Friday, March 2, 2012
If you're using Password1 change it. Now.
SAN FRANCISCO (CNNMoney) -- The number one way hackers get into protected systems isn't through a fancy technical exploit. It's by guessing the password.
That's not too hard when the most common password used on business systems is "Password1."
There's a technical reason for Password1's popularity: It's got an upper-case letter, a number and nine characters. That...
Windows 8 first impressions
First impressions of Windows 8, from that Windows Phone-inspired "Metro" user interface to integration of Xbox Live. In one word: "disjointed." (Engadget)
* Netflix's (NFLX) contract with Starz expired yesterday, so films like Toy Story 3 andScarface are no longer viewable online. (CNNMoney)
* AMD (AMD) is paying almost $334 million for the low-power server maker SeaMicro. (GigaOm)
* Video game publisher Blizzard Entertainment is laying off 600 employees...
WORLD'S MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES
For the 50 most admired companies overall, FORTUNE's survey asked businesspeople to vote for the companies that they admired most, from any industry.
Rank ▾Company
1Apple
2Google
3Amazon.com
4Coca-Cola
5IBM
6FedEx
7Berkshire Hathaway
8Starbucks
9Procter & Gamble
10Southwest Airlines
11McDonald's
12Johnson & Johnson
13Walt Disney
14BMW
15General Electric
16American Express
17Microsoft
183M
19Caterpillar
20Costco Wholesale
21Nordstrom
22J.P. Morgan Chase
23Singapore Airlines
24Wal-Mart Stores
25Target
26Nike
27Exxon Mobil
28Whole...