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Life in the Information Age requires passwords, and lots of them. These passwords, in theory, do us a great service: they protect our email, Facebook, and bank accounts from identity theft and hackers. But as more sites demand stronger and stronger passwords, the exercise of creating one becomes more unpleasant. Last year, researchers at Ottawa’s Carleton University studied the issue, and found that the computer industry’s approach to passwords puts too much work on the user. Plus, you can never win: Make them all the same, and you’re vulnerable to identity theft; make them all different, and you’ll surely forget most of them.

Life in the Information Age requires passwords, and lots of them. These passwords, in theory, do us a great service: they protect our email, Facebook, and bank accounts from identity theft and hackers. But as more sites demand stronger and stronger passwords, the exercise of creating one becomes more unpleasant. Last year, researchers at Ottawa’s Carleton University studied the issue, and found that the computer industry’s approach to passwords puts too much work on the user. Plus, you can never win: Make them all the same, and you’re vulnerable to identity theft; make them all different, and you’ll surely forget most of them.

In 1982, the Commodore 64 hit the market. Because it was cheap (it cost $595), and had a massive amount of storage (64KB of memory), the introduction of the C64 forced other tech companies to slash prices. All of a sudden, people could afford computers. The C64 single-handedly ushered in an early era of personal computing.

In 1982, the Commodore 64 hit the market. Because it was cheap (it cost $595), and had a massive amount of storage (64KB of memory), the introduction of the C64 forced other tech companies to slash prices. All of a sudden, people could afford computers. The C64 single-handedly ushered in an early era of personal computing.