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Here are some interesting links from today:

• Check Your Passwords’ Strength at Microsoft’s Password Checker
  A strong password should appear to be a random string of characters to an attacker. It should be 14 characters or longer, (eight characters or longer at a minimum). It should include a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.
• Paramount Recognizes That Clips Of Movies Act As Advertising For The Movie Itself
  It really is amazing how little entertainment industries recognize how clips of their content online promotes the rest of their content. When people talk about scenes in TV shows or movies, it's become quite natural to search for video of those clips to s
• Online Video Site Brings TV Shows to Web
  Hulu.com, a joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, plans to open its online library of ad-supported TV shows and movies to the public on Wednesday, the company announced. Users of the service will be able to view more than 250 full-length epi
• TSA can’t believe MacBook Air is a real laptop
  The TSA has been known to take issue with products designed in Cupertino before, but for one particular traveler, it was Apple's thinnest laptop ever that caused the latest holdup. Upon tossing his ultra-sleek slab of aluminum underneath the scanner, secu

I’ve known about Twitter for a while now. I’ve heard people, blogs, podcasts and others talk about it… but I never really got it until I saw this video. I’m still not sure that it’s something I’ll get it into or really ever use but this video does make it actually seem attractive.

Here are some interesting links from today:

• Don’t forget to secure your BlackBerry, companies told
  Companies are being warned to make sure they correctly configure BlackBerrys – or risk weakening their IT security.If the BES is compromised and there is no separation of the BES router, it can lead to the whole network becoming insecure, it claims.
• Yes, that is a BIONIC EYE
  This is exciting for me; when I was studying Neuroscience I wrote a paper on Vision Substitution Systems. Well, now the Boston Retinal Implant Program seem to actually have a prototype (for a different kind of blindness, but still) for a retina replacemen

Here are some interesting links from today:

• Digg Users Riled over Possible Microsoft Takeover
  s Microsoft the new colonizing giant of the software industry? Digg users have recently been horrified to learn that their favorite community may soon be annexed to Bill Gates’ vast corporate empire. According to users’ comments, many Digg enthusiasts
• Ericsson Predicts Swift End For Wi-Fi Hotspots
  Mobile technology group Ericsson is predicting a 'swift end' for Wi-Fi hotspots, according to the PC Pro site. Johan Bergendahl, the company's chief marketing officer, offers this analysis: 'The rapid growth of mobile broadband is set to make Wi-Fi hotspo

Here are some interesting links from today:

• Cell towers must have battery back-up says FCC. Companies say No
  When Hurricane Katrina assaulted the Gulf Coast in 2005, wind and flooding knocked out hundreds of cell towers and cell sites, silencing wireless communication just when victims and emergency crews needed them. To avoid similar debacles, the Federal Commu
• Jonathan Zittrain On the Future of the Internet
  Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford and renowned cyberlaw scholar, gave a lecture explaining that the Internet has to be taken out of the hands of the anarchists, the libertarians, and the State, and handed back to
• Cable Management: DIY Cable Management Container
  Organize your clutter of cables in your corner by storing them all in a container with drilled holes to allow for the flow of air. The container you're looking for is much cheaper than the alternative (about $2 versus $75 or so for a "cable management kit
• Self Marketing: Build a Powerful Reputation Using the Internet
  Become known as an expert in any industry by utilizing the tools available to you online. In a particular example illustrated by weblog Dosh Dosh, an art student want to market her skills and become known as an expert in her area of study. It's not that d