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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 »

Visitors to the New York Times website over the weekend got an unwelcome surprise in the form of malicious ads serving scareware.  The ads instigated a browser hijack and redirect visitors to best-antivirus03.com, a rogue site serving up fake anti-virus software.  The Times is aware of the issue and posted… Continue Reading »

Whoa!  This week was filled with enough hints the tech world has given up on sobriety altogether.  This week saw far too much insanity for one column, so here are my favorites: David Pogue hates voicemail.  Palm Pre ads hurting sales?  Google Voice gets everyone riled up.  NuviPhone finally where? Continue Reading »

RIM’s BlackBerry is about to get a lot more unproductive.  Welcome to the BlackBerry App World, which will help get RIM’s super-duper business machine to compete against the iPhone and its App Store.  To get to the BlackBerry App World, you have to download it.  You can download it from… Continue Reading »

Resistance is futile, Netflix will be everywhere.  Their “Watch Instantly” feature is on many systems including the Xbox 360, some Blu-ray players, and even on LG televisions.  Now, Netflix has added some new partners, the New York Times and Rotten Tomatoes.  Here is how this works: you visit a movie… Continue Reading »

Cyber crime often makes the news, but this time a “Cyber Village” was credited as the crime fighters. The cast of characters (other than the thief) were all members of the beyond.ca car enthusiast’s forum. You see, the car was stolen the old fashioned way but was recovered within 48… Continue Reading »