Passwords
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Despite all the recommendations to make strong passwords in order to avoid hacking, a new study shows  that many people ignore that advice. Thirty-two million passwords were hacked and then posted on the web
from a site called "RockYou". Shockingly, the number one password was "123456". Clearly, people don't consider strong passwords to be important and remembering all the passwords we have is too much for many of us.
The article suggests using 2 passwords - a complex one
for Web sites were security is vital, such as banks and e-mail, and a
simpler one for places where the stakes are lower, such as social
networking and entertainment sites.
One way to make a complex password is to pick a phrase such as "We all live in a Yellow Submarine" and transcribe it to "WaliaYS" by using the first letter of each word. Then, you can just write down the phrase and keep it in your wallet or near your computer to remind you. If the password needs to have numbers or other characters, replace one of the letters. Now, off to change our passwords... |
Apple's iPad
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After much speculation, the Apple iPad was introduced on January 27th. Despite the unfortunate name, this appears to be a very cool tablet. It creates a new device category: "not-laptop, not smartphone". Apple introduced a new application called iBooks which allows purchasing and downloading books to read on the iPad. This will be direct competition to Amazon's Kindle e-Reader. The iPad will surf the web and play videos. You can also check email. All content used on the iPad (music, videos, books) must be purchased through iTunes. To read more, click here.
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've been using Windows 7 since it debuted in October and 
