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Wearables: A Pandora’s Box For Security?

As many have noted, we're entering a new era where wearable gadgets -- from watches and fitness bands to glasses and health aids -- are at the forefront of the new technological revolution. A Pricewat

Welcome To The Beta: Windows 8 Will Succeed, Despite All The FUD

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/10/why-windows-just-cant-win/">Microsoft is already screwing it up.</a> Microsoft can't win. <a target="_blank" href="http://gizmodo.com/59

Garmin tries to scare EU users away from smartphone navigation options

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/B001OMGVII1.jpg" />Garmin is starting to feel the heat from smartphones with built in navigation, so they'd like you to know (at least if

Locals: "Your radio tower gives us rashes!" Company: "You mean the one that's been off all this time?"

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/nimby_lg.jpg" />The readers of this blog are probably far to well-informed to take part in the "electromagnetic allergy" FUD and NIMBYism

P2P "jeopardizes national security," jailbreaking "desirable to drug dealers"

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/nightmare.jpg" /> <strong>Claims of the day</strong> Oh dear. Apple and the Federal Government have both lost all connection with reality

The final word on Microsoft's recent FUD

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/the_untouchables_group.jpg"><a href="http://www.macalope.com/2009/04/09/no-no-no/">Macalope</a> wrote a great analysis deconstructing the

Think your satellite dish is secure? It's not.

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/satellite-tv-on-pc__satellite-tv-to-pc.jpg" />From TV to internet, most people think that their satellite dish connection is secure and u

Crack WPA ten thousand percent faster with CUDA!

If you’re really in a hurry to “recover” that password from the WPA-secured wi-fi network you’re “sharing” with a neighbor, you’re going to be waiting a long

Study: Wind power = nightmares, inner-ear disturbances – I say FUD

I have to say, I’m pretty skeptical of this study. On the surface it seems pretty straightforward: most of the families who lived near wind farms had a similar (if vague) constellation of sympto

Why Windows users don't like Macs: They're ignorant!

I always try to be generous and kind when the mentally deficient come to my doorstep selling candy or trying to convince me Windows is great. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes III Esq., a ZDNet blogger, tries to

Microsoft: gPhone is lies and fabrications, Windows Mobile great, you people know nothing

Scott “The Rock” Rockfeld sat down with InformationWeek to discuss the Google Phone, Google’s purchase of mobile spectrum, how great Google is, and how super Google is. His assessmen

Microsoft Cans Linux FUD Site, Launches Windows Server Site

Way back in the day, when Linux wasn’t much of a desktop threat, Microsoft launched a site called “Get the Facts” that featured a 2002 study comparing the cost of ownership of Linux

New Mac Ad: Porky PCs, Thin Mint Macs

Another day, another Mac ad. Here, John Hodgman, the PC character, is the morbidly obese embodiment of the trial software OEM manufactures such as Dell and HP ship with their PCs. However, Justin Long