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  • Access Your PC Media from an iPhone with Splashtop Remote Desktop

    Posted on November 18, 2010 | No Comments
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  • PSA: Samsung Wave shipping with virus

    PSA: Samsung Wave shipping with virus

    Posted on June 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Are you one of the Samsung fans that pre-ordered the Bada-powered Wave? Have you plugged it into your Windows computer yet? STOP NOW! FOR THE LOVE OF SAUERKRAUT, DON'T PLUG IT IN! Mere moments after our joyous announcement proclaiming the availability of the Samsung Wave to our friends in the EU, news is trickling in that the MicroSD card included with the phone is infected with a virus.

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  • Netflix goes with Microsoft PlayReady DRM for upcoming streaming devices

    Netflix goes with Microsoft PlayReady DRM for upcoming streaming devices

    Posted on May 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Looks like Netflix has decided to go with Microsoft's PlayReady DRM for all upcoming Netflix-ready devices. If all goes according to plan you shouldn't even notice the DRM being there, but we all know how well DRM has worked in the past.

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  • China’s knockoff iPads have no one fooled… or do they?

    China’s knockoff iPads have no one fooled… or do they?

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Pretty sure China plays by its own rules when it comes to pirated versus non-piated goods, but this story's still worth a chuckle. Ever since Apple said that it would delay international launches of the iPad in order to placate U.S. demand— the magical and revolutionary device is flying off the shelves, it seems—Chinese manufacturers have flooded their internal market with iPad knockoff after iPad knockoff. They're slightly less expensive than the real thing, but the important part is that they're available right now. Not bona fide, but bona found. I love how that makes no sense whatsoever.

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  • Test Drive Unlimited 2 promises to seamlessly blend online and offline play

    Test Drive Unlimited 2 promises to seamlessly blend online and offline play

    Posted on March 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Atari has announced Test Drive Unlimited 2, coming in the Fall to Xbox 360, PS3, and PC. While the first version of the game contained both online and offline modes, this new version “is ‘always live,’ with automatic updates and seamless online/offline integration. A revamped single player narrative mode can be played offline or as part of the multiplayer experience.”

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  • Mister Gruber looks at the Winphone

    Mister Gruber looks at the Winphone

    Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Mmmm... there's nothing better for lunch than a tasty sandwich of John Gruberisms. Today John looks at Windows Phone, noting his concerns with the platform in his usual calm, inimitable style.

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  • Thanko’s Micro Sport MP3 Player weighs just 8g (video)

    Thanko’s Micro Sport MP3 Player weighs just 8g (video)

    Posted on January 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Thanko, the Tokyo-based maker of all things USB, sometimes produces gadgets that aren't silly. Today, the company announced the Micro Sport MP3 Player [JP] that's supposed to be especially suitable for people who want to listen to music while doing sports. The only drawback is that the thing doesn't look to be designed for this purpose at all (but maybe that's just me). Integrating one earbud into the main unit might lead to problems.

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  • Tube amplifier-shaped USB speaker

    Tube amplifier-shaped USB speaker

    Posted on December 31, 2009 | No Comments
    Tube or valve amplifiers are electronic amplifiers that make use of vacuum tubes to boost the power of a signal. They've been around for decades, and some audio freaks still love the sound they help to produce. And they look kind of pretty, too. Reason enough for Hanwha Japan to come up with the US-0498 [JP], a PC speaker that looks like a tube amplifier (but isn't one).

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  • Thanko rolls out not one but two spy cams

    Thanko rolls out not one but two spy cams

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    Tokyo-based USB gadget maker today started selling two spy cameras, the so-called Camera Cap [JP] and the LED Spy Light [JP]. While it's a bit of a stretch to call the latter a spy accessory, the bizarre cap can surely be used for undercover reconnaissance and other shenanigans. As to be expected, both gadgets are kind of silly and powered by USB.

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  • Japan gets ultra-cute Hello Kitty music player with sparkling Swarovski crystals

    Japan gets ultra-cute Hello Kitty music player with sparkling Swarovski crystals

    Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments
    Hello Kitty is 35 years old now, and she still continues to be the dream cartoon cat of millions of teenage girls. If you're one of these people and have a penchant for gadgets on top of that, this new and strictly limited music player might be the right thing for you. The so-called Hello Kitty Music Player Crystal [JP] is the result of a cooperation between iriver Japan, Hello Kitty company Sanrio and luxury brand Swarovski Crystal.

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  • GlideTV: Thumb-friendly HTPC remote

    GlideTV: Thumb-friendly HTPC remote

    Posted on October 13, 2009 | No Comments
    The GlideTV Navigator is a $150 wireless remote control for use with home theater PC setups. The large-ish center trackpad area is surrounded by various buttons while the outside of the remote features media, search, power, and volume controls.

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  • Why watch that Facebook movie when you can see these?

    Why watch that Facebook movie when you can see these?

    Posted on September 8, 2009 | No Comments
    It has come to our attention that someone is making a movie about Facebook, called The Social Network. It stars Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker and Jesse Eisberg as Mark Zuckerberg. (Note: I've never heard of 50 percent of those people. Guess which ones!) To that end, your CrunchGear morning crew—Doug, Matt, Scott, John, and myself—has taken it upon ourselves to come up with even more movies based on popular Internet destinations and general tech-related greatness. These are a few of our ideas.

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  • Parallels Switch the Mac bundle lets you switch to Mac

    Parallels Switch the Mac bundle lets you switch to Mac

    Posted on August 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Are you ready for Windows 7? Remember, you need go out and get a really nice computer with a nice monitor and lots of hard drive space - basically you're going to have to get a Mac. Don't worry, though. It's easy to switch. Parallels is essentially a virtual machine that can run almost any version of Windows. The $100 software and hardware solution lets you drag everything from your old Windows PC to your Mac and then run almost all your apps natively under OS X. Viola!

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  • One computer screen isn’t enough? Get this USB-powered secondary display

    One computer screen isn’t enough? Get this USB-powered secondary display

    Posted on July 7, 2009 | No Comments
    I am not really sure who'd need a secondary display of this size, but Japanese gadget maker Greenhouse is offering a 7-inch screen [JP] that can be connected to your Mac or Windows PC via USB 2.0. The display features a decent 800 x 480 resolution (WVGA), 500:1 contrast ratio and 25ms response time.

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  • How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS

    How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS

    Posted on July 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Before I go defile myself with burgers and beer I wanted to jailbreak my iPhone 3GS for you all. The process was amazingly simple. Using a Windows netbook - it doesn't work under Windows 7 - I simply installed iTunes and ran purplera1n. It took a second to reboot then it rolled through recovery mode, rebooted, and an app called Freeze appeared. Freeze then installed Cydia and all was right with the world.

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