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Week in review: Taming the wild Web

The browser battles are heating up, with Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple all releasing offerings to entice Web surfers into their respective camps.

Microsoft released the second public beta for Internet Explorer 8, bringing it up to par with alternative browsers such as Opera, Apple's Safari, and Mozilla's Firefox in terms of security and features.

IE 8 adds a Security pull-down menu between Page and Tools on the main toolbar. In addition to blocking phishing sites, IE 8 now highlights the main domain of any Web site you visit. IE 8 also contains a cross-site scripting filter, one of … Read more

TiVo, 'Entertainment Weekly' team up for favorite programs

TiVo announced Wednesday that it's hooking up with Entertainment Weekly to automatically record the TV programs highlighted on the publication's recommended viewing list.

Under the partnership, TiVo will record for its subscribers the programs on Entertainment Weekly's "What to Watch" listing. The service is slated to begin this fall.

TiVo subscribers will also be able to download Entertainment Weekly's EW.com original programming, such as Just a Minute, Ausiello TV, and Idolatry.

"This partnership creates an exciting new service for our fans, closing the loop between the entertainment choices we spotlight and our … Read more

What we Craved this week

If you have a short memory or didn't have time to catch up on Crave this week (editor's note: for shame!), 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.

• An iPod powered by Vodka. Seriously.

• We checked the CNET archives: turns out we've heard this newfangled-disc-will-never-catch-on argument before.

• Lots of Xbox news this week, some fact, some speculation.

What we do know: there will be a 160GB Xbox 360 this fall.

What we hope is true: price cuts on existing … Read more

Week in review: Apple's mea culpa?

Apple has a message for its customers: let us make it up to you.

In an apparent attempt to make up for the problems that plagued MobileMe's launch in July, Apple has announced that it will extend user accounts another 60 days for free--that's on top of the 30-day free extension Apple gave users in July.

In an e-mail sent to MobileMe subscribers announcing the extension, Apple acknowledged that the Web services suite needs more work:

We have already made many improvements to MobileMe, but we still have many more to make. To recognize our users' patience, … Read more

Listen up, 'New York Times': German papers thrive with tech

Newspapers are doomed because of the Internet.

That's the conventional wisdom one hears in the U.S., but according to a story last week in BusinessWeek, some German newspapers are defying the odds and are using technology to boost sales.

Some of Germany's biggest papers are seeing growth, even double-digit growth, at a time when some of this country's biggest daily papers, such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, are posting declining earnings.

So the U.S. could learn a thing or two from the Germans, right?

"It's too … Read more

This week in Crave-land

If you have a short memory or didn't have time to catch up on Crave this week (editor's note: for shame!), 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.

• Nicole Lee dunked the Verizon G'zOne Boulder in water--on purpose.

• Logitech's new V550 Nano travel mouse hitched a ride on a laptop.

• Free your thumbs, BlackBerry users, the rest will follow.

• Surprise player at the Beijing Olympics: the Blue Screen of Death. Sort-of-surprise player at … Read more

Week in review: Static on the iPhone line

The iPhone 3G is proving to be a gold mine for Apple, but some users feel like they are getting the shaft.

Apple has raked in about $30 million in sales of iPhone applications in the one month since the company opened its App Store and brought the iPhone 3G onto the market, according to CEO Steve Jobs. And Jobs sees big numbers ahead, if Apple continues its current pace of selling an average of $1 million worth of applications per day. At that rate, Apple would reap up to $360 million by the first anniversary of the launch of … Read more

What we Craved this week

If you have a short memory or didn't have time to catch up on Crave this week (editor's note: for shame!), no worries, we've got you covered. Here's a look back at the truly interesting, strange, and wonderfully silly gadgets we checked out.

• OMG, no way: You hate the idea of buying a standalone Blu-ray player.

• I have waaaay too many USB keys on my desk. I'd feel better about it if they were all made like this.

• Some people have a lot of time on their hands. And then there's … Read more

Week in review: Let the games begin online

The Olympic Games officially begin on Friday in Beijing--and on the Web.

Citizens of Ethiopia and Thailand are among the international Web users who will be able to view online content from the Beijing Olympics via YouTube. While NBC holds the Olympics digital video-on-demand rights in the U.S., rights have not been sold on an exclusive basis in more than 70 countries. In those countries, people can access the specialized YouTube Olympics channel.

The International Olympic Committee said the Olympic Broadcasting Services will produce the YouTube channel content and will include highlights, news clips, and daily videos of the … Read more