Crave: The gadget blog

Atari's trip back to the future

Mike Yamamoto — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:56:00 GMT

(Credit: Boing Boing)

The more things change, the more they stay the same. That, at least, can be said of Atari.

The company will be releasing a game that appears to compete with Nintendo's much-anticipated Wii Fit and its Balance Board, but it turns out that Atari had a

...

iPod Touch dock is surprisingly normal

Mike Yamamoto — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:13:00 GMT

(Credit: Pocket-lint)

If there's one accessory that seems to have reached near-ubiquity in record time, it would be the iPod speaker dock. But most of them have been made for earlier generations of the media player, not the Touch or the iPhone. And even when they are, manufacturers for ...

Headphones turn ears into a battlefield

Mike Yamamoto — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:22:00 GMT

(Credit: Gizmodo)

It's too bad that Michael Kanellos has given up his masochistic hobbies because this item would be right up his alley. It's one thing to have joysticks, keyboards, and other game gear that make you feel the action, but earphones?

A Korean company that goes by ...

Fleet Foxes, 'White Winter Hymnal': Free MP3 of the Day

CNET Download Music Staff — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Stalwart indie label Sub Pop has been on a particular roll of late, and that continues with local Seattle group Fleet Foxes. The group makes a strangely sublime sort of country-pop, one built around antique arrangements, soulful lyrics, and gauzy gospel-folk harmonies.

Download free MP3 now!

End of Intel, AMD duopoly near? Via readies Isaiah chip

Brooke Crothers — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:15:00 GMT

Is the end of the Intel-AMD duopoly nigh? Via Technologies is hoping this may be the case when it announces the "Isaiah" processor later this month.

Via Isaiah processor is targeted at mainstream notebooks and desktops; top: Isaiah processor; bottom: $398 15-inch Everex gBook

(Credit: Via, Wal-Mart)

The company's ...

Add MP3 clips to your Web page with Amazon widget

Matt Rosoff — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:52:00 GMT

Amazon released a new MP3 Clips Widget today that lets you build playlists with 30-second samples from any of the 5 million+ songs on Amazon's MP3 store, then embed those playlists in any Web page. The process is brain-dead simple: first you run a search of song titles or ...

Singapore Airlines offers iPod-friendly skies

Mike Yamamoto — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:47:00 GMT

Every day it seems we get little closer to being fully wired--or unwired, as the case may be--in midair. And we think it's about time.

No longer flying solo

(Credit: Apple)

A day after iPass said it would provide in-flight Wi-Fi roaming, Singapore Airlines announced that it is now ...

Garmin and BlackBerry: lifetime buddies, for a price

Bonnie Cha — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:30:00 GMT

Garmin Mobile for BlackBerry

(Credit: Garmin)

Today, Garmin announced a new plan that will give BlackBerry users unlimited, lifetime access to its Garmin Mobile for BlackBerry navigation application. Designed for those who don't want to be bothered by monthly subscription fees, the lifetime plan only requires a one-time fee ...

Acer's ships new Gemstone Blue laptops

Matthew Elliott — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:59:00 GMT

The Aspire 8920 features Acer's new Gemstone Blue design and an 18-inch screen.

(Credit: Acer)

Your desktop replacement options expanded today, with Acer announcing its 16- and 18-inch Aspire Gemstone Blue notebooks are now available. The 16-inch Aspire 6920 starts at $849, and the 18.4-inch Aspire 8920 starts ...

Nintendo tops April video game console sales

Daniel Terdiman — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:42:00 GMT

Update at 3:30 p.m. PDT: This post has been modified to reflect the public release by NPD of its April video game industry sales figures.

Nintendo's Wii was the best-selling next-generation video game console in April, research firm NPD Group said Thursday afternoon.

Nintendo had earlier put ...