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Privacy experts are warning Netflix to cancel its upcoming research contest, citing serious concerns over the company’s plans to hand over user data to contestants.  The contest, like the one held previously, asks contestants to develop technology that will help it better predict what movies a customer will like.  On… Continue Reading »

Welcome to this week’s Who’s on Crack where we delve into what appears to be narcotic-induced moves in the tech world.  This week, we’ll get as far as looking up info on a facility upstate for Microsoft for leaving out an app store for the Zune HD, Bing’s visual search,… Continue Reading »

Windows 7 will be the most secure Windows version to date.  Okay I agree, that really isn’t saying much, now is it?  Windows has never been bulletproof, that’s why the underground economy of cybercrime is booming.  But this is different.  Windows 7 may very well be a security powerhouse.  Security… Continue Reading »

Greetings, crackheads!  Time for another round of everybody’s favorite game: (shout it with me) Who’s on Crack.  Since we last spoke, more and more companies are showing they might be on the rock by taking some rather unusual steps.  Let’s dig right in: Apple makes a mistake (gasp) Sprint speedballs… Continue Reading »

Over the long holiday weekend Facebook began having serious issues.  News feeds stopped updating and displayed entries that were days old.  Popular apps like Farkle started loading slowly or returning errors.  Uploaded pics didn’t always display and the site as a whole started running slowly and returning random “endpoint” errors. … Continue Reading »

Welcome to this week’s “Who’s on Crack,” where I get to point out events of the week that lead us to suspect perhaps drugs were involved in reaching their decision to move forward.  Behind every product is someone who said, “This is going to make us rich!” and about 90%… Continue Reading »

Most anyone who uses a cell phone knows what Bluetooth is; Bluetooth headsets and dongles sell like hot cakes.  Everyone loves the wireless technology that allows them to talk on the their phones without having to hold them and also send data to and from the phone quickly, easily, and… Continue Reading »

Welcome to this week’s “Who’s on Crack” where we pick apart the stories from the past week that refuse to have any relation to reality.  With announcements just around the corner to fill up the holidays, things are getting zany, even silly.  Clearly, more than a few companies appear to… Continue Reading »

Almost everyone has run across it and perhaps some of you have fallen for it - rogue anti-virus programs.  Also known as scareware, these programs are infesting the net, and researchers say they net the scammers behind them a staggering $34 million a month.  They work very simply, either a… Continue Reading »

Yes, as summer steams toward a close the tech world gears up for fall intros and even CES is on the horizon.  PR folks have been huddled in corners trying to figure out how to make their widget the “bomb-diggity” for the holiday buzz and into January.  The result?  Some… Continue Reading »