week in review

Where were you at 11:11 on 11/11/11? Too busy turning your amp up past 10 to read Crave? Turn it back down again and listen in to what you missed.

• Kiss your lives goodbye, folks. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is here.

• Kindle Fire vs. new Nook Tablet: How they stack up.

• Is it song over for music CDs?

• Yoda, Darth Vader, and Boba Fett hit the slopes.

• These gadgets look good in wood.

• Micro-SIM cards are getting more micro. … Read more

week in review Steve Jobs apparently was right about Adobe Systems' Flash.

The company this week announced it is abandoning its work on a mobile version of the Flash Player and will now concentrate its mobile software development efforts on HTML5. The move breaks with what had been Adobe's defiant embrace of its venerable Flash technology, a symbol of its strength on desktop PCs, in the face of the surging adoption of a wide variety of powerful mobile devices, from the iPad to countless smartphones.

But the cancellation wasn't a complete surprise. Flash has plenty of opponents, and … Read more

Too busy being blinded by the 20,000 Swarovski crystals cloaking this MacBook Air to keep up with Crave this week? Put on your sunglasses! It's time for the weekly roundup.

• HTC made noise with its Beats-enabled Rezound.

• The $50 Roku LT doesn't disappoint.

• Ubisoft to locked-out NBA players: Dance!

• Apple's playing it cool in the face of the Kindle Fire.

• See the first Grand Theft Auto V trailer.

• Got time to hear about Scott's iPad Nano watch? … Read more

iPhone users must have felt a bit drained this week.

Apple finally broke radio silence over criticisms of lackluster battery life affecting iPhones old and new since releasing iOS 5 last month. The company said in a media statement that it's aware of the problem and plans on offering a fix in the form of a software update.

Users have flocked to Apple's support site to complain about lower-than-advertised battery life on the new phone, which went on sale in mid-October, as well as on Apple's previous models. Affected users say fully-charged devices are running out of … Read more

Too busy chasing down zombies, demons, and the otherwise undead this week to keep up with Crave? Cross back over to the land of the living; it's time for another super-spooky weekly roundup!

• Prosthetic-arm challenge, meet cyborg solution.

• We love it when phones bend to our whims.

• You've never seen a game simulator like this, promise.

• Ultrabooks have a problem. Here's what it is.

• Siri runs on iPad; Apple servers say "La, la, la, can't hear you!"

• Battle of the military shooters: It's on!

• Before you buy that fancy new Lytro camera, read this. … Read more

Netflix subscribers are not happy with the video service, and they have let the company know it.

Subscribers deserted the company in droves last quarter after it raised prices on a popular subscription plan and spooked them with a now scuttled attempt to spin off DVD-by-mail operations. Overall, 800,000 customers fled the company in the quarter that ended September 30.

Wall Street treated Monday's news as a disaster. Netflix's share price plunged 35 percent on Tuesday to $77.37, knocking a cool $2 billion or so off its market cap. It has yet to recover. By comparison, … Read more

Too busy going Gotham this week to keep up with Crave? Here's what you missed while you were suiting up to visit Batman: Arkham City.

• Canon's EOS-1D X = EOS-1D Mark IV + EOS-1Ds Mark III in a single full-frame, fast-shooting model.

• Think you have high phone bills? This $201,000 phone tab will put them in perspective fast.

• Wait, eight years between Xboxes?

• PlayStation games hit Sony Tablet S.

• You have never looked this creepy.

• The 11-inch ultraportables we like best so far this year.

• Siri is spilling your nickname, "Schnookums." … Read more

We finally got our first taste of Ice Cream Sandwich--the latest version of Google's Android mobile operating system.

Samsung Electronics and Google took the wraps off the Galaxy Nexus, the latest Android handset to carry the flagship smartphone moniker, during a Samsung event in Hong Kong. It also marked the debut of the latest version of Android, known as Ice Cream Sandwich. (Each iteration of Android is named in alphabetical order after a sweet treat).

For Samsung, the introduction of another flagship Google phone underscores its growing influence as an Android vendor. While the company was slow to shift … Read more

Too busy pondering your level of annoyance with Research In Motion this week to keep up with Crave? Here's some of what you missed while you were trying to cope with your CrackBerry woes.

• Q: Siri, when will you be on iOS devices besides the new iPhone 4S? A: Ask the hackers.

• Inhale. Exhale. The Asus Zenbook is here.

• Wait, HP did what?

• Real birds turned Angry Birds!

• Feel like you just have to escape the office--fast? Try this ejector seat. … Read more