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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4Cast #93: Passwords…IE
8…Meebo/AOL…Hulu<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">March 12, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 14pt;">1. <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><span
style="">Those
crazy passwords!</span></span></b><br>
We have scores of them and most likely, you will forget one.
Here are some ways to recover if one is lost. Of course, others can use
these
same methods to discover yours, too, so attempting to make them as
secure as
possible is a must. Perhaps some day, we could get by with having only
one username and one password...<br>
<span style=""></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://lifehacker.com/366649/recover-lost-wi+fi-passwords-with-wirelesskeyview">Recover
Lost Wi-Fi Passwords with WirelessKeyView</a> (Lifehacker)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/11/1723206&from=rss">Archiver
Harvesting Google Mail Passwords</a> (Slashdot)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Bringing <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID">OpenID</a> To The Masses: <a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/11/clickpass-could-change-the-way-you-surf-the-web/">Clickpass</a>
(Techcrunch)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://lifehacker.com/366345/check-your-passwords-strength-at-microsofts-password-checker">Check
Your Passwords' Strength at Microsoft's Password Checker</a>
(Lifehacker)</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">2.
IE 8… it’s coming soon</span></b><br>
Microsoft promises that Internet Explorer 8 will default to being
compliant
with web standards. The beta version is set to be released during the
first
quarter of this year. The final version should be available by the end
of 2008.<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/mar08/03-03WebStandards.mspx">Microsoft
Expands Support for Web Standards</a> (Microsoft)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080303-sanity-prevails-ie8-will-default-to-standard-compliant-mode.html">Sanity
Prevails: IE8 will default to standard-compliant mode</a> (Arstechnica)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://mashable.com/2008/03/03/ozzie-ie8/">Microsoft’s Chief
Software Architect Talks About A More Compliant IE8</a> (Mashable)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9884688-56.html">Microsoft: IE
8 to support standards from the start</a> (c|net)</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">3. <span
style=""> </span><span style="">IM Partnership</span><o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
<a href="http://blog.meebo.com/about">meebo</a> and AOL are
teaming up to add a few new tricks to AIM. The new collaboration is
promising to bring a "bunch of cool things" to IM.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://blog.meebo.com/?p=418">meebo
and AOL - partnering up! </a>(meebo blog)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5700">Meebo as a
Firefox add-on</a> (Mozilla)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://http:/mashable.com/2008/03/05/open-aim/">AOL Launches
Open AIM 2.0 – The Most Important Social Platform Yet?</a> (Mashable)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/05/aol-gets-it-right-with-open-aim-20-embraces-meebo-and-ebuddy/">AOL
Gets It Right With Open AIM 2.0 - Embraces Meebo and eBuddy </a>(TechCrunch)<o:p> </o:p></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;">4. <span
style=""> </span><span style=""> TV and Movies on Demand</span><o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
According to Reuters, Hulu will debut today. "At
launch, Hulu will offer full-length episodes of more than 250 TV series
from
current hits such as "The Simpsons" as well as older shows like
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer." It also will offer 100 movies including
"The Big Lebowski" and "<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Mulholland
Drive</st1:address></st1:Street>." What does this
mean for libraries? If this takes off as predicted, just think of all
of the
additional bandwidth that will be needed to support it....</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.hulu.com/">Hulu
home page</a> (Hulu)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1051414220080311">Hulu
makes public debut, adds Warner Bros shows</a> (Reuters)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://newteevee.com/2008/03/10/hulu-launches-with-warner-lionsgate/">Hulu
Launches with Warner, Lionsgate</a> (Newteevee)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080311-restrictions-distribution-rifts-may-hamstring-hulus-launch.html">Hulu:
News Corp’s YouTube Rival Gets a Name</a> (Ars Technica)<o:p><br>
</o:p><o:p> <br>
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