Microsoft, The Jekyll And Hyde Of Companies

Today rapped up Microsoft’s annual Mix Conference in Las Vegas. The event is Microsoft’s web focused get together where they talk coding and development with mostly white, geek guys (the o

Fubar Grows Over 3 Million Percent In A Year

New social network traffic figures released by Compete show that Fubar, billed as the “first online bar and happy hour” is the fastest growing social network, having increased its traffic

LiveUniverse Trying To Acquire Stage6 From Divx

After we thought the bizarre story of Stage6 was over, Brad Greenspan’s LiveUniverse has gotten involved, and the plot gets even thicker. According to a release from LiveUniverse, the company of

CrunchBoard This Week

Here are some of the jobs posted to CrunchBoard over the past week: Senior Product Marketing ManagerProofpoint, Sunnyvale CA Systems EngineerWesabe, San Francisco CA Database AdministratorLiveOffice,

Friday Top Ten: Best videos of Steve Ballmer going around the bend

In honor of it being Friday, I believe it’s time for another top ten list. This one comes to us today from ValleyWag, who’s wisely compiled a list of the top ten videos of Steve Ballmer, C

The Back Burner: Things we didn't post this week

A big thank you to everybody for filling our tips at crunchgear dot com inbox with wonderful, unique, and newsworthy items. Here are five that we just couldn’t get to this week. Easy weight loss Be

CrunchGear this Week

http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&file=http%3A%2F%2Fcrunchgear%2Eblip%2Etv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer%2Eswf

Rumor: 60GB Xbox 360s with Blu-ray on the way?

Trusted Reviews has it on good authority that Microsoft will be releasing new versions of the Xbox 360 this year with 60GB HDDs instead of the current 20GB, and that these new super-Xboxen might also

Video: GTAIV's website posts more fun videos

http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/flvPlayer/holder480x360Embed.swf?flvtolocation=media%2Erockstargames%2Ecom%2Fflies%2Fwet%2FpackieMcreary%2FpackieSmaller%2Eflv&linktolocation=www%2Erockstargames%2

Panasonic readying its 100Hz TVs

I saw some of these high-frequency LCD TVs at CES, and while Panasonic’s weren’t at the time the most impressive ones I saw (some smaller company had a better picture), the technology actu

MagStay Pro makes your MagSafe stay Magged

[photopress:MagStaySmall.jpg,full,center] I like a company that says “not everyone’s going to need or even understand our product” and is up-front about it, especially if it’s

MobiTV flailing out at Howard Forums

Once again, a company is attacking instructions on how to subvert their control. This time it’s HowardForums who posted a list of links to mobiTV that basically give Sprint users free access to

508 BBSes of yore

I was just looking for Wayne Bell, creator of the WWIV BBS system, and I found this list of 508 area code BBSes complete with notes from the original sysops. I was on the 614 area code myself, so I ne

Vigor's Colossus PC runs everything, costs eight grand

Are you filthy rich and don’t get out much? Then this is the PC for you. I put together my own PC for a little less than a thousand and it runs everything decently (yes, Crysis), but if you&#821

crowdSPRING Enters Crowded Field Of Crowdsourcing with $5,000 Prize (Invites)

Crowdsourcing sites need to make room for yet another entrant: crowdSPRING. The site is in private beta right now and is starting off with a $5,000 prize for the best design for its homepage. The firs

Patent trolls kill Meizu Mini One, 50 others

Sisvel, an Italian research company, apparently has some sort of patent that entitles it to shut down folks at CeBIT. The license, based around MP3 playback, shut down our beloved Meizu along with 50

Video: Pico-projectors on the march!

[photopress:pcio.jpg,full,center] You don’t need us to tell you how cool pico-projection is going to be in the near future. No, you need this epically cheesy video to do the work. There’s

CeBIT Video: Good bye, Hannover!

http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&file=http%3A%2F%2Fcrunchgear%2Eblip%2Etv%2Frss%2Fflash%2F&showplayerpath=http%3A%2F%2Fblip%2Etv%2Fscripts%2Fflash%2Fshowplayer%2Eswf

PS3 – Spider-Man 3 = Customer service mix-up

[photopress:40GB_PS3_SpiderMan_Box.jpg,full,center] So how exactly is it that Sony can have better customer service than NewEgg, the bastion of happy buyers? Consumerist has it from a customer who bou

Kodak, Vivitar not giving up on film; new SLR on the way

Digital has almost completely replaced film in the casual set and is making inroads among professionals and artists, but that doesn’t mean film is being completely forgotten. Kodak and Vivitar h
Load More