holiday

All day and all of the night

Sure, the Internet is great for Holiday shopping in your bathrobe at 3 a.m., but sometimes you just feel like throwing on some shoes and doing a little real-life late-night shopping. Even in the Big Apple, 24-hour outlets are hard to find, and there are times you want something a little more upscale than the wares at your corner bodega--like maybe a new MacBook Pro.

Starting today, December 13, Apple's flagship SoHo store in New York will remain open 24 hours a day, until 11:59 p.m. on December 24 (the glass-box Fifth Avenue store is always … Read more

'Tis the season to Crave: Neha Tiwari's picks

NOTE: From now through December, every few days a different Crave expert will be posting his or her top 10 gadget picks for the holidays. See what we crave, and maybe you'll get some ideas! Here's our eighth installment.

Neha Tiwari is an associate video producer for CNET News.com, not to mention a cold-weather aficionado. Snowboarding, Lord of the Rings marathons, and hot cocoa top her list of pastimes when the weather gets chilly. She is the only person named Neha at CNET, and a lethal geek triple-threat. She knows how to do all the special moves … Read more

Want it by the 25th?

Do you know there are only 18 shopping days left? I have been so busy lately and only started putting together my shopping list yesterday. Yes, I am starting to feel a bit of a panic. I really need to start shopping. If you wanted a gift to be delivered by the 25th, here's a handy page we put together that showcases our online stores and their guaranteed shipping schedules. Click here for the Holiday Shipping Schedule. Also, if you aren't sure what to buy your loved ones. Check out CNET's Holiday Gift Guide.

More fun with DNA for the holidays

Earlier this morning, fellow Craver Erica Ogg talked about how DNA-related gifts are all the rage this holiday season. Well, here's another option for genetics aficionados. A company called DNA 11 has several options for turning your biological fingerprint (or your physical fingerprint) into visually-pleasing artwork. Here's their gift-giving M.O.: you pay for the artwork before the fact, and then give a DNA collection kit to your favorite Watson & Crick fan for his or her winter holiday of choice. The recipient completes the instructions for a DNA sample, sends it back to the company, and in … Read more

A very 'forensic' Christmas

This is either a mildly interesting gift idea or a way to ruin the holidays/someone's life.

The DNA Ancestry Project has produced a CD-ROM Participation Kit that gives you information on your family history and heritage. Packages range from $119 to $199, not including shipping. The interactive features allow users to collaborate with other project participants to research his or her own ethnic and national origins back 150,000 years ago.

For a fun C.S.I.-style twist, there's a cheek swab kit included. The DNA Ancestry Project will trade you the stuff you've scraped … Read more

'Tis the season to Crave: Erica Ogg's picks

Erica Ogg is an unapologetic Dodgers fan living in San Francisco, has found herself hopelessly addicted to Starbucks chai lattes (with 2 percent milk), and readily admits to being a history geek. And no, she has nothing to do with Ogg Vorbis.

1. LG Chocolate. So the first version was panned by a lot of critics, but the second … Read more

This holiday season, don't forget the Indie Ninjas

The dual phenomena of video games and the Internet have spawned all kinds of odd subcultures. There are the obvious ones, like the l337 haxx0r bunch, or "Final Fantasy" cosplayers; and the not-so-obvious ones, like Vox bloggers with Blythe doll infatuations. (Apparently it's really big over there.)

And then there are Indie Ninjas, which Notcot recently devoted some attention to. We all know at least one or two of them. They're too geeky to be hipsters, a little too off-center to be straight-up geeks, and they have some weird interests. Maybe they're really into Homestar … Read more

'Tis the season to Crave: Candace Lombardi's picks

Whether her wanderlust leads to GPSing cross-country, searching for cell signals on the Lido, capturing the Tuileries' twilight with a DSLR, or dragging an iPod through Kauai, Candace Lombardi always finds her way back to tech-crazed Cambridge.

1. Sony Reader. I pack way too many books when traveling, and my laptop and iPod batteries never seem to last the … Read more

Black Friday deal: $200 Circuit City shopping spree

If you've been considering signing up for Vonage VoIP service anyway, why not do it at Circuit City? Starting on Black Friday, the electronics retailer is offering a $200 shopping spree to customers who sign up for one year of Vonage. Of course, you must use the credit on items offered at Circuit City, but 200 bucks can go a long way toward certain gadgets. Take MP3 players, for example. Circuit City carries about 50 devices for less than $200, including top models from brands such as Apple, Sony, Creative, Samsung, and SanDisk. You might even have some dough … Read more

10 hours of geek shopping advice, day after Thanksgiving

Call me Kreskin, because I'm pretty sure I already know the questions you're going to ask when you call us for advice on Friday, November 24 (from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT), during our annual live, Holiday Helpdesk marathon Webcast. Don't believe me? Try this on for size: "LCD or plasma?" "What's the best digital camera for my girlfriend/wife/grandfather?" "OK, break it down: PS3 or Wii?" Right? How'd I do?

But truthfully, if you have questions on these topics or any other, Brian Cooley, … Read more