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The biggest cell phone show of the year is a week away, but we're already seeing loads of brand new phones finding their way to the Web before they're officially announced.

While it's guaranteed we'll see some more interesting stuff at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which of the phones that have already been leaked are you most excited about?

For millions of people, this Sunday will be all about the Super Bowl. But for others, the big game may not be tops on their weekend to-do list.

What about you? Which gadget could most successfully distract you from watching the Steelers and Cardinals face off in XLIII?

After much ado, we now know that President Obama gets to keep a security-enhanced version of his beloved BlackBerry.

But due to those same sorts of security concerns, many White House staffers will have to give up technology they leaned on to win the election, like their MacBooks.

If you were working in the West Wing, what would you miss most?

For some reason, the last couple of months have seen us covering a number of flying cars. It's 2009 and about time they started rolling out, isn't it?

We've got a couple of futuristic concepts, one made from a Ferrari, one that's gearing up for production, and a relic from a utopian past.

I know which one I want, but this isn't about me. Cravers, which flying car do you want to own in the next five years?

This week has been an uber-busy one in the gadget world, and we're as tired as you are--and far more hungover. We've seen some surprises, as well as been surprised that some rumors didn't pan out. But it has been fun. Macworld and CES always are.

So, we want to know what your favorite part of this week was. If we missed anything, let us know in the Talkback section below. Now go take a nap.

This week, as word came that November job cuts represented the biggest one-month decline in more than 30 years, we also brought you news of some serious gadget glitz.

Our most recent luxury reportage focused on items including $168,000 glass speakers, swank gold speakers, a $40,000 100-inch display, and a rare flying car (up for auction for $3.5 million) that will probably never hit the clouds, but may impress your friends. It appears some gadget makers just aren't reading those Labor Department memos.

So bearing in mind that we all have different budgets and priorities, here'… Read more

It's Black Friday, that time-honored American consumer tradition of gathering with fellow shoppers to give thanks for Costco, Target, Kohl's, and JC Penney.

While we haven't spotted many amazing deals on consumer electronics for this year's buying bonanza, we did manage to dig up a few steals. And it got us wondering. Just how far would you go to get your hands on a cheap Blu-ray player or a Nikon D40 with a two-lens kit for $549?

Vote in our poll, and if we missed something, be sure to let us know in our Talkback section. … Read more

With Thanksgiving nearly upon us, we at Crave this week offered a look at some of the gadgets we're feeling most grateful for these days--and you, readers, had lots of great suggestions of your own. But we wouldn't want to limit our geek gratitude to consumer electronics, now would we? Broadening the scope of your thankfulness, which recent tech development will get a nod of appreciation from you as you prepare to gather with family and friends for the holiday festivities?

As always, if we missed anything, be sure to let us know in the Talkback section.

"Everything that can be invented has been invented." --Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. patent office, 1899.

This infamous quote has been bandied about forever, but let's try to apply it to our times. Sure, the old commissioner was off by a bunch of decades, but what's left to be invented in audio and video now?

Yes, there will be higher than high-definition video, HDMI 1.4, and speakers that sound like real life, but those are refinements of already existing technologies.

Perhaps we've hit an impasse and we're not going to see any really new products for a few decades. What will a 2012 Blu-ray player do that a 2008 player cannot? Oh right, there may not be any Blu-ray players by 2012, there may a new format by then. But what will it do that a 2008 Blu-ray player cannot?

How about an iPod small enough to be injected into your bloodstream? You would just think about a song or movie, and it would play back in your head.

Who knows, maybe by 2012 there will be wireless speakers that don't have any wires. But it might take until 2022 before someone figures out how to make totally wireless speakers that actually sound good. … Read more