Computers-Plus

Passwords are a tricky thing. Some people take the simple, if slightly unsafe, approach and use a pet name. Other more determined people hammer out a convoluted string of characters. None of it matters for Mac users though because Passware’s new password cracking program can grab any user login.

The Passware Kit Forensic v11 exploits a Mac OS vulnerability that lies within passwords stored in system memory. Passwords are stored when the computer is locked or put into sleep mode.

The program works over FireWire to grab memory, analyze it, and extract the password. Apparently, it takes just minutes. T

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Entourage actors Jerry Ferrara and Kevin Dillon tell Digital Trends about the old-school games they cut their teeth on, gaming on the set between takes, and the tale of how they both managed to total their first cars.

Before filming the eighth and final season of HBO’s hit TV series, “Entourage,” actors Kevin Dillon (Drama) and Jerry Ferrara (Turtle) reprised their characters in a series of viral videos for Electronic Arts’ Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit game. With th

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The newest Marvel film certainly does not disappoint.

Captain America: The First Avenger‘s overture is a bit perplexing at first. For a moment, I worried I was in the wrong theater. I was not expecting that the film would be fully framed by a pair of scenes from the present day.

I mean: we all already knew Cap was going to have to be frozen after World War II, and be discovered by S.H.I.E.L.D. in the present, because telling that origin was sort of the whole point of the film. I guess I just wasn’t expecting it to be quite so blatant about it right from the first scene.

One of the things I was most worried about for this film was the particular special effect of making Steve Rogers a scrawny guy. <

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For many people, headphones are as much a part of daily wear as sunglasses and handbags.

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