Monster Database Security Breach

Today I was alerted as I tried to login to Monster and all it came up with was the message:

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Amazon, Canon & The Failing 40D

After 7 months of getting the Canon 40D and paying a lot of money for it I am still not able to use it.

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Introducing Clifford Stoll: “18 minutes with an agile mind”

He is the real Emmett Lathrop “Doc” Brown. I can see him building a time machine out of a De Lorean. :-)

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LinkedIn Password Length Confusion

I changed my password on LinkedIn to a 20 character password. There was no indication how long the password should be and no error message after I changed it, indicating that my password was accepted. But as I tried to login with the new password I received the following error message: “The email address or password you provided does not match our records.” So I used the “Forgot Password” feature to reset the password to the new password again which did not work either. This made me wonder if my password length of 20 characters is valid. Again, I did not find any restrictions for password length and my password was accepted, meaning I did not get an error message after I changed it to a 20 character password.
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Folding@Home in Teamwork

Folding@Home is good, Folding@Home as a team is even better!

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Hold on to your Brita filters

I just wanted to remind everybody again that Brita is finally going to recycle its filters.

In short: Beginning in January 2009 you will be able to mail in your filters or to drop them off at Whole Foods Markets.

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Introducing: Adopt-A-Turkey Project

Start a new Thanksgiving tradition, and save a life!

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