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Articles about crack: December 4, 2008

Who’s On Crack: Memorex Special Edition

by JG Mason on Sep 17, 2008 at 01:42 PM

Normally, this is my space to step out of the distortion field and ask questions we as bloggers sometimes forget.  Things like movie-edition phones Vista advertisements and making fun of Appletell writers.  This latest PR from Memorex makes it clear that the crack is flowing freely around corporate America.  Just take a gander:

Read more on just how wrong PR can go:

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Uh-Oh Google Gadget

by Jodie Andrefski on Aug 7, 2008 at 10:21 PM

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It’s a veritable heyday for hackers. A playground for those bent on more nefarious purposes. Those nifty little Google gadgets available for users to download and add to their websites are a big part of the Web 2.0 trend, and a big back door that allows hackers to access information on your system. Uh-oh Google gadgets.

It isn’t only Google that is at risk; and it isn’t a matter of them simply being lax with security measures. Any time you have sharing going on in that type of capacity, you are obviously opening up your system to the chance that someone can get in. It’s just that because people find these little gadgets like photo feeds or calendars on a site that is so well known (and usually trusted) like Google; it is pretty much automatically assumed by average Joe user that it must be “safe”. Not necessarily true.

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Time for Gadgetell’s “Who’s on crack” this week

by JG Mason on Jun 13, 2008 at 11:25 AM

This is where we call out by names the actions and companies that seem odd, out of touch or just plain straight up smokin crack.  Technology is an odd realm where PR speak doesn’t hold a lot of water if the 1s and 0s don’t line up.  This week sees posturing, positioning and flat out insanity.  Here is what caught my eye this week:

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