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Friday Poll: Most romantic geek proposal?

This week, we learned of a guy who proposed to his girlfriend in the game Super Mario World. Using an editing program called Lunar Magic, he put the words "Lisa Will You Marry Me?" inside a game level. And (spoiler alert): she accepted.

But that's not the first geeky marriage proposal we've heard of.

Way back in the early days of the Information Superhighway, Slashdot co-founder Rob Malda popped the question to Kathleen Fent on his own "News for Nerds" site.

More recently, one of our readers engraved a proposal on the back of … Read more

Vote your plans for Windows 7

Updated Monday, October 19, at 2:40 p.m. PDT: Due to the popularity of the poll, we've extended voting until Friday, October 23 at 5 p.m. PDT. We've also added two questions for current Mac and Linux owners.

Have you been eagerly tracking Windows 7 since the beta release? Or have you had enough of Microsoft? Tell us how you plan to handle Windows 7 in this weekend poll. Voting ends Monday morning at 9 a.m. PDT.

What are your plans for Windows 7?(answers)

Friday Poll: Prefer Yahoo's yodel in metal, funk, or rap?

Even a classic jingle needs a refresh now and then.

As part of a $100 million ad campaign, Yahoo had musicians record new versions of the famous Yahoo yodel in 22 musical genres--from disco to ska. The resulting snippets are amazing--in that so-terrible-you-can't-decide-whether-to-stab-your-own-ears-with-a-pen-or-make-these-your-new-ringtone kind of way. At any rate, they've had us cracking up all week, and for this week's Crave Friday Poll, we wanted to invite you to join in on the fun.

So here's a sampling of some of our favorites. Listen to these little bits of musical genius and let us know which … Read more

Poll: What's your favorite iPhone Twitter app?

Twitter apps are like candy bars: everybody's got a favorite. For me it's Milky Way and TweetDeck.

Of course, there's always room for change. For instance, the Take 5 bar is increasingly my go-to treat (better hide your Halloween stash, kids), and I might just jump ship to Tweetie 2, which debuted in the App Store over the weekend.

Priced at $2.99, Tweetie's the top-paid app in the Social Networking section of the store.

New features in version 2 include an offline mode, new-message indicators, full landscape support, video uploads (for 3GS users), and faster … Read more

Friday Poll: Who should sign my Xbox 360?

Someone, somewhere, may be willing to pay $1.1 million for an Xbox 360 signed by former governor, former vice presidential candidate, and best-selling author Sarah Palin.

We aren't sure how Palin's name gives a game console cachet, as from what we can tell she isn't much of a gamer (looking up SaraccudaAK as a gamer tag turned up nothing).

Nonetheless, the starting bid on eBay for this thing makes us wonder more broadly about the Xbox. Is it magic now? Enchanted? Cursed? Or is this just about the name recognition? It's certainly a one-of-a-kind item (… Read more

Friday Poll: Reflections on mail-in rebates

Mail-in rebates are a pain in the neck. I'd stop short of calling them a scam, but I really don't like the fact that they seem to rely on consumers' forgetfulness and/or laziness.

And there doesn't seem to be any oversight--as far as I can tell, there's nobody watching to see if a company happens to "lose" a few rebate forms.

But I also know people who've had incredible luck with mail-in rebates and save money often. I even know one person who filled out one rebate form and got two checks … Read more

Friday Poll: Where should prices drop next?

This week saw a number of price cuts. The Nintendo Wii is only $199 (if you can find one), and Microsoft's Xbox 360 Elite can be found for as little as $249 (after a pesky mail-in rebate). And it's not just consoles: Amazon is offering Sprint's Palm Pre for only $99 with no rebates to worry about. Those are all great prices as we head into the holiday season.

But there's more that we'd like to see "encheapified," of course. And more encheapifying might take place before the holiday rush. Which of these … Read more

Poll: Where do you listen to music?

Music is everywhere, so we're curious about where you do the bulk of your listening.

We have a hunch very few people listen at home over a hi-fi or home theater system. It might be the best place to really listen, with the best sound quality, but is that enough to keep you on the couch? Or do the distractions at home thwart any chance of concentrated listening?

Here in New York City, it seems as if everybody is listening to iPods and Zunes, and we assume that out there in the rest of America, most people listen to … Read more