Secure passwords

Consumer Reports this month is featuring several articles on Internet safety, including the safe use of Facebook, and using secure passwords. On reading the articles found a link to a password checking site. Put in a password and see how secure it is; that is, how easy is it to crack. Try it!
Results may surprise you!

Things to do in 2010

8 Things Every Geek needs to do in 2010--and even those of us who do not consider ourselves geeks! This article reminds us to change our passwords, check our privacy settings, back up our data, etc. Good advice for the new year!