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Crave 39: Don't think, just AT-AT (podcast)

On the anniversary of Russia's triumphant manned space flight, Donald and Eric scheme to put America back on top by building a life-size, fully functioning Imperial AT-AT. Less ambitious projects are also covered, including a Lego Ghostbusters car, a 360 video capture lens for the iPhone, and a digital film roll to give analog cameras new life.

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Digital City 123: Verizon's iPad woes, PlayStation hackers, and more man cave updates

This week, we look at the problems the Verizon iPad is having, find out why Anonymous has been hacking Sony sites, and check out the latest addition to our man cave project.

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Crave 38: BarBot 2011 (podcast)

In this week's episode of Crave, Eric and Donald break out of the podcast studio and follow the trail of vodka and servos to BarBot 2011, an expo of cocktail robotics. Based on Vienna's annual Roboexotica festival (a government-funded exercise in motor-controlled hedonism that runs four days), San Francisco's BarBot is equal parts science fair and nerd cocktail party. Highlights included the White Russian Hippie Maker, the Drink Making Unit 2.0, iLush 2, and the gravity-defying Cosmobot 2.0.

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Digital City 122: Apple store shootout, the best TV shows on Netflix

This week: a brazen robbery at a San Diego area Apple store leads to a shootout, and we tune into the shocking TV news footage of the police chase. Joey joins the iPad revolution and explains how he spent $100 on iPad apps in one weekend, and the team picks the best streaming TV shows on Netflix.

Sitting for Julie this week is TJ Allard, TV/Web show host and producer, and Dan's former co-panelist on the cult video game history program "Play Value."

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Digital City 121: Hot laptops, Samsung 9 and Acer Iconia; plus, building a mini man cave

This week: We check out two of the hottest new laptops, the Samsung Series 9 and the Acer Iconia. Plus, Dan describes building his mini man cave, and we play some more tech trivia for chat room prizes

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Crave 37: That '70s steampunk show (podcast)

Donald and Eric take a trip back through time, or maybe to an alternate Jules Verne-inspired future. Wherever they are, the gadgets are distinctly retro and lovingly hacked together. Even old Jedi master Yoda seems a little different. Plus, a burglar alarm that will blast you in the face.

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Digital City 120: AT&T-Mobile; Nintendo 3DS postmortem; plus, telephone trivia

This week we debate the merits of the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger, and Dan and Scott give the Nintendo 3DS a prelaunch postmortem. Also, listeners can play along as we quiz each other and the chat room with some brain-twisting telephone trivia.

If you'd like to play our tech trivia game and win some cool prizes (video games, rare promo items), drop us a line at digitalcity@cnet.com or tune into the show live each week, then hop into the chat room and volunteer to play.

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Crave 36: Pinball wizards (podcast)

This week, Donald and Eric explore the idea of hearing with your mouth, seeing in 12 dimensions, and shooting lightening with a wave of your arm. Yes, it's wizard tech week, apparently. To that end, we show off an illuminated staff that can divine the strength of your Wi-Fi signal and a DIY project for all you pinball wizards out there.

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Crave 35: Everything but the girl (podcast)

Without Jasmine around to keep us classy, the Crave crew spiral into an abyss of kinky robots, violating tricycles, and retro-digital alcoholism. Still, it's an entertaining descent into low standards and thinly veiled innuendo. All that, plus some iPad 2 hands-on impressions from Donald Bell.

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Digital City 118: New MacBooks and iPads, and will Ustream save Charlie Sheen?

This week we're buried under a ton of Apple news. We have new test results for the MacBook Pro and 13-inch MacBook Air, plus there's the new iPad 2 to talk about. Later, Charlie Sheen goes rogue on Ustream, and we ask if celeb Web-casting is the ultimate end-run around the studio system?

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