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Editors' note: The rules have changed slightly for this week's giveaway. Facebook component now included.

First off, congratulations to Veronica M. of Grantsburg, Wis., who won a ChicBuds Fauvette speaker and a pair of ChicBuds DJ Sport headphones in last week's Crave giveaway.

And now, onto this week's prize!

One lucky winner will score a tablet with the Twonky Beam Browser app installed. … Read more

The folks from iFrogz wanted to give away a set of its new $40 CS40 Earpollution Comfort Series headphones on Crave, but we told them that just wasn't quite good enough, especially since we couldn't decide which color we liked best. So we asked for all five colors, which means the winner gets five pairs of headphones to use or give away as you see fit.

While we haven't done a full review of the headphones, we did give them a quick whirl and thought they sounded pretty good for 40 bucks--and also were quite comfortable.

Normally, … Read more

To kick off its partnership with HP on a new line of cable and power conditioning products, Monster is offering up the HP Monster Digital PowerCenter 800G w/ Green Power in our Crave Giveaway of the week.

Like Belkin's Conserve surge protector, instead of having your electronics sit there in standby mode and each sip a little bit of power, the Digital PowerCenter 800G lets you completely shut down components so power drain is cut to zero (you plug your computer or other electronic device into the "GreenPower Control" outlets). At the same time, it leaves certain … Read more

Thanks to the folks at Hauppauge for offering up this week's giveaway, an HD PVR for your PC.

Hauppauge says its HD PVR is the first high-def video recorder for making real-time H.264 compressed recordings at resolutions up to 1080i on your Windows PC. According to the product description, "The box includes a component video input for use with most high-definition cable TV and satellite TV receivers, as well as optical or stereo audio inputs. (Audio is recorded using AAC of Dolby Digital.)"

Normally, the Hauppauge HD PVR would cost around $249, but you have the … Read more

We haven't given away an Editors' Choice product in a while, so we figured it was high time we posted one here on the Crave giveaway of the week, particularly since everyone could use a pair of high-quality earbud-style headphones.

In her review of the Klipsch Image S4 earbuds, editor Jasmine France said these 'buds "offer up sound quality on par with and better than sets that cost many times as much; they are a spectacular choice for anyone looking for new earbuds."

Normally, the Klipsch Image S4 earbuds would cost around $79, but you have the … Read more

We have an exciting giveaway this week that involves a Blackberry Bold smartphone and a useful mobile voice app called Vlingo, which perhaps you've heard about already.

To help get the word out about its new 4.0 Plus app for the BlackBerry, Vlingo is offering Crave readers the chance to win a BlackBerry Bold 9700 and a voucher code for the Vlingo Plus app, a $19.99 value. One important note: the BlackBerry is from AT&T but it doesn't come with service (you'll have to activate it to install Vlingo).

What does Vlingo do … Read more

In case you haven't heard, Nokia's launched its answer to Apple's App Store, the Ovi Store. To help kick things off, Nokia and its Ovi Store are giving away an unlocked N97 Mini to one lucky Crave reader (sorry, service isn't included).

Nokia describes the Ovi Store as a one-stop-shop for free and paid content, with support for a range of device types--from smartphones to feature phones. "Globally, Nokia device owners, in more than 180 countries, across more than 100 Nokia device models in 30 languages have access to the Ovi Store," according to … Read more

For our first giveaway of 2010 we're serving up Plantronics' Skype-friendly Bluetooth headset, the Voyager Pro UC. This model is for both cell and PC calls and it adds a plug-and-play Bluetooth USB adapter that Plantronics says "delivers richer wideband audio on softphones along with Voyager Pro's superior noise and wind cancellation on both mobile phones and softphones."

On the consumer front, the Voyager Pro UC (the UC stands for "unified communications") is geared toward Skype users and has some firmware in the dongle that lets you answer Skype calls or swap between a … Read more