Pikum, an online social gambling startup which had £3.98 million ($5.92m) in investment from Virgin USA and First Round Capital has shuttered. We’ve tried email and phone calls to get hold of t

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/iphoney.jpg" /> Another day, another iPhone 3 (iPhone Video?) mockup. Clearly this is completely from some fellow's imagination, but it's

<img src="http://www.techcrunchit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/21370v1-max-250x250.png" class="shot2"> <img src="http://www.techcrunchit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/27562v1-max-250x250.png" clas

<a href="http://www.goodrec.com"><img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/picture-75.png" class="shot2" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodrec.com">Goodrec</a>, a recommendation site t

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/liquor.jpg" />While it may be easy enough to type "liquor" into Maps on your iPhone, this way may be <em>even easier.</em> And I've often

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mirror_spock.png" />Time to induldge your inner animator. Home animation site GoAnimate is officially announcing tomorrow that they have

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/scaledi_kindle2exlcolors1b.jpg">Mmm... bright candy colors. <a HREF="http://www.buymedge.com">M-Edge</a> is cashing in on the Kindle Kraz

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/broken_glass2.gif" />The PCMOS system, designed by Rice University researchers, promises a speed increase of 700% at a thirtieth of the p

Facebook has just activated a new feature that allows users to leave “Like” labels on photos, notes, and other items across the network. The feature, which is nearly identical to one on Fr

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/fcbu53qfpwwvz81.jpg">This is pretty much the craziest thing I've seen all day (except for <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/09/o

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/628kb.jpg" alt="" />I may bitch and moan about having to travel every couple weeks for some press conference or event, but my job is prob

Ged Day, the founder of Bleep.com, has now launched People’s Music Store, a music store “entirely powered by music fans”. People’s Music Store launches with a seed round of funding fro

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/cavemanimage.png" class="shot2" /> Last week <a href="http://www.meebo.com">Meebo</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> te

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/900die.jpg" />AMD enthusiasts should mark February 9th as a red-letter day. Five new processors have been unleashed by the ailing but eff

The postcode database – which turns a postcode into a longditude and latitude and back again – is not free in the UK. In the US this data is free, hence why so many great web applications

Recessions are when the old fashioned business models with revenue streams get rolled out. A good example of this is the ideas Duncan Jennings of eConversions likes to coming up with. Fresh from the W

<a href="http://www.picturesurf.org/gallery/"><img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/picture-70.png" class="shot2" /></a> <a href="http://www.picturesurf.org/gallery/">Picturesur

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/kindlescam.jpg">There is always someone ready to take advantage of unknowing peeps but you know what, whoever hands-over $600 for a pre-o

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/redstapler.jpg">Just picked a few winners for the <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/07/free-stuff-saturday-max-payne-office-spac

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/wifiphone_cradle.jpg" alt="" />We first saw Ipevo’s Wi-Fi phone for Skype back in <a href="http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/07/exclusi