Tips for a secure password

What do online social networks, online banking and email accounts have in common? They all require passwords.

These passwords act like sentinels, keeping snoops and data pirates away from one's personal data. But bad passwords are as easy to crack as cheap locks. That means one can't be careful enough when picking a password.

“A good password should include a lot of the different options available on most keyboards,” says Lutz Neugebauer of Bitkom, a German technology industry association.

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Upgrade to Fedora 13

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join. The Fedora Project is out front for you, leading the advancement of free, open software and content.

 Fedora 13 is right around the corner. Code-named "Goddard," the Fedora 13 release sports tons of updates from Fedora 12 and some really exciting new features that will have Linux power users running for their CD burners. You'll find everything from better printer support to experimental 3D support for Nvidia cards and filesystem rollback. Ready to roll up your sleeves? Let's take a look at the best of Fedora 13.

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How to troubleshooting blue screen (BSOD) errors ?

First , before troubleshooting blue screen you should enable a complete memory dump on your system after Windows Installation. This is done under the system properties in Startup and Recovery. It's best to do this right after you install Windows, before you start getting any BSODs. Sometimes the blue screen will show the name of the driver that is causing the problem. If nothing else, you can look up the STOP code and see what the problem is.

The most important info to record from the blue screen is the technical info, it will look something like this:

*** STOP: 0x0000007B (0x00000032, 0x00002345, 0xABCDEF00, 0x00000000)

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