Nate Lanxon
Nate Lanxon is CNET UK's Senior Editor of News and Features, and covers every aspect of technology for Crave. He also enjoys popular-science books, obscure Japanese animation and plays 'technical metal' on the drums, whatever that is.
Monday 11 May 2009, 6:01pm
Game test: Fallout 3's Broken Steel
It's ironic: the cataclysmic end of Fallout 3 now feels like it should have felt from the beginning. This is thanks to Broken Steel -- the third, final and most satisfying piece of DLC released for Bethesda's radioactive RPG -- altering the conclusion of the main game itself. Click here for more
Tuesday 7 April 2009, 3:16pm
How Google Street View can help keep you safe in foreign cities
When travelling through a foreign city on foot, it's a very good idea to know exactly where you're going. Travel advisers say that if you look confident, you're less likely to be targeted by muggers and pickpockets, who are keen to pick on gadget- and cash-laden tourists.
Google's Street View can make tourists more familiar with their surroundings than ever before, and to complain about privacy concerns in light of its services to public safety is tantamount to insanity. Click here for more
Wednesday 1 April 2009, 12:21pm
Fallout 3's The Pitt: Like Ravenholm, but with slaves
If you enjoyed the Ravenholm chapter of Half Life 2, you'll almost certainly love the latest downloadable content for the epic post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 3 -- welcome to The Pitt. I just completed the expansion pack, which takes you away from the desolate, radioactive wastelands of Fallout 3 to a new world map. Click here for more
Monday 23 March 2009, 4:21pm
Fondly remembering the Psion 3mx
It's been a decade since that morning in 1999 -- the morning I took delivery of one of my all-time favourite gadgets. Click here for more
Thursday 26 February 2009, 5:44pm
Opera should give up on desktop browsers
Opera should give up on the desktop browser market and focus its time on developing for mobile phones, media players and similar devices. Click here for more
Monday 23 February 2009, 4:55pm
Fieldrunners: Unmissable iPhone warfare
Obliterating hundreds of increasingly tougher enemies with an exponentially explosive arsenal -- it's never been quite this much fun. If you only invest in a single game for your iPod touch or iPhone in 2009, make sure it's Fieldrunners. I don't think a better or more addictive game exists on the platform. Click here for more
Friday 13 February 2009, 4:50pm
Get a 320GB hard drive in a new MacBook for £50 (not £137)
Apple will add £137 to your bill if you want a 320GB hard drive put inside the new unibody MacBooks. Thing is, you can buy a brilliant 320GB hard drive for as little as £50 or so, and keep the standard 160GB disk that came with your new laptop as well. Here's how. Click here for more
Monday 9 February 2009, 12:45pm
Twitter Week: Stop saying 'tweeple', idiot
If you use words like 'twonversation', 'tweeple' and 'twargument' on Twitter, you should consider visiting your GP -- you may have caught a terminal disease known as 'Fail'. Click here for more
Articles by Nate Lanxon
What does Google Suggest suggest about the state of humanity?
Crave People ask Google some exceptionally worrying questions. We poked through the things it suggests you might be asking and offered some answers to the hard of thinking
Why won't they die? The tech we won't forget
Crave If you were born, it's highly likely you'll die. Sorry about that. For consumer tech though, it's not quite so cut and dried. We explore the technology that just refuses to be killed off
EMI baffles us: Offers Beatles MP3s... on memory sticks
Crave EMI and Apple Corps have released a £200 USB memory stick in the shape of an apple, with all The Beatles' albums in MP3. We're so unimpressed we felt compelled to complain
Interview: Zero Punctuation's Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw reveals all
Crave Zero Punctuation is a wonder, truly one of the greatest online video shows of the age. Its creator -- Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw -- sits down to take us behind the scenes of its creation
Every BBC iPlayer device tested
Crave The BBC's iPlayer is compatible with so many portable devices now it's almost funny. So here's your ultimate reference resource: we've tested and judged every single one of them
Firefox 3.6 beta tested in-depth
Crave The next major revision of Mozilla's Firefox Web browser is version 3.6. Mozilla promises speed boosts and many new features. We've been testing the beta for a few days
Sony Reader Pocket Edition PRS-300
Review Dispensing with bells and whistles, the Reader Pocket Edition PRS-300 ebook reader does one job and does it well. It's extremely easy to read text on its e-ink display, it's attractive and pocketable, and it's very simple to use. Overall, we think it's the best ebook reader currently on the UK market
Sony Reader Touch Edition PRS-600
Review The Reader Touch Edition PRS-600 is a decent ebook reader with some intriguing capabilities, such as its touchscreen, which not only lets you turn pages with a swipe of a finger but also allows you to make annotations. It's not as simple to use as Amazon's Kindle, but it offers much more freedom when it comes to finding books
