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Xbox Live's social media features used by millions - Nov 24, 2009

Crave Microsoft on Monday said that millions of Xbox Live members have used the new social-media features that the company pushed live a week ago. In June, Microsoft announced it would begin ... Read story »

Hands-on with the Summer 2009 Xbox 360 dashboard update - Jul 28, 2009

Crave As first outlined at the E3 video game industry tradeshow in June, Microsoft is readying an update to the dashboard software that runs on Xbox 360 game consoles, as well as ... Read story »

New dashboard update for Xbox 360 - Aug 12, 2009

Crave The Xbox 360's Netflix integration is improved, but you still can't search for specific titles. Xbox 360 owners who fire up their console today will be prompted to download the ... Read story »

Intel Core i7 MSI laptops coming in September - Aug 27, 2009

Crave One prolific manufacturer of computers has announced what we had already known for a while: Core i7 laptops are ready to hit soon. And by soon we mean September. MSI has ... Read story »

Why the Wii needs to chop its price soon - Aug 28, 2009

Crave With both Sony and Microsoft dropping the price of the PS3 and the Xbox 360 Elite, the Wii is beginning to look like an overpriced console. There a few reasons ... Read story »

Tech at Gultekadi market - Oct 15, 2009

Features Downloading and paying for applications online may be all the rage, but a very different kind of transaction unfolds everyday at a marketplace in Pune, India.  Read story »

Android gets Adobe's Photoshop app - Nov 9, 2009

Crave Photoshop for Android looks similar to its iPhone/iPod sibling, but has a few less editing effects. Adobe Systems on Friday introduced a new Photoshop app for Android users that lets them ... Read story »

Dell smartphone officially announced: Headed to China (and Brazil) - Nov 15, 2009

Blogs As I previewed a couple of months ago, Dell's first ever smartphone is a badly kept secret, and so this week there weren't too many gasps of surprise when the US ... Read story »

Will Android phone and iPhone succeed in Korea? - Nov 15, 2009

Blogs KT confirmed to launch Apple iPhone within this year. But I'm still unsure of this since KT has been delaying the release. I am also still curious whether this will be ... Read story »

China Mobile could hijack Android? - Nov 29, 2009

Blogs China Mobile is China's largest mobile telecommunications company, with more subscribers than the US has citizens. With its upcoming 'OPhone' platform, which is based on Google's Android mobile system, China Mobile ... Read story »

New Xbox 360 motherboards could mean fewer crashes - Oct 3, 2008

Crave The "red ring of death" is the last thing any Xbox 360 user wants to see, as it indicates massive system failure. For Xbox 360 users, the so-called red ring of ... Read story »

Optic fiber enters the PC - Sep 24, 2009

Crave The Light Peak technology sends signals with infrared light over optical fibers. Intel unveiled technology called Light Peak that it hopes ultimately will replace the profusion of different cables sprouting ... Read story »

Sonos' iPhone-friendly ZonePlayer S5 with built-in speakers - Oct 14, 2009

Crave We've long been fans of the Sonos Digital Music System, which lets you stream all manner of digital audio throughout your home. The latest BU250 bundle is an enthusiastic CNET ... Read story »

Owning a Taobao.com shop: A new national hobby - Sep 14, 2009

Blogs eBay brands itself as "The World's Online Marketplace", but one big chunk of the world map that it has embarrassingly failed to conquer is China. Taobao.com, the Chinese consumer e-commerce site, ... Read story »

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