Technology

Password management app maker SplashData has released its list of the “worst computer passwords of 2011″ based around the most commonly stolen password data. It should come as no surprise that the password “password” topped the list of no-nos.

Those who can claim mastery over Photoshop have a lot more skills than most of us might think. They can make celebrities and models look way better than they actually are, and they even have the ability to create people out of blank canvases, literally. Click after the jump and watch how a simple sketch in Photoshop slowly becomes a real-looking woman.

Facebook may have changed the way we communicate, keep up with long lost friends and pretend that we're doing actual work in the office, but it has come at a great cost to privacy. Now the federal government is forcing the social networking giant to ask all 800 million of their users if they wish to “opt out” of certain settings and features that might expose some of their personal information to the entire world.

We applaud these efforts to ensure our privacy, and we think it should be taken even further. Facebook should not only make sure that our most sensitive information isn't exposed to the general public, but they should also ask us if we want to “opt out” of the most annoying causes of social networking headaches that have spread like some virtual flesh eating bacteria that cannot be stopped.

A man in Batley, England who thought he was buying an iPad ended up with a dirty sack of potatoes instead. If we had a nickel for every time we’ve fallen for that old trick…

The scarcity of hard drives will only get worse in the coming weeks and months, according to an analyst at Piper Jaffray.  "We could run out of drives by the end of November," Piper Jaffray analyst Gus Richard said in an interview this week while discussing the shortage in the wake of the severe flooding in Thailand, where half of the world's production of HDD's takes place...

That's right a jet powered or motorized surf board.  Now that's what I'm talking about.  I've always been interested in surfing but I have never ventured out into the deep blue to test my skills out.  I will be the first to say I would probably fail miserably...

The rumor mill has it that iPad 3 could launch as soon as March, but with connector issues.  So, will the iPad 2's successor use a smaller dock connector?  That could cause compatibility issues with existing products claims Macotakara, a Japanese blog site...

There are so many applications these days and so many different versions of apps. I think it's so cool that you can personalize your phone.  If you are a businessman you can set it up so where all of your mail, important contacts, etc...

Apple released the latest versions of the software that powers its smartphones and iPad tablet computers on Wednesday, according to Computerworld -- and unveiled its hotly anticipated iCloud service at the same time. This means those with older devices can start seeing new features and bug fixes immediately...

I have always been really interested in science but don't really understand most of it.  Who really does?  This on the other hand is something that could easily be applied to our everyday lives.  <--------Look it's a super conductor

It's amazing to think of all the different positions a person can take when joining the military.  Some go the easy route of being a cook while others go for the toughest and most dangerous ones.  I'm talking about the bomb patrol.  I can't even imagine what they go through and all the training it took for one of those elite members to get where they are today...

That is actually really funny because some kids don't even know what a cassette is.  They have also never heard of an 8-track either.  It's a sad sad world we live in.