Using secure, unique passwords for every Internet site or service is one of the best security practices out there. That does not necessarily protect you completely, as the Sony Playstation Network incident has shown, but it invalidates several popular techniques to steal passwords and log in information. With that incident in mind, I thought it [...]

Categories: Security

You know that Last Pass is my password manager of choice. Not to long ago I made the decision to become a premium user, not because I needed additional features like mobile access but because it would support the developers of this awesome product. A premium account sets you back $12 per year, and you [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Remember that the bookmarking and password syncing service Xmarks nearly shut down last year? This would have meant some work for users who were using the cross-browser service to sync their data. The company behind the free password manager Last Pass bought Xmarks and integrated the product into their line of services. And all was [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera

You may have already read it on other sites that Lifehacker and other Gawker Media properties were compromised. That’s bad enough for the company and web properties they own, but also for users of the sites. You see, users needed to create an account at Lifehacker and other sites before they were able to comment. [...]

Categories: Security

Last Pass is my password manager of choice. The program is available for Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The browser add-on is actually more than just a password manager. It comes with many advanced features, like secure password generation, automatic log ins in websites and services, note taking or form filling. Last Pass [...]

Categories: Mac, Security, Software, Windows

New technologies and more powerful computer systems have made it important in the last years to create secure passwords to avoid successful automatic password cracking attempts via brute force and dictionary attacks. But how do passwords have to look like to be considered secure? And who determines that? There is no authority with guidelines on [...]

Categories: Security

My morning routine begins with a cup of good coffee, booting the PC and running the email client Thunderbird and the web browser Firefox. Firefox behaved strangely this morning, it simply would not load properly but hang in the interface. The tabs of the websites that were open in the last session were showing up [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

A recent upgrade to the latest beta release of Firefox 3.6.4 from version 3.6.3 caused a stability issue where the browser would stop responding completely. The Firefox window became unresponsive and the only way to close the browser was to kill its process in Windows Explorer. Tests with Firefox 3.7 alphas showed the exact same [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

The Google Chrome web browser, at least the developer releases, have lately been getting several new features of which at least one has caused some controversy. The Translate feature of the web browser caused some Google Chrome users to criticize the way the developers added the feature to the web browser. Back then there was [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome