Michael expands his empire …. again. He has added a new blog, CrunchGear. Congratulations… maybe that should count as an acceptable excuse for not showing up at GigaBASH last night. He hired John Biggs to do his thing on the blog. Biggs is an ex-Gizmodo dude who is a great addition to MikeEmpire.

The team is committed to writing about breaking news but will also be featuring weekly product comparisons in a given category. Expect CrunchGear to look like something between a pure blog and CNET Reviews.