Every day, we log into our Windows XP or Vista, our email, our eBay and  PayPal accounts, our bank accounts, our Hotmail accounts, and more. These passwords never seem to end! Well, folks, get used to it... making a strong password for each different account is smart to do. And if no one has ever told you, there are five proven techniques for making a strong password. Designing a strong password works like this...

So you are new to computer gaming and P2P downloading. You've heard about 'port forwarding', and how it can dramatically speed up your Internet connection. But what exactly is port forwarding? And how can you get step-by-step help in programming port forwards? About.com explains port forwarding here...

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These websites are more than just curious for 15 minutes... these websites offer guilty pleasure appeal that will potentially suck you in for hours at a time. If you fancy yourself as self-disciplined, we challenge you to not get hooked on some of the Most Addictive Web Sites on the Internet...

The fine folks at the BBC have published a splendid treemap visual:  the SuperPowers of the Internet.  At this page, you'll see the top websites of 2010 (by unique readership), converted into rectangles proportionate to their data. Hover your mouse over the rectanges to see the details.  And yes, About.com is there... just look in the top right under "Reference"...