Crave: The gadget blog- Category: Desktops

ErgoMotion mouse swivels, pivots to save your arm

Matt Hickey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST

X and Y axis mouse by Smartfish aims to reduce repetitive stress injuries in mouse users.

How smoking can ruin your Mac

Chris Matyszczyk — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:00 PST

According to a report, AppleCare warranties can be voided if Apple deems the damage was caused by secondhand smoke. Appeals to Steve Jobs have, apparently, not succeeded.

Originally posted at Technically Incorrect

New Pogoplug gets hard drives online with more color, extra USB ports

Scott Stein — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST

An affordable way to get your offline hard drives online adds extra ports and costs a little bit more than before.

Synology launches Time Machine-enabled NAS

Dong Ngo — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:26:00 PST

Synology adds support for Apple's Time Machine to its newest DS410j NAS server.

AMD extends 3D card lead with high-end ATI Radeon HD 5970

Rich Brown — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:09:00 PST

AMD announces new, dual-chip ATI Radeon HD 5970.

Pre-beta Flash update makes Nividia Ion Netbooks even better

Dan Ackerman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:39:00 PST

The HP Mini 311 is one of our favorite current Netbooks, thanks to its hi-def screen, reasonable price, and Nvidia Ion graphics. Our main knock has been that the accelerated video, while great for basic gaming and HD video file playback, didn't work with

Are these Apple's 2009 Black Friday deals?

Dan Ackerman — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:22:00 PST

According to purportedly leaked documents on the tech rumor site Boy Genius Report, Apple is gearing up to offer a series of a variety of bargains on products from iPods to MacBooks.

Digital City Podcast 58: Apple vs. Psystar; our fave laptop backpack; and New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Dan Ackerman — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:11:00 PST

Episode 58 of the Digital City, where we wrangle with the legal arguments over Apple vs. Psystar; show off the latest super-fancy laptop to hit our desks, the $2,000 HP Envy 15;

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Originally posted at Digital City Podcast

Apple fixes AirPort problems marring video playback on 27-inch iMacs

Justin Yu — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:45:00 PST

Apple fixes AirPort problems marring video playback on 27-inch iMacs.

Windows 7: If it were my idea

Dong Ngo — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:21:00 PST

CNET's Dong Ngo muses on how Windows 7 should be.

Originally posted at Windows 7 Insider