Metaverse breached: Second Life customer database hacked

High profile virtual reality game Second Life reported today that one of its databases containing unencrypted user information was breached two days ago. The company confirmed that this is the first t

oDesk Provides On-demand Skills

My startup Omnidrive first found oDesk when we needed to find contract C++ development skills to work on a project. At first look, it appears just like one of many other portals and marketplaces that

The DS On Steroids

At IFA 2006, in Berlin today, Toshiba showed off a new concept e-book PDA with the one interface we all should have seen coming, dual screens. This thing isn’t just a really sweet DS ripoff, tho

Seeing Red: Ultra High-Def

It’s been accused of being Vaporware, but the Red One has now been officially unveiled, and pre-orders are available. For those not in-the-know, the Red One is the first camera by Red, the digit

Slim Devices

It seems like everyone is paying attention to Slim Devices lately. The nice hardware developer has made a name for itself producing a simple but effective wireless MP3 transmitter called the SqueezeBo

Digg Mobile, Inspired by Dave Winer

Digg launched a bunch of mobile friendly sites today, all accessbile at diggriver.com/about. Technology stories, for example, can be viewed here. All graphics and other unnecessary information has bee

General Dynamics Gets Rugged

If, however, you are actually planning to scale Mt. Everest, you might want to look into the 6 pound, 8 ounce GoBook XR-1 from General Dynamics. It features an Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz and various memor

Facebook Retreats in Face of Student Revolt

If aren’t familiar with the recent controversial changes at Facebook, read our posts here and here. Two new related products were launched, News Feed and Mini Feed, which give Facebook users a q

JBL Tackles Mt. Everest

Alright so technically, they just made some speakers named Mt. Everest, but they do weigh 313 pounds, which might as well be as heavy as a mountain for some people (me). The Mt. Everest speakers blast

Iomega UltraMax RAID Compatible 640GB External Hard Drive

This Iomega UltraMax external hard drive is compatible with Macs and PCs and is styled like the Mac Pro, which means it’s big, silver and looks like a cheese grater. The UltraMax has a triple in

Access The NYTimes On Your Mobile Phone

. How 19th century of him. You’ve got access to the NY Times on your 2-inch Sony Ericsson. You’re logging on and reading the Business, Sports, and Arts section via mobile.nytimes.com, when

CrunchGear and the Race to 2000: We Broke 1000

That was fast. We just broke 1000 comments. Click here for more info on the contest.

Ant's Life Studio, the Ant Farm for the Desk Monkey

The Ant’s Life Studio mini game is the Tamagochi for people who enjoy insects as pets, a.k.a. weirdos. The ant farm lets you build nests, feed the queen ant and protect your subjects from being

EBay is Decadent and Depraved

– so I’m going to come out and say it: eBay is now useless, especially for selling electronics. You might be OK if you’re selling a pot-holder shaped like a monkey, but trying to put

White MOTO PEBL Courtesy of Maria Sharapova

Maria didn’t make or design these herself, but Motorola is giving away 50 special edition white MOTO PEBLs with her signature on it. If Sharapova’s signature didn’t make this special

HTC P3300 PDA Phone With TomTom Navigator Software and GPS

Convergence is the name of the game with the HTC P3300 PDA-Phone. The P3300 comes with a GPS and TomTom Navigator 6 both built-in, which means this can be your primary GPS navigation device if you don

Xoxide PrimoChill Custom Water Cooled Case

The truly hardcore PC modders build their own case-mods with water cooling, but for those of us who are out of college and actually have jobs, this Xoxide PrimoChill does all the water-cooling and cas

Color Phasing Speakers Bring The Rave To Starbucks

<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Speakers disco. These are two 5W PMPO speakers, which would also work as a set for your laptop when you're out. There are even

Maxtor Fusion Hands-On

As promised, I dug a little deeper into the Maxtor Fusion 500GB drive and I can report that as far as I’ve experienced, it’s one of the easiest ways to get your images and videos on the we

Vista Offers Audio Upgrade

Finally, some good news coming out of Vista-world. It seems that Vista will have quite a few high-end audio features including volume equalization and speaker tuning. For example, Vista will support m
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