Holy Moly, people. We all think we have some pretty creative and super-strength passwords, but after taking a look at the list of easily hackable passwords, we realized we might not be as smart as we thought. Who knew “soccer”, “nicole” and “monkey” were so popular? Check out the entire list of lame passwords at the New York Times here and take some time to read the whole article while you’re there. It’s an eye opener.
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It’s pouring rain in Cali and it’s freezing cold and gray in New York, which means everyone’s looking to get out of town. We love our Flip video for traveling and just used it all around London, but there are some other great options out there that you might want to consider before your next trip. Click here to read more and bonus, you’ll also get some great tips on how to shoot your next trip like a pro.
Our very cool and tech savvy friends over at Mashable.com have posted a really unique gift list for the social media junkies on your list. We think it’s also a clever list for those hard to buy for people on your list like teenagers and dads. Take a peek here and maybe you’ll even find something for you.
It can get pretty frustrating when you’re phone runs out of juice while you’re talking to your mom or your computer dies just when you’re about to hit send, but now there are some cool and functional solar powered chargers that are ready to save the day. Check out this list that the folks over at Mashable compiled here. And, give yourself a pat on the back for being so earth-friendly while you’re at it.
The WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) 2009 has the internet buzzing because Steve Jobs is the keynote speaker and eveyone knows that Steve Jobs usually has a trick or two up his sleeve. You can click here and here to read summaries of some of the best guesses on what Steve Jobs may be hiding. Read what the official press release said was going down today here. Coverage of the conference starts online at 1pm east/10am west.
What’s Wolfram Alpha? It’s a search engine that’s a lot like Google but the way it searches for information is completely different, which is why some people are saying it might be bigger than Google at some point. There’s a quick interview with the creator of Wolfram Alpha, Dr. Stephen Wolfram here and a nice overview of how it works here. You can also visit the Wolfram website here. Or take a peek at the video below that compares Google and Wolfram Alpha.
There’s alot in this video we don’t even understand, but we wanted to share it with you to give you a chance to get ahead of the curve. Apparently, Microsoft is rumored to have something in the works to challenge the iphone and the very cool Kevin Pereira, host of Attack of the Show (AOTS), got the equally cool Wall Street Journal tech guru, Julia Angwin, to talk about what the real scoop is. Enjoy the video below.
We haven’t seen many people wearing or talking about MP3 headphones, but we are all for less wires! There’ve been some comfort and quality issues in the past, but now, there’s some good sets available from Sony and Koss and they’re reasonably priced too. Click here to read more.
Universal Music Group (UMG) and Youtube are working together to launch VEVO, a music and video entertainment service.
Launching later this year, VEVO will be a premium online music video hub that will blend UMG’s broad catalog of artists and content with YouTube’s video technology and user community. YouTube will power VEVO and host UMG’s extensive library of professionally-created music videos on the new site. On YouTube, this content will be exclusively available through VEVO.com and a new VEVO channel through a special VEVO branded embedded player.
When VEVO launches, you’ll be able to access UMG’s entire catalog of premium music video content, including professionally-created and full-length videos on VEVO, as well as artist-generated content and user-generated content hosted on YouTube.
Cool applications (apps) are now available on your Blackberry! The odd thing is they’ve been available since April 1st, but not many people know they’re out there. Reviews have been good and if you’ve been a bit jealous of all the things you’re friends iphone can do, be jealous no more! Click here to start scooping up freebies like Slacker radio or shop the store for more games, social networking and shopping apps.
