This year CES was awash with two things: Yahoo widgets, which were more common than pox on a Victorian-era prostitute, and 3D. As we wandered from booth to booth, looking at TVs displaying double images and people gawking at them through daft-looking glasses, we wondered: who asked for this? 3D is great in real life, …

LG is set to release two additional plasma models this year, including a model which offers an innovative new recording feature called Time Machine Link. CNET Australia visited LG’s design headquarters in Seoul where we were shown all of the new televisions in LG’s range, and these included a first look at a new plasma which wasn’t shown at CES …

The back of a television can be a minefield, and they are almost always a total mess. This year at CES though, a company called Flexicord thinks it might be able to despaghettify your living room. Using some clever patent-pending technology, its HDMI cables can be coiled, twisted or bent to fit your home cinema. Unlike most cables, which will …

While there will undoubtedly be obnoxiously large televisions at this year’s CES, it appears that the war has changed: it’s no longer about size, ladies it’s all about girth … or at least a lack of it. LG is due to unveil its newest slim television, the LG LH95 at the Las Vegas trade fair which will debut at a …

Everyone has times when they feel restless and unable to settle on decisions, but those good folks over at Panasonic have got it bad. It seems like only yesterday that the BD30 and BD50 players arrived and now the company has replaced them with new and exciting models. The DMP-BD35 and BD55 seem to have been on a radical diet, …

As the last hours of 2008 slowly tick over, the editors at CNET Australia take a nostalgic look back at some of the top gadgets, toys and bits of technology from the year. 2008: The best televisionsRapid change in the technology world often has the biggest ramification on televisions, and 2008 saw some seismic shifts occur. Prices fell across product …

Toshiba has broken the mould and gone for a TV bundling promotion of their own — no more consoles, it’s netbooks for everybody! (Credit: Toshiba) Customers who buy a Toshiba XV500 series 37-inch, 42-inch or 46-inch LCD will receive an 8.9-inch Toshiba NB100 netbook between now and January 15 2009. It may not be the first thing you think about …

Australia’s largest DVD retailer EzyDVD has been placed into receivership after a downturn in sales in recent months. The Adelaide-based company has 58 outlets across Australia including 26 company-owned stores and 32 franchised outlets, but only the company-owned stores, which employ more than 200 staff, have been placed in receivership. Ferrier Hodgson partner David Kidman was appointed receiver and manager …

Since presidential hopeful John Kerry announced that his running mate will be John Edwards, traffic has surged to www.kerryedwards.com–and so have offers to buy the domain. According to bail bondsman Kerry Edwards, who acquired the domain a couple of years ago and uses it to display pictures of his son, he has been offered $150,000. That would be substantially more …

Crave never passes up the opportunity to shape young minds (ahem), so we were excited to get involved with Panasonic’s competition to find the next generation of creative talent. Along with Young Creatives Network, Panasonic challenged students to create a film, storyboard or print ad for the new Viera PZ81 high-definition television. The competition is a fully 2.0 affair: Crave …