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Despite the ongoing chorus about hacking and computer security, it seems some people just don't get the hint. A comprehensive list of the most commonly used - and possible most insecure - passwords over the course of 2011 was recently drawn up by Splashdata and reported in Mashable. Surprisingly the most common password in use today is simple "password". The full list can be found below:

1. password
2. 123456
3.12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
6. monkey
7. 1234567
8. letmein
9. trustno1
10. dragon
11. baseball
12. 111111
13. iloveyou
14. master
15. sunshine
16. ashley
17. bailey
18. passw0rd
19. shadow
20. 123123
21. 654321
22. superman
23. qazwsx
24. michael
25. football

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In 60 seconds, the average person takes between 16 to 20 breaths, the average person's heart beats 75 times, and one's eyes blink around a 10 time....yup....a lot of things can happen in one minute, but have you ever wondered what happens on the world wide web in just 60 seconds?

Well we've summed it up for you.  Did you know that in 60 seconds:

* Google processes more than 694 445 searches
* On Flickr alone, people upload over 6 700 pictures
* More than 25 hours of content are uploaded to YouTube
* Facebook processes: 510 040 comments, 695 000 status updates, 79 364 wall posts.
* 70 new domains are registered
* Twitter registers 320 new accounts, and 98 000 tweets
* People download iPhone applications more than 13 000 times
* Tumbler records approximately 20000 posts
* Users download Firefox over 17 thousand times
* The WordPress blogging platform is downloaded 50 times
* Almost 100 new accounts are registered on LinkedIn
* Skype has over 370 000 online calls
* More than 1 500 posts are written on different blogs.

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You can follow all the action of the Mr Olympia 2011 Weekend live via streaming video via the links below:

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Best of luck to IFBB Pro Marius Dohne!!

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ORLANDO, USA -- A Florida man said he was shocked to discover he was "a billionaire for a minute" when his bank froze his account and flagged a $999.99 million deposit.

Otelo Vizcaino, 42, of Orlando, said he discovered after his card was rejected at a gas pump last week his account had been frozen by SunTrust Bank and a $999.99 million deposit had been flagged, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Tuesday.

"That's right -- one penny short of $1 billion," Vizcaino said. "I was a billionaire for a minute, and I have nothing to show for it but grief."

SunTrust Bank said Monday the account was frozen as the result of internal computer procedures and there were no security breaches. The bank said the $999.99 million deposit is an internal signal to bank workers that the account is currently frozen.

"We work to verify funds as efficiently and effectively as possible to limit any impact to a client's account," SunTrust spokesman Hugh Suhr said. "Based on the feedback in this instance, it sounds like we could have done a better job communicating that process."

Vizcaino said the bank told him his account should be back to normal by Wednesday

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Your Data at Risk

Thanks to their small size, low cost, and capability of instant backup and file transportation between multiple computers, USB drives actually pose significant security threats for businesses.

For example, disgruntled employees can easily make off with sensitive company information on a USB drive. "The threat is not new, but the problem is exacerbated by tiny and cheap USB drives," says Leslie Fiering, research vice president at Gartner in San Jose, Calif. "The moment we had removable storage media -- going back to floppy disk drives -- there have been stories of janitors going onto computers after hours and downloading major amounts of information." Employees who plan on quitting a company -- or perhaps those expecting a pink slip -- can also easily copy over customer or client databases, emails, calendar appointments and contact lists in a matter of seconds, and then take this digital info with them to a competitor.

Increasingly, USB drives can also carry harmful malware, say security experts. USB keys can be used to install viruses or to serve as boot drives to erase data -- even unintentionally. An employee who uses a USB drive on a personal computer at home could carry malware back to a work computer without his or her knowledge.

USB Security: What You Can Do

You should take several precautions to minimize the risk of data theft or malware attacks via USB drives. Consider the following:

- Implement strong security software. All company computers should have the right security software to detect and remove potential threats. "Without question, you need serious protection today that not only protects from online threats but also is capable of scanning external devices too, such as USB drives," warns Fiering.

- Limit USB access. In extreme cases, organizations have cut off access to USB ports. Others have limited USB access to specific employees. Using encrypted USB drives is another option, as is disabling AutoRun on computers so that programs on a USB drive don’t immediately run when a drive is inserted.

- Monitor use. Keeping track of USB access will help you note who is using the drive, on which computer and at what time of day." IT departments need to make sure their machines are secure and sensitive information protected," adds Michael Gartenberg, research director at Gartner in Stamford, Conn.

- Focus on education. “Banning can result in users trying to bypass the ban,” cautions Santorelli. A usage policy augmented by an awareness campaign to educate end users will help mitigate the risks.

Fiering and Santorelli note that these risks are not limited to USB drives. Santorelli calls it an “erosion of the traditional network perimeter” because of the prevalence of mobile devices and the convergence of personal and work technology. “This is a problem that's not going away any time soon," says Fiering. With the right security measures, however, companies can ensure the security of their data, despite today’s increased risks.

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Xbox live is a fantastic service. Unfortunately, you cannot remove your credit card information. You can however change the default setting on ON to OFF to prevent the automatic renewal of the Xbox live service. You can then revert to Xbox live Silver or redeem codes.

Disable Auto Renew by following these simple steps:

 - Log in to your Xbox live account

- Go to the membership page and click Membership Level. Not that the setting next to Automatic renewal is set to ON (see picture below)



- Keep clicking Next at the bottom of the page until you get the option to turn automatic renewal off.

NOTE: In some countries, Microsoft has disabled this link. The only way in those cases is to call Microsoft directly. You can find the contact number here

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A list of the 10 most common password in use today. Is yours on the list??

1. password
2. 123456
3. qwerty
4. abc123
5. letmein
6. monkey
7. myspace1
8. password1
9. link182
10. (your first name)

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General shortcuts

• F1 - Display Help
• CTRL+C - Copy the selected item
• CTRL+X - Cut the selected item
• CTRL+V - Paste the selected item
• CTRL+Z - Undo an action
• CTRL+Y - Redo an action
• DELETE - Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin
• SHIFT+DELETE - Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first
• F2 - Rename the selected item
• CTRL+RIGHT ARROW - Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word
• CTRL+LEFT ARROW - Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
• CTRL+DOWN ARROW - Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph
• CTRL+UP ARROW - Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
• CTRL+SHIFT with an arrow key - Select a block of text
• SHIFT with any arrow key - Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document
• CTRL with any arrow key + SPACEBAR - Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop
• CTRL+A - Select all items in a document or window
• F3- Search for a file or folder
• ALT+ENTER - Display properties for the selected item
• ALT+F4 - Close the active item, or exit the active program
• ALT+SPACEBAR - Open the shortcut menu for the active window
• CTRL+F4 - Close the active document (in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
• ALT+TAB - Switch between open items
• CTRL+ALT+TAB - Use the arrow keys to switch between open items
• CTRL+Mouse scroll wheel - Change the size of icons on the desktop
• Windows logo key + TAB - Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Windows Flip 3-D
• CTRL + Windows logo key + TAB - Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Windows Flip 3-D
• ALT+ESC - Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened
• F6 - Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
• F4 - Display the Address bar list in Windows Explorer
• SHIFT+F10 - Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
• CTRL+ESC - Open the Start menu
• F10 - Activate the menu bar in the active program
• RIGHT ARROW - Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu
• LEFT ARROW - Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu
• F5 - Refresh the active window
• ALT+UP ARROW - View the folder one level up in Windows Explorer
• ESC - Cancel the current task
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC - Open Task Manager
• SHIFT when you insert a CD - Prevent the CD from automatically playing

Dialog box shortcuts

• CTRL+TAB - Move forward through tabs
• CTRL+SHIFT+TAB - Move back through tabs
• TAB - Move forward through options
• SHIFT+TAB - Move back through options
• ALT + underlined letter - Perform the command (or select the option) that goes with that letter
• ENTER - Replaces clicking the mouse for many selected commands
• SPACEBAR - Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box
• Arrow keys - Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons
• F1 - Display Help
• F4 - Display the items in the active list
• BACKSPACE - Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box

Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts

• CTRL+N - Open a new window
• END - Display the bottom of the active window
• HOME - Display the top of the active window
• F11 - Maximize or minimize the active window
• LEFT ARROW - Collapse the current selection (if it is expanded), or select the parent folder
• ALT+LEFT ARROW - View the previous folder
• RIGHT ARROW - Display the current selection (if it is collapsed), or select the first subfolder
• ALT+RIGHT ARROW - View the next folder
• CTRL+Mouse scroll wheel - Change the size and appearance of file and folder icons
• ALT+D - Select the Address bar

Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts

• ALT+C - Display the Table of Contents
• ALT+N - Display the Connection Settings menu
• F10 - Display the Options menu
• ALT+LEFT ARROW - Move back to the previously viewed topic
• ALT+RIGHT ARROW - Move forward to the next (previously viewed) topic
• ALT+A - Display the customer support page
• ALT+HOME - Display the Help and Support home page
• HOME - Move the to beginning of a topic
• END - Move to the end of a topic
• CTRL+F - Search the current topic
• CTRL+P - Print a topic
• F3- Move to the Search box

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Below a list of the 100 oldest internet domain names and the dates on which they were registered:

1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM

11. 19-Mar-1986 IBM.COM
12. 19-Mar-1986 SUN.COM
13. 25-Mar-1986 INTEL.COM
14. 25-Mar-1986 TI.COM
15. 25-Apr-1986 ATT.COM
16. 08-May-1986 GMR.COM
17. 08-May-1986 TEK.COM
18. 10-Jul-1986 FMC.COM
19. 10-Jul-1986 UB.COM
20. 05-Aug-1986 BELL-ATL.COM

21. 05-Aug-1986 GE.COM
22. 05-Aug-1986 GREBYN.COM
23. 05-Aug-1986 ISC.COM
24. 05-Aug-1986 NSC.COM
25. 05-Aug-1986 STARGATE.COM
26. 02-Sep-1986 BOEING.COM
27. 18-Sep-1986 ITCORP.COM
28. 29-Sep-1986 SIEMENS.COM
29. 18-Oct-1986 PYRAMID.COM
30. 27-Oct-1986 ALPHACDC.COM

31. 27-Oct-1986 BDM.COM
32. 27-Oct-1986 FLUKE.COM
33. 27-Oct-1986 INMET.COM
34. 27-Oct-1986 KESMAI.COM
35. 7-Oct-1986 MENTOR.COM
36. 7-Oct-1986 NEC.COM
37. 27-Oct-1986 RAY.COM
38. 27-Oct-1986 ROSEMOUNT.COM
39. 27-Oct-1986 VORTEX.COM
40. 05-Nov-1986 ALCOA.COM

41. 05-Nov-1986 GTE.COM
42. 17-Nov-1986 ADOBE.COM
43. 17-Nov-1986 AMD.COM
44. 17-Nov-1986 DAS.COM
45. 17-Nov-1986 DATA-IO.COM
46. 17-Nov-1986 OCTOPUS.COM
47. 17-Nov-1986 PORTAL.COM
48. 17-Nov-1986 TELTONE.COM
49. 11-Dec-1986 3COM.COM
50. 11-Dec-1986 AMDAHL.COM

51. 11-Dec-1986 CCUR.COM
52. 11-Dec-1986 CI.COM
53. 11-Dec-1986 CONVERGENT.COM
54. 11-Dec-1986 DG.COM
55. 11-Dec-1986 PEREGRINE.COM
56. 11-Dec-1986 QUAD.COM
57. 11-Dec-1986 SQ.COM
58. 11-Dec-1986 TANDY.COM
59. 11-Dec-1986 TTI.COM
60. 11-Dec-1986 UNISYS.COM

61. 19-Jan-1987 CGI.COM
62. 19-Jan-1987 CTS.COM
63. 19-Jan-1987 SPDCC.COM
64. 19-Feb-1987 APPLE.COM
65. 04-Mar-1987 NMA.COM
66. 04-Mar-1987 PRIME.COM
67. 04-Apr-1987 PHILIPS.COM
68. 23-Apr-1987 DATACUBE.COM
69. 23-Apr-1987 KAI.COM
70. 23-Apr-1987 TIC.COM

71. 23-Apr-1987 VINE.COM
72. 30-Apr-1987 NCR.COM
73. 14-May-1987 CISCO.COM
74. 14-May-1987 RDL.COM
75. 20-May-1987 SLB.COM
76. 27-May-1987 PARCPLACE.COM
77. 27-May-1987 UTC.COM
78. 26-Jun-1987 IDE.COM
79. 09-Jul-1987 TRW.COM
80. 13-Jul-1987 UNIPRESS.COM

81. 27-Jul-1987 DUPONT.COM
82. 27-Jul-1987 LOCKHEED.COM
83. 28-Jul-1987 ROSETTA.COM
84. 18-Aug-1987 TOAD.COM
85. 31-Aug-1987 QUICK.COM
86. 03-Sep-1987 ALLIED.COM
87. 03-Sep-1987 DSC.COM
88. 03-Sep-1987 SCO.COM
89. 22-Sep-1987 GENE.COM
90. 22-Sep-1987 KCCS.COM

91. 22-Sep-1987 SPECTRA.COM
92. 22-Sep-1987 WLK.COM
93. 30-Sep-1987 MENTAT.COM
94. 14-Oct-1987 WYSE.COM
95. 02-Nov-1987 CFG.COM
96. 09-Nov-1987 MARBLE.COM
97. 16-Nov-1987 CAYMAN.COM
97. 16-Nov-1987 ENTITY.COM
99. 24-Nov-1987 KSR.COM
100. 30-Nov-1987 NYNEXST.COM

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A look now at all the posts made in August 2007:


- How to empty your Outlook 2003 deleted items folde...
- How to bypass the login page in Windows Vista
- Blogger now supports inline AdSense ads
- How to use Google to search for Rapidshare files
- How to install Windows Vista's fonts in Windows XP...
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- Error 404
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- Simple tips to help reduce stress
- July 2007 Post Roundup
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- 10 facts about death you didn't know
- How to watch FLV videos on your computer
- Download Sparky: The official Alexa toolbar for Fi...
- The quotes of George W. Bush
- How to use Google to access blocked websites
- How to convert FLV (Flash Video) to AVI, MPEG
- How to hide yourself from users on a network
- How to hide hard drives in Windows XP
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- Go to bed on time.

- Get up on time so you can start the day unrushed.

- Say 'No' to projects that won’t fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health.

- Simplify and unclutter your life.

- Less is more.

- Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.

- Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time- Don’t lump the hard things all together.

- Take life one day at a time.

- Live within your budget and don’t use credit cards for ordinary purchases.

- Have backups of your important data, an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried somewhere in your garden and keep extra stamps.

- Do something for the kid in you everyday.

- Get enough exercise.

- Eat right.

- Get organized so everything has its place.

- Listen to a tape while driving that can help improve your quality of life.

- Write thoughts and inspirations down.

- Every day, find time to be alone.

- Laugh.

- Laugh some more!

- Take your work seriously, but yourself not at all.

- Develop a forgiving attitude.

- Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).

- Sit on your ego.

- Talk less....listen more.

- Slow down.

- Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe.

- Every night before bed, think of one thing you’re grateful for that you’ve never been grateful for before.

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A new feature here on cyberst0rm - The monthly post roundup. A compilation of posts in one convenient location.

July 2007:
- Microsoft in Windows Server 2008 denial delay
- How to Optimize Windows XP (The Complete Guide) - Part 2
- How to Optimize Windows XP (The Complete Guide) - Part 1
- Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows leaked on Bittorrent
- How to detect and remove duplicate files on your computer
- Download: Foxit PDF reader
- Highly unlikely!
- Windows Vista SP 1 (Beta) coming mid July 2007
- Airport Security?
- Bill Gates slips to No. 2 on the World's Richest List
- A list of Useful Windows Commands and Tools


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uTorrent is an excellent piece of free software. It's small (170 KB), feature-rich and has a tiny memory footprint in Windows. It is without doubt my favourite torrent client!
I was pleasantly surprised recently, to find that uTorrent also has a few easter eggs:

- Launch uTorrent and click Help -> About uTorrent

• Clicking the µTorrent logo will play a synthesized sound
• Pressing the T-button on your keyboard when viewing the About uTorrent dialog box will start a game of uTris (uTorrent's version of tetris)

• The older version of uTorrent (V1.3) will display a Christmas eCard when launched on Christmas day

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1. When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go — the first is usually sight, followed by taste, smell and touch.
2. A human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds after it has been decapitated.
3. 100 people choke to death on pens each year. One is more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a spider.
4. Alexander’s funeral would have cost $600 million today. A road from Egypt to Babylon was built to carry his body.
5. When inventor Thomas Edison died in 1931, his friend Henry Ford captured his last dying breath in a bottle.
6. Over 2500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products made for right-handed people.
7. It takes longer than ever before a body to decompose due to preservatives in the food that we eat these days.
8. An eternal flame lamp at the tomb of a Buddhist priest in Nara, Japan has kept burning for 1,130 years.
9. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is the first person to have his ashes put aboard a rocket and ‘buried’ in space.
10. Japanese factory worker Kenji Urada became the first known fatality caused by a robot in July, 1981, in a car plant.

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When a reset happens, your home or office router will default to its factory settings. If you can't remember the default username and password combination or don't have your manual around you won't be able to access the administrative console and make configuration changes.

At this point, you would probably start searching online for the default password. Fortunately, a large list of default logins has been compiled. The list is updated fairly regularly.

Default Password List

TIP: The fact that these passwords are so easily obtainable should serve as a warning to those that are still using default passwords on their routers. Be sure to change your default password and username if possible, to prevent malicious unauthorized access to your router.

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Visit Beautiful Beta for a range of free widgets for your blogger beta blog.

You will find the very popular Recent Comments and Recent Posts widgets on Beautiful Beta. Installation can be done by simply clicking on the appropriate button and entering basic configuration details.

Beautiful Beta Free Widgets

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Tomorrow afternoon, the Sharks take on the Bulls at ABSA stadium in Durban in the final of Super 14 (the worlds premier club rugby competition). This will be the Sharks third final since the tournaments inception in 1996. Good luck to them.
Win it for Natal.

SHARKS FOR THE WIN

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BitTorrent is a a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing network. Users connect directly to each other to share files, hence the peer-to-peer tag. This is coordinated via a server and in some cases by multiple servers called a tracker. A seeder is someone who hosts a file that people can readily download on the BitTorrent network. BitTorrent has received a lot of bad publicity in the media in recent times due to its perceived illegal nature. Using BitTorrent is NOT illegal, seeding or hosting copyrighted media, however, is!

To get started you will need a BitTorrent client. There are literally dozens of BitTorrent clients available. You will find many if you perform a simple google search. I would however recommend:

utorrent - A fast, free, small, feature-packed bittorrent client. One of the best and what I personally use.
Azureus - A cross-platform Java based client. Probably the most popular and one of the most feature packed around.

Once you've downloaded and installed your respective BitTorrent client, how exactly do you go about downloading?

You need to visit a BitTorrent website the hosts files with a .torrent file extension. Examples of such sites:

Torrentz
Mininova
btmon

Once there, simply search for what you want, download the file with the .torrent file extension (these files are generally a few kilobytes) and double click on it once its on your pc!

The file should then be loaded into your newly installed BitTorrent client and start downloading!