Hands-on with the iRiver Spinn

There’s a palpable level of excitement in the office today, and there’s only one reason: we’ve got our hands on a fully working iRiver Spinn in its ready-for-sale state, and man are we excited. This is one of the most hotly anticipated MP3 players of the year, and has been since the world got its first glimpse of a dummy model back in January.

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Open-source gadgets at LinuxWorld

Attending LinuxWorld might be a first for us here at Crave. But I did want to head over to the expo, held at the Moscone Center here in San Francisco, to see Shuttle’s latest mini desktop, the KPC K4800, live and in person.

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Get Ready for September 10th: CERN Announces LHC Switch-On

It’s official, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will begin operations in a little over a month. On September 10th, the most sophisticated particle accelerator will go online, injecting the first circulation of accelerated particles. Actual experiments involving collisions will occur once scientists are satisfied the LHC is fully optimized and calibration is complete.

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Next Generation Magnetoplasma Rocket Could be Tested on Space Station

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has announced his intentions to send an advanced spaceship propulsion prototype to the International Space Station for advanced testing.

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Timeline tracks history of Internet fads and trends

Timeline creator Dipity has finally been put to a completely awesome use: a user called “tatercakes” has created a timeline of fads and memes that have surfaced on the Internet since its earliest days.

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