Leslie Katz

Crave giveaway: ArcSoft Simplicam Wi

Colin West McDonald/CNET Editor’s note: this contest ended at noon PT on Monday, November 3. Important-announcement time: We notify Crave giveaway winners via email, so please make sure the email address connected to your CNET account is current. Otherwise you might miss your prize, a misfortune that has befallen several giveaway participants in recent months. …

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A Wikipedia monument? It’s true (we’re pretty sure)

Awersowy/Wikipedia If you plan to visit Slubice, Poland, you might want to read about the place on Wikipedia first. Then you might consider showing your appreciation for the info by visiting the new Wikipedia monument there. Yes, Slubice is now home to the first-ever Wikipedia monument, according to (who else?) Wikipedia. The fiberglass and resin monument, designed by Armenian sculptor …

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Crave giveaway: Three mobile accessories from Tylt

The Alin comes with four screen protectors and a plastic snap-on alignment tool for getting the protective fit just right. Tylt Congrats to Gregory M. of Whitmore Lake, Mich., for winning a Yantouch Diamond+ Bluetooth speaker in last week’s giveaway. Got a Samsung Galaxy S5 ? You’ll like this week’s prize. The Energi Sliding Power Case comes with a power …

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Psychic Uri Geller says he can bend iPhones with his mind

Did Uri Geller really cause this iPhone to bend? Video screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET Lines outside Apple Stores on September 19, and early sales numbers in the days following, indicated great excitement for the release of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. So great was that enthusiasm, contends psychic Uri Geller, that it could explain the mystery that is …

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Crave giveaway: Yantouch Diamond+ Bluetooth speaker and light show

Sorry, but it can’t tell your fortune. Yantouch Congrats to Bryan A. of Bloomington, Ill., for winning a Tablo over-the-air DVR from Nuvyyo in last week’s giveaway. This week’s winner gets a Bluetooth speaker…that’s also a light show. The Diamond+ is available in black and white. You’ll be getting the black version. Yantouch The Yantouch Diamond+ is a diamond-shaped speaker …

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Crave giveaway: Grado SR80e headphones

Sarah Tew/CNET Editor’s note: this contest closed at noon ET on Monday, July 28. Congratulations to Bart C. of Sherman Oaks, Calif., for winning 12 Cree LED light bulbs in last week’s giveaway and to Shawn S. of Sewickley, Penn., for winning a prize pack from mobile-accessories maker Tech21 the week before that. Related stories CNET review of the Grado …

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ScenePast reels you in with film sites then and now

Those things in the background? They’re called phone booths. Screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET I took a little tour of movie history this afternoon, visiting sites where “The Graduate,” “Taxi Driver,” and “Broadway Danny Rose,” among other films, were shot. And I did it without leaving my desk, via ScenePast, a fun time travel (and time-sucking) app that puts film and …

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EA presses play on music label

Electronic Arts will team with Nettwerk One Music to form a full-service music label, the game publisher announced Monday. Dubbed Artwerk, the label will sign and develop new and established artists for publishing, master recording and sync deals, as well as digital and physical distribution of musical works in movies, TV shows and video games. The Los Angeles-based label has …

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