December 2008

We’ve been around for a few years now and we know that a lot of you have been following us since the beginning so we wanted to reward those folks.…

iGo, a leading developer of multi-device chargers for laptop computers and mobile electronic devices, plans to roll out some new items at their first-ever visit to CES, just a few…

It’s micro-messaging meets micro-funding. Marketing consultant Laura Fitton is trying to raise money $2 at a time through Twitter. She is using Tipjoy, which allows people to turn Tweets into…

I think it’s fair to say that the last couple of years have been pretty interesting. Perhaps the least controversial thing to say is that now with Twitter and Facebook…

Here’s a nice little deal on a 22-inch monitor. The AOC 2216VW from Buy.com is just $139.99 with free shipping.

I have been using the Jabra BT530 ever since my review and have been meaning to post an updated article cause this little headset rocks. I initially labeled as just…

We remain dubious of the existence of an iPhone Nano, but case manufacturer XSKN has gone and taken things out of the concept renders stage we saw last week. It’s…

The Sacramento Bee mentions our ongoing litigation with Facebook and our next Attorney General, Chris Kelly (which was actually settled later that April Fools Day). One thing I’m going to…

We’re in the holiday spirit at CrunchGear and we just wanted to share our love for you, dear reader, this holiday season. We know it’s a couple days before Christmas…

If you’re the one person in America who doesn’t own Halo, get thee to Xbox Live Arcade right now. The game is available there this week for 600 Microsoft point,…

Textbooks are so yesterday. Yet student backpacks are still weighed down by them. Replacing those textbooks with software has been one of the great white whales of computing going back…

Should we expect a new Zelda game for the Wii next year? Yes, says one of those Lazard Capital Markets types.

Sure – for all I know, it may be a while before we see a whole lot of support for the iControlPad gamepad making its way into various applications (besides…

Amazon’s got a pretty decent deal on an ambient weather-type clock that can – get this – project the time and weather onto the ceiling! It’s marked down to $46,…

We already know that these two phones are Sprint-bound in January but BGR is reporting that Best Buy stores will see the Sprint Treo Pro 850 and a pink version…

As someone who’s about to hit 30, I grew up love, love, loving Metallica. I went to the fabled Metallica/Guns N’ Roses double bill, bought the hundreds-of-dollars Live Shit: Binge…

Bravo to George Lucas for making a mockery of many of our childhoods. The Star Wars creator (and destroyer) has approved the production of “Star Wars: A Musical Journey,” a…

The holiday season is upon us and if you’re cruising the Interwebs, looking for a steal, this is it my little bargain hunter. Vudu has a massive sale on their…

Would you buy a Nokia 8800? No? Okay, but would you buy a Nokia 8800 that’s encrusted in 8.2 ct diamonds? Still no? Smart man.

Google has its Zeitgeist based on the most popular searches of the year, as does Yahoo, but Q&A site WikiAnswers (part is Answers.com) just has a list of questions. Below…

There have been rumors circulating that Apple is going to release a Nano version of the iPhone at Macworld in a few weeks – despite that the big man himself…

The saga between Psystar and Apple is reaching a sad point. Apple has held firm against the claims of the Mac clone maker and Psystar keeps pilling on new Apple…

In cooperation with private businesses, Japanese students from various universities have developed a total of four small-sized satellites that are ready for launch in January on Japan’s H-2A rocket. The…

Sometimes I hear people complain about Tokyo Flash watches being too abstract and unreadable but I think this new watch from Japan sets the bar even higher.

The world’s first large ship to partly use solar energy to help power engine-related devices took to the seas on Friday in Kobe, central Japan. The Auriga Leader, a car…

Yeah, I gush about Animoto (and so do others). And I’ll keep on gushing because they are an example of a startup that just focuses like a laser on doing…

I’m a big champion of services like Twitter and the newer Friendfeed (can you believe Friendfeed is less than a year old?). But there’s a difference between liking a service…

Do you live in a small village in a backward country? Is your goal in life to own an iPhone? Well sell the cow and buy an ePhone because this…

WD’s badass little media box is getting its first firmware update and it’s available starting now. Read on for details to find out what’s been fixed, what’s new and how…

We haven’t covered live video streaming startup Bambuser until now, but the Swedish startup is rapidly shaping up to becoming a formidable contender to the likes of Qik, Flixwagon, and…