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Fantasy features of an Apple tablet - Jun 2, 2009

Crave Apple seems almost ready to bridge the gap between the iPhone and the MacBook with a new type of mobile computer. What will it look like? Apple is rumored to ... Read story »

Five ways to make digital music sing - Sep 7, 2008

Crave Neil Young says the tech industry doesn't care as much about music quality as it should. Perhaps that's because the average iPod-toting iTunes customer doesn't give a second thought to whether ... Read story »

How to play WMV files on Mac for free - Mar 5, 2009

Blogs It is possible to play Windows Media Video files (also known as wmv files) on a Mac. OS X does not come with any software that can play wmv files, but ... Read story »

Ubuntu 9.04 is as slick as Windows 7 and Mac OS X - May 4, 2009

Features Ubuntu 9.04 designers have polished the hell out of its user interface and it can now stand toe-to-toe with the Windows and Mac OSes.  Read story »

Can Android save Motorola? - Feb 6, 2009

Features Despite an utterly dismal performance in the last quarter, the company remains hopeful. But is this hope plausible?  Read story »

Software developer jumps the gun on Dell Android Netbook? - May 7, 2009

Crave Mobile software developer Bsquare announced Wednesday that it will port Adobe Flash Lite to Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook. One problem: Dell has yet to announce any Android Netbooks in its ... Read story »

Intel previews Atom 2 Pineview chip - May 21, 2009

Crave Intel has given the first preview of its next-generation Atom chip, with a more integrated design intended to improve performance and energy efficiency. The company also launched the beta of version ... Read story »

The future of magic: Augmented reality? - May 4, 2009

Crave Now you see it, now it's augmented. For decades, slightly cheesy sleight-of-hand artists around the world have promised that "you won't believe your eyes!" before demonstrating ageless moves handed down ... Read story »

"Firefox Mobile" alpha hits Windows Mobile 6 - May 18, 2009

Crave For months, Mozilla's mobile version of its Firefox browser has been in first alpha, then beta modes on two Maemo-run Nokia Internet Tablets that few possessed. On Friday, Fennec (as it's ... Read story »

A faster Google Chrome means what? - May 26, 2009

Crave A browser upstart like Google's Chrome must have some cleaving edge if it's to hack its way into the marketshare predominated by Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and to a far lesser extent, ... Read story »

Gmail in real-time: Google does the Wave - May 29, 2009

Crave When recipients respond to Wave messages, everyone on the thread sees the replies as they are being typed. Google is ready to start talking about its answer to demand for ... Read story »

myGengo: Exciting developments in translation - May 9, 2009

Blogs Those who have been following my ramblings for a long time (Hi, mom!) might remember a piece I did back in 2007 about online translating communities in China. Entire books can ... Read story »

Macs safer than Windows? NAAAAHHHHHHH - Apr 17, 2007

Blogs OK, I have to confess. I'm not a Mac user. But when was the last time you heard this smug reply from a Mac fan that Mac is so much more ... Read story »

Google Chrome's open-source ally: Microsoft - Sep 16, 2008

Crave During Google's launch of its Chrome Web browser, the company went out of its way to acknowledge the debt it owes two open-source projects, Firefox and WebKit. But Microsoft, an uncommon ... Read story »

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