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With more of them to remember, passwords add up to more than just confusion, a security expert says. Web Extra: Secure-Password Tips
BugMeNot.com generates log-ins for sites that require users to fill in personal or demographic data.
June 27, 2007 · The 2008 presidential election is already generating a buzz in online communities. Three bloggers talk about the candidates, their campaigns and what's being discussed in their blogs.
June 26, 2007 · Apple's latest gadget, the iPhone, doesn't hit store shelves until late June 29. But prospective iPhone owners are already lining up in front of the Apple store in downtown Manhattan — a full three days in advance.
June 26, 2007 · The Apple iPhone is also a camera, an MP3 player, a Web browser — and it has a touch-screen keypad. Competitors are promoting phones by highlighting the features of their cell phones that the iPhone lacks. How much is too much?
June 26, 2007 · Norman Perez is attempting to set the first Guinness World Record for the longest computer keyboard typing session — by instant messaging almost nonstop. Margot Adler stops by the window where he is sitting — and typing and typing and typing.
June 26, 2007 · Fans of radio played over the Internet will be tuning in to nothing. That's because many Webcasters are participating in A National Day of Silence. It's a protest against what Webcasters call excessive royalties on the music they stream.
June 25, 2007 · Almost 60 years ago, Virginia Ruda and her husband founded Ruda's Records and Polish Gifts in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga, N.Y. Ruda says people in and around Buffalo are still crazy for Polka music, but mostly they get it on the Internet now.
June 25, 2007 · The iPhone due on the market June 29th is being hyped for all the things it has: a music player, e-mail, Internet access, and a beautiful color screen. But it is also getting a quite a bit of attention for not having a keypad.
June 25, 2007 · At least one iPhone promotion isn't coming from Apple, its maker, but from YouTube. On the Craigslist Web site, there are even offers to buy iPhones ahead of the release date for a hefty premium. And there are thousands of listings from people who will stand in line a day ahead of time for anyone wanting the phone.
June 22, 2007 · The release of the violent video game Manhunt 2 was temporarily suspended after it received an Adults Only rating in the United States. Britain and Ireland banned it altogether because of its nonstop carnage.
June 22, 2007 · On its online network Minisode, Sony is making more than 500 episodes of shows such as Charlie's Angels, Starsky & Hutch and Different Strokes available free, in condensed form. Its tagline: "The shows you love. Only shorter."
June 19, 2007 · As the media environment expands to include Web sites that include social networking and video sharing sites, parents and policy makers are more concerned than ever about what kids are watching. On Tuesday, the Kaiser Family Foundation is releasing a new national survey of parents about children and the media.
June 19, 2007 · A parent talks to her 9-year-old son about his Internet use and surveys parents at her son's school about how much access to the Internet they give their children.
Video gamers who say they're addicted to playing can now seek help at a rehabilitation facility.
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