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Burning the midnight oil in line for the PS3

WHASSUP, CRAVERS? Here in NYC it's the lovely hour of 1:30 AM, and yours truly just returned from an expedition to the SonyStyle store on Madison Avenue in midtown, also known (for the time being) as PlayStation 3 Central. We'll be covering the mayhem in full tomorrow morning here on Crave as well as at News.com, but I'm going to leave you all with a little teaser.

Twenty-four hours to go until the PS3 launches, and what did I see? A line--the one in the picture. Yeah, this line of a dozen or so people. … Read more

The automated apartment of the (near) future

The room depicted in the photo at left might look like your average well-furnished living room in your average pricey loft apartment in downtown Manhattan. But it isn't: it's one of the rooms that was featured in a model apartment for the Z-Wave Alliance's demonstration of home wireless control earlier this week. The apartment was packed with hardware, software, and futuristic controllers that can make everything from the thermostat to the window blinds accessible at the push of a button. Check out CNET News.com's photo-adorned coverage. Z-Wave home control might be a few years away … Read more

The Iraqi blogger brouhaha

Jay Rosen:The Befuddling Complexity Defense

Did a New York Times story raising questions about the affiliations of the authors behind an Iraqi blog blow their CIA cover--or did the story just blow?

After the piece ran under the provocative headline: "Pro-American Iraqi Blog Provokes Intrigue and Vitriol," the chorus of complaints throughout the blogosphere began almost immediately. The paper's public editor Daniel Okrent has responded with a detailed post on his Weblog but reverberations continue to echo.

Check out Rosen, who teaches journalism at New York University, for good insight. Also, Jeff Jarvis offers a stinging … Read more