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Too busy getting stock-market-induced whiplash this week to stay up on Crave? No worries, we've got you covered. Here's a look back at some of the truly interesting, strange, and wonderfully silly stories we Craved.

• The big Storm finally made landfall, and CNET's Bonnie Cha braved the elements to file a detailed report (see video above).

• HDTV prices: how low can they go?

• Asus' Eee PC went premium and got touchy.

• If you're into world domination, you may want one of these.

• Renting Blu-ray on Netflix? It'll cost you.

• Antec's open-air PC case let the sun shine in. … Read more

Day after day this week, technology stocks got hammered: the CNET Technology Index, which tracks 66 publicly traded tech companies, dropped for the fourth straight day Thursday to hit its lowest level in more than three years.

Of course, tech stocks were not alone. Just when it seemed like it couldn't go any lower, the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday fell below 9,000 for the first time in five years, and the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indexes all continued to slide.

But tech industry leaders, some of whom had thought their industry might be immune … Read more

Yahoo fell into the $12-a-share-range Thursday, marking the second consecutive day its stock tumbled to a new low.

The Internet company dipped as low as $12.47 a share during intraday trading, before ending the day at $12.65 a share--down just over 8 percent.

Each time Yahoo's stock drops into a new dollar range, analysts have noted that the border crossing serves as a psychological landmark for investors.

On Wednesday day, Yahoo crossed the $13-a-share threshold. Fear and loathing seem to have taken hold of its stock, with analysts panning the company's prospects in display advertising, given … Read more

Too busy planning a debate-watching party this week to stay up on Crave? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Here's a look back at some of the truly interesting, strange, and wonderfully silly stories we Craved.

• In another of those "worst kept secret" moments, Nintendo confirmed rumors that it will update its DS handheld hardware for the second time. And the wait began.

• Phone as drumstick? Crave's Erica Ogg took on Ceatec 2008, and discovered, among other things, some highly unusual phone concept designs.

• Nokia heard the music.

• Nero Liquid TV turned your Windows PC … Read more

The technology industry tried its best this week to do business as usual, with new product announcements, industry conferences, and talks of mergers and acquisitions.

But a huge elephant remained in the room, that being the U.S. financial meltdown and Congress' just-passed $700 billion plan to bail out Wall Street in an effort to stabilize the overall economy.

And the tech industry is far from immune to the crisis. Credit troubles affect everything from large Silicon Valley stalwarts down to scrappy Web 2.0 start-ups.

Stomachs really started to churn on Monday when, after the House of Representatives failed … Read more

Thank goodness. BusinessWeek's new 25 Most Influential People on the Web list is refreshingly free of blowhard bloggers, busty video babes, and those wacky people who don't seem to do anything except speak at conference after conference.

Most of the list, rather, consists of the really big guys: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, whose company acquired MySpace. Then there are legit Web pioneers like Digg founder Kevin Rose, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark.

Because of the dominance of big names, it's a pretty unsurprising … Read more

Too busy rushing to get your money out of Washington Mutual this week to keep up with Crave? No worries, we've got you covered. Here's a look back at just a few of the many interesting, strange, and wonderfully silly stories we covered.

• Google Android finally landed, and we humanoids performed many experiments on it:

Comparing the T-Mobile G1

T-Mobile G1: What we didn't get

T-Mobile G1 vs. Apple iPhone 3G

• The MacBook redesign is on the way, and the rumor mill is a-grindin'.

• Violent-video-game opponent Jack Thompson didn't have a very playful week.

• Are we … Read more

The unveiling of the first cell phone with Google's Android operating system made the most noise this week. But news about new and improved online music services also played loudly in the background (as did the ongoing U.S. economic crisis).

T-Mobile USA and Google on Tuesday unveiled the first phone powered by Google's open platform to much New York fanfare. The phone, previously code-named the HTC Dream, is now called the T-Mobile G1. It goes on sale in the U.S. on T-Mobile's network starting October 22 for $179 with a two-year service contract.

T-Mobile USA'… Read more

Didn't spend all week tethered to your computer reading Crave? C'mon, people! OK, we'll forgive you this once. Here's a look back at just a few of the many interesting, strange, and wonderfully silly stories we Craved.

• We asked if the iPhone 2.0 software's made good on its promises, and you, dear readers, had many answers.

• Android Day's approaching, and there's anticipation aplenty.

• It's big. It's bad. It's Alienware's Area-51 m17x for gamers.

• Start squinting: PCs just keep getting smaller and smaller.

• Canon's flagship megazoom is bringing SX-y back. … Read more