Using the 95 printable ASCII characters, it would take 13 years for today's fastest Pentium 4 to work out all combinations for an 8 letter password. A hacker can find yours in a minute.
For more than 30 years, HAL fans have wondered whether we'd achieve true artificial intelligence (AI) by 2001. Of course, many AI components remain purely science fiction. But take a closer look, and you'll find many HAL-inspired technologies going mainstream next year.
The Canon Pixma MX850 is a small, versatile multifunction printer suited to a small office looking for a cheap, do-it-all machine. It offers a broad range of features and reasonable document print quality, but don't expect top quality colour prints.
The Brother MFC-685CW inkjet multifunction printer offers tons of great features at the expense of print speed and quality. If speed and quality are your priorities, look elsewhere.
If you need to scan lots of photos and negatives--and you have plenty of desktop space--the Scanjet 5530 is a good choice.
Kodak packs a host of features in the EasyShare 5500, but fails to flesh them out sufficiently. We found this all-in-one printer frustrating to use.
The Samsung ML-2571N mono laser printer has the right combination of price and features for a home office user with basic printing needs.
Microsoft slams Google on privacy
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