Weekly Vodcast

Digital City 117: It's Apple on the brain

While Dan is at the Game Developers Conference, and Joe is enjoying the lovely weather in Orlando with his son, Scott and Julie drag digital photography team member Matthew Fitzgerald to join us in a discussion on all things Apple.

As the new Sandy Bridge-based MacBook Pros finally emerge out of the woodwork into CNET labs and out for review, we talk about the new Thunderbolt technology. Matt sheds some light on what this means for him as a photographer, as well as how much (or little) this new tech will be embraced by the masses. It seemed like only yesterday (the much ignored) USB 3.0 was introduced. And as always, we continue to speculate on features for the iPad 2 and iPhone 5.

Meanwhile, Scott appears to be the only one in the room to have seen the Oscars. Matt and Julie had other things going on that night, respectively. That's just how we roll.

Crave 34: Jasmine France: A legacy (podcast)

It's all Jasmine, all the time as the Cravers say a final goodbye to the lady of the show. Jasmine spent more than seven years working for CNET, which means the majority of her young adult life has been reflected through First Look videos. We take a look back at some of her best--and worst--moments, which chart hairstyles along with product categories.

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Digital City 116: AMD's V-day smackdown and Toy Fair highlights

This week: In celebration of Valentine's Day, we look at some of the timely press swag that has turned up in our office. Scott talks about his visit to Toy Fair, and we play some more tech trivia with the chat room.

Bonus: You can download the show's theme song as a free MP3 here for a limited time!

Crave 33: Robot babies drive us up the wall (podcast)

On this week's Crave, a slew of robots--especially two undeniably creepy baby models--have Jasmine so worked up she's lost her voice. Luckily, we manage to move on from the creepy to the craveable with a new Hot Wheels track setup that mounts on the wall, a Darth Vader CD player that's more about form than function, and an LED-bedazzled surfboard that leads to some scary-but-cool nighttime wave-riding. Also, the military gets its hands on a sweet high-tech gun and Japan cranks out a DIY gummi sushi kit. And what's making us fat this week? Not pickle-flavored toothpaste, that's for sure...

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Digital City 115: Super Bowl ads, the Xoom tablet's sticker shock

This week we recap the best and worst high-tech ads from the Super Bowl, then debate the surprisingly high price of the Xoom tablet. There's plenty of media news as well, with The Daily launching for the iPad and AOL picking up the Huffington Post.

Finally, we play another round of our new tech trivia game, with Joey, Scott, and Julie playing to win prizes for chat room participants. Tune in live every week at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT for your chance to play. The game is new, and doesn't have a proper name yet, but we're thinking of calling it Office Dummies, after our favorite Twitter feed.

Bonus: You can download the show's theme song as a free MP3 here for a limited time!

Crave 32: Know your robots (podcast)

This week, your regular Cravers are joined by special guest Brian Seitz, senior marketing manager for Windows Phone. Despite what that implies, we're largely up to our regular shenanigans. Namely, giant robots, anthropomorphized gadgets, and artery-clogging edibles. If that's not enough to pique your curiosity, we're hoping that Optimus Prime, an emoticon keypad, and a Jedi mind-trick of an iPhone accessory will draw you in. Plus, Jasmine actually ate this week's fat-worthy item.

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Digital City 114: Intel's big chipset flaw; when to buy a laptop; and tech trivia

We get started this week just in time to follow Intel's major Sandy Bridge chipset crisis. How will this affect review systems we're testing in the Lab? Tune in to find out. Then we answer some popular reader questions about when to buy a laptop and when to wait, especially with rumors of a MacBook refresh in the air.

Finally, it's time to clean out the old game closet, and we try a new chat room contest, rewarding correct tech trivia answers with games.

Bonus: You can download the show's theme song as a free MP3 here for a limited time! Also, if you're a fan of Dan's previous jazz/funk/indie albums, check out some rough mixes from his new bossa-nova-inspired project.

Crave 31: Depression in a box (podcast)

This week, Donald and Jasmine bask in the glory of an Eric Franklin-less Crave, ogling a glimpse of the future in the form of new holographic technology. Also on our radar at the moment: a new type of mood lighting for your teeth, some bus-stop distractions for our fellow San Franciscans, and superdangerous flaming gloves that no meth head should ever possess. And, of course, no show would be complete without some excitement over beer, in this case a speedy bottom-filling beer-dispensing system. Finally, we stuff our faces--both real and ceramic--with cookies, pizza, and a spectacular-looking torta.

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Digital City 113: How to fix a dead TV, plus hands-on with Nintendo's 3DS

This week: CNET television guru David Katzmaier joins us to talk about Dan's back-from-the-dead TV repair tale, while Scott goes over his impressions of Nintendo's new 3DS handheld and mourns for his beloved Jets.

Bonus: You can download the show's theme song as a free MP3 here for a limited time!

Crave 30: Bathroom achievement unlocked (podcast)

Crave veers toward several drool-worthy--and a couple cringe-worthy--topics this week. In fact, we can't seem to shake the curse of our food-friendly moniker as we check out eye-catching cereal boxes that light up on store shelves, a bus stop decked out to look like a toaster oven (complete with a people-warming electric heater), and an AT-AT that some intrepid soul turned into an ice cream truck piloted by Darth Vader himself.

Also, a ridiculous business offer leads to robot dinosaurs, and a game bows to mind control. Teetering on the edge of acceptability is a gaming urinal by Sega, with the boys finding it more relevant than Jasmine. What's not to crave? Whiskey in a can and BK's new jalapeno and cheddar BK Stuffed Steakhouse burger--ick.

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