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The World's First Computer Password? It Was Useless Too
If you’re like most people, you’re annoyed by passwords. You’ve got dozens to remember — some of them tortuously complex — and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and order groceries online, you’re bound to forget one, or at least mistype it.
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How Allan Scherr Hacked Around the First Computer Password
New submitter MikeatWired writes "If you're like most people, you're annoyed by passwords. So who's to blame? Who invented the computer password? They probably arrived at MIT in the mid-1960s, when researchers built a massive time-sharing computer called CTSS. Technology changes. But, then again, it doesn't, writes Bob McMillan. Twenty-five years after the fact, Allan Scherr, a Ph.D. researcher ...
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The World’s First Computer Password? It Was Useless Too [Security]
# security If you're like most people, you're annoyed by passwords. You've got dozens to remember - some of them tortuously complex - and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and order groceries online, you're bound to forget one, or at least mistype it. You may even be one of those unfortunate people who've had a password stolen, thanks to the dodgy security on the machines that ...
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TECHNOLOGY: The Worlda€(TM)S First Computer Password? It Was Useless Too
If you're like most people, you're annoyed by passwords. You've got dozens to remember—some of them tortuously complex—and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and order groceries online, you're bound to forget one, or at least mistype it. You may even be one of those unfortunate people who've had a password stolen, thanks to the dodgy security on the machines that store ...
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Why Is It So Hard for New Musical Instruments to Catch On?
The turntable, invented 36 years ago, ranks as the most recently created music-making device with staying power.
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Schilling's 38 Studios releases its first game, 'Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning'
Curt Schilling took a few minutes from his characteristically intense preparation for the launch of 38 Studios' first release, “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning” to have a rapid-fire conversation with us about his company, gaming and, of course, politics.
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