Monthly archives: November, 2006

Automatically generate and assign strong passwords in Windows XP

From TechRepublic: Computer users consistently use very simplistic logic when creating passwords. For example, many of us choose meaningful words, personal dates, or a word commonly found in the dictionary because it makes the password easy to remember. These common practices cause us to sacrifice the security that passwords are intended to provide. If you’re …

The Orton Effect – Digital Photography Tip of the Week

Image editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Gimp and Microsoft Digital Image Suite offer a wide range of tools that can be used to create beautiful photographs, many of those tools and the effects they crete originated in the world of film photography. One such tool effect is the Orton Effect. The …

Web reaches new milestone: 100 million sites

From CNN: Are your Web surfing fingers getting tired? There may be a reason. Netcraft, an Internet monitoring company that has tracked Web growth since 1995, says a mammoth milestone was reached during the month of October. “There are now 100 million Web sites with domain names and content on them,” said Netcraft’s Rich Miller. …