August 8, 2007

Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin flew on Virgin’s inaugural flight and has posted a great writeup. Oh please, please, please let this be the final blow to Northwest Airlines. I’ve been…

Om Malik’s one-year-old media empire continues to grow: it now includes five blogs, a weekly video show and a job listing site. I imagine things are getting a little crazy…

TiVo 2.5.275381has been confirmed for launch today. Vista is now compatible, though I still doubt it will work as smooth as you’d like. TivoToGo still isn’t supported on the Series3…

The Kaiser is coming, and maybe sooner than we thought. An avid CrunchGear reader and commenter was in his local AT&T store and asked about the AT&T 8925 smartphone. The…

Do people still use voice recorders? Oh, yeah, Josh still uses one, but he’s a real journalist. In case anyone in our audience still uses them then take heed for…

Google apparently has an issue with charging consumers money. Let’s face it, the world’s largest search giant isn’t a search engine, it’s an ad machine. A perfectly targeted one, at…

I can’t stop giggling over this trailer. I know it’s a year old, but it’s the funniest thing I’ve seen today and who doesn’t want to see scantily clad babes…

Ever since G4’s slow decent into whatever the hell it has become, Voom’s GamePlay HD has been the only place to get your 24/7 gaming fix. Well, save for actually…

TechMeme founder Gabe Rivera makes an interesting observation on the Google News story all over the blogosphere today. One thing that bugs me: they’re now hosting original news content, yet…

The Samsung Blast is available on T-Mobile as of today, but in case you’re stuck at work or you don’t feel like going to the T-Mo store here’s a little…

As Variety is reporting, NBC is gearing up to launch it’s first (well, second) “major assault” against YouTube, Didja.com (currently a parked page). The site will “celebrate advertising as entertainment”…

The SMS M500 is a watch. But not just any watch. It’s a quad band GSM/GPRS, touchscreen, Java and WAP enabled watch. It’s what Q would give Bond if MI:6…

You think typing on your cellphone’s keypad is hard? Try making a call as Leonid Stadnyk. The world’s tallest man is 8-feet 5.5-inches. That is tall. That is very, very…

It’s no secret that when it comes to video games, the fighting genre is my favorite. Of those games, I’m afraid Street Fighter is still my favorite, with Soul Calibur…

Google made an announcement of an “experimental new feature – they will soon be allowing comments on Google News stories. Comments will only be accepted from a “special subset of…

Have an HDTV but bemoan the lack of high-def content for it? Hallmark hears your cries for help and will launch an HD movie network early next year. The network,…

It’s no secret that video sites like YouTube benefited from added traffic generated by hosting copyrighted content. But as these sites get acquired, integrate advertising, or just want to avoid…

Photo and video sharing site Pickle.com has been purchased by Scripps Networks for a reported $4.1 million. Scripps is the company behind many lifestyles brands like DIY, the Food Network,…

Is Web 2.0 already on the way out? At a digital something or other conference in Seoul, Google’s CEO was asked what the company thought Web 3.0 will look like.…

iWork ’08 went on sale yesterday and Apple has released a trial version out of the kindness of its heart. The free download is a little on the big side…

I cannot imagine the scenario where someone who wants to buy an iPod speaker+dock doesn’t already have an iPod speaker+dock, so it’s sorta weird that companies keep releasing them. Look…

Windows Live Director Tetuya Onoda apparently showed the above and below slides as part of a presentation yesterday to Japanese press. The slide above shows what the personalized Live.com home…

The elusive and highly anticipated Canon 40D has just been leaked. The launch date and price, at least. September 2 looks to be the launch date according to the Best…

That nagging wife of yours refuses to let you install big, manly speakers in your living room? My first suggestion would be to file for divorce, but my second suggestion…

Netflix released the Watch Now feature at the beginning of the year and many hemmed and hawed over it. It’s a relatively neat idea and very appealing considering the fact…

Finally! Microsoft is addressing problems with broken and overheated 360s by supposedly releasing a new model soon that will feature built-in HDMI, 65nm CPUs, and quiet DVD drives. Also, heating…

Still on one of AT&T’s old school TDMA plans? AT&T wants you off and pronto. The new rate for using grandfathered plans that have been discontinued is now $9.99, a…

Last week rumors began circulating that the BBC might be in the process of developing a video game based on the long running Doctor Who TV series. While the original…

Apple has really been paying attention in the design department lately. Have you noticed how the back of the iPhone resembles the new iMac? How about the iMac G5? That…

Many of us on domestic soil are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the HTC Touch, but the rumor mill is abuzz with talks of the P5500 aka Nike. This has…