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July 11, 2009 6:00 AM PDT

This week in a land called Crave...

by Leslie Katz

Too busy watching Google chase Microsoft this week to keep up with the latest Crave news? Well, that's what our weekly roundup is for. Woot! Here are just a few of the many stories we had our gadget-googly eyes on.

Take that, paparazzi!

(Credit: Adam Harvey)

• Amazon dropped the Kindle 2's price, but is it enough?

• Sony finally joined the Netbook masses.

• And...yet another way to stream Netflix.

• We revealed the hidden costs of PC gaming.

• So many ways to torture a phone, so little time.

• Britney Spears would so love this gizmo, y'all.

• Jeff Bakalar and Scott Stein: Madden 10 smackdown!

See anything we missed? Inventing something amazing we should know about? We always like to hear from you. Write to us at crave at cnet dot com.

Leslie Katz, senior editor of CNET's Crave, covers gadgets, games, and most other digital distractions. As a co-host of the CNET News Daily Podcast, she sometimes tries to channel Terry Gross. E-mail Leslie.
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