone ring tone and share that with…

Today Sling Media announced that it would be partnering with the 3 Group as part of an initiative to help bring TV to additional mobile handsets. Currently, only a limited…

Both the Samsung Blackjack and the red-hot 8525 just got all officialized over at Cingular.com and are available now. If you’re willing to forgo two years of your oh-so-short life…

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Xbox 360 HD-DVD Add-On Works With Macs…Sorta

11:05 am PST • November 16, 2006

Don’t go wetting yourself and punching your Windows-loving friends in the face just yet. The guys over at UneasySilence got their hands on one of the upcoming HD-DVD player add-ons…

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PS3 An Engineering Masterpiece?

10:43 am PST • November 16, 2006

Market intelligence firm iSuppli is calling the Sony PlayStation 3 an engineering masterpiece offering supercomputer performance at an entry-level PC price. This follows the company’s teardown analysis of the system,…

Google Local Adds Click to Call

10:30 am PST • November 16, 2006

The official Google Blog just announced the availability of a click-to-call feature in Google Local. This has been expected for some time, but it’s now official and it works well.…

Out of nowhere comes this company Gresso who is already aiming to dive into the luxury mobile phone market that is mostly dominated by companies like Vertu. So how can…

The mystery of the $100 Xbox 360s at Amazon.com has been revealed. The e-tailer is doing a promotion called Amazon Customers Vote. Every week for the next four weeks it’ll…

OK, we know. Halo 3 isn’t dropping this weekend. It was, however, a rumor that was worth being discussed, but let us now get to some real business. According to…

, has cleared the confines of the FCC dungeon, we’re one step closer to being more like Korea. Verizon is set to offer a Samsung slider that will be the…

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Nikon Officially Pops Out D40 dSLR For $599**

9:09 am PST • November 16, 2006

Just wanted to drop this quick update on the Nikon D40 dSLR we wrote about earlier this month. Nikon has officially announced the camera saying it’s an “ultra-compact, lightweight, 6.1-effective…

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Daily Crunch: Investigation Edition

3:00 am PST • November 16, 2006

Aven iLoupe Lets You Check Out Dorito Crumbs Up Close The Dream Of A 10-Gram Camera Inside EA Mobile Microsoft Wants To Give You A Cookie For Zune Song Sharing…

BuddyPing: The new wave of MoSoSo

1:49 am PST • November 16, 2006

“I started BuddyPing as a hobby, and it kinda just took over my life.” So says Justin Davies who launched an open beta version of BuddyPing as a “bet” nine…

Vodafone to buy 3?

1:15 am PST • November 16, 2006

John Hauxwell says “reports are circulating in London today that Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa has put its UK mobile phone business 3 UK up for sale. Goldman Sachs has…

In an encouraging act of collaboration, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft announced tonight that they will all begin using the same Sitemaps protocol to index sites around the web. Now based…

FlipTrack: A More Sophisticated Slide Show Tool

10:32 pm PST • November 15, 2006

FlipTrack launched a product with a unique approach to online slide show creation tonight and I think it could catch on fairly well. It’s a desktop application that combines an…

Palm Treo 680 available for pre-order on Amazon for $413, with a shipment time of 1-2 weeks. Before we could finish getting this post up, however, the item switched to…

News Corp: MySpace Worth $6 Billion

4:45 pm PST • November 15, 2006

In an investors meeting in Australia yesterday, Rupert Murdoch said that MySpace could now be sold for $6 billion — about a 10x return on the original $580 million that…

Hot New Video, Calendar and Map Widgets

4:04 pm PST • November 15, 2006

We discovered 3 impressive new widgets today, from Google, Blinkx and 30 Boxes, and we decided to write about all of them in one post. Widgets are the non-developer’s “small…

If you’re lonely, don’t read any further. This product isn’t for you “live at home in Mom’s basement kind of geeks” like Vince. No, this device is for couples, people…

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Next Gen Console Review: You, Me, and PS3

3:00 pm PST • November 15, 2006

Peter Suciu, a New York-based gaming writer, got his hands on both the Wii and the PS3 and will be posting live from the launch events this week. Here is…