Devices straight out of science fiction are entering our lives with regularity nowadays. And although the wonder is gone from the continual shrinking of our phones and media players and the growth of

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bookmark-ii.jpg" />If, like me, you tend to find yourself in the middle of several books, a six-pack of these things might not be a bad i

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/televisionset11.jpg" />Despite the fact that analog television is dead (at least according to the FCC), some stalwarts are using their pr

Twitter has been going crazy over the last 48 hours as start-ups desperate to know if they’ve made it on to the Seedcamp Week 2009 shortlist have been bombarding @seedcamp with questions. The Se

<a href="http://www.tweetvite.com"><img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/screen-shot-2009-09-02-at-90905-pm-215x58.png" width="215" height="58" /></a>A little over a year ago we sa

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/endless-summer-156x200.jpg" width="156" height="200" />I don't know about you, but I never really consider September to still be the Summer. B

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/img_0073jpg.jpeg" /> <a HREF="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/09/02/photo-and-descriptio.html">BBG</a> has a great piece on hacking th

Not a lot to report here, but I thought you should know that those new 2.5″ HDDs Toshiba announced earlier are being put into their simple and attractive external drives. They should be availabl

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/shuttle-215x133.png" width="215" height="133" />When it comes to the battle for top talent in Silicon Valley, perks can be a powerful weapon.

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/c0d9_loopa_bowl.jpg" />Do you <a HREF="http://www.thinkgeek.com/geek-kids/newborn-infant/c0d9/?cpg=101H">have $9.99?</a> Do you have a ba

Listen to this amazing EFX Effectology demo and tell me it’s not amazing. Essentially the guitarist, Bill Ruppert, is recreating the classic proto-sampler sound of the Mellotron with a few stomp

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rage_star.gif" />You're kidding me. A kid can type "boobs" into Google and get more salacious material in 0.07 seconds than he could if h

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/loose-lips-sink-ships-1_270x377.jpg" alt="loose-lips-sink-ships-1_270x377" />Microsoft is dissembling on the topic of the <a href="http:/

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/backblaze-storage-pod-partially-assembled-large.jpg" />Online storage provider Backblaze had a problem. They offer unlimited storage to t

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/mpaa.jpg" />You <i>probably</i> already hate, for whatever reason, the MPAA (and its music industry cousin, the RIAA), but here's another

Savvis is launching Project Spirit, a cloud platform that will help deploy and power virtual private data centers in the cloud. Savvis has also announced that the Cisco Nexus 5000 and 7000 Series netw

In case you missed out on the free Windows 7 RC download, head here to download the Enterprise RTM release. It will only work for 90 days, but that should give you enough time to buy 7 after it launch

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/screen-shot-2009-09-02-at-44704-pm-178x200.png" width="178" height="200" />Digg announced a seemingly small, but rather interesting change <a

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bdp-cx7000es.jpg">The first reaction most have to these Sony megachangers hasn't changed over the years. Just insert the name of the appr

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/lexa-s.jpg" />As a general rule, I tend not to like the flashy, semi-transparent, radically-designed PC cases. They're for the showboats,