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Microsoft Password Checker: 1234 is not a secure password, who knew?
If you want to avoid being yet another bad movie statistic, you might want to check out Microsoft's Password Checker web site before choosing your next password. As you type characters into the box, Microsoft will let you know just what a bad idea your chosen combination of characters is.
The secret isn't just to choose a long stream of characters. You also want to mix up numbers, letters, and other characters. In fact, we found that you could in 52 numbers and still get a weak score. Microsoft recommends using at least 8 characters, and preferably 14 or more, with a good mix of letters, numbers and symbols.
[via Web Worker Daily]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
