The name you use to identify yourself when logging into a computer system or online service. Both a username (user ID) and a password are required. In an Internet e-mail address, the username is the left part before the @ sign. For example, KARENB is the username in karenb@mycompany.com. AOL calls a username a "screen name."
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- Screen Lock (rar)
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- Software downloads 2008-08-14
- Joomla hit by critical password-reset forgery flaw
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- Blog posts 2008-08-13
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- Software downloads 2008-08-08
- The social media corporate identity crisis
- The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- WWD FTP Proxy for Windows (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-08-04
- New Facebook design focuses on status
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Drag-Drop Form (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-07-31
- Oracle ships emergency workaround for zero-day flaw
- For the first time since the introduction of its quarterly Critical Patch Update process in 2005, Oracle has released an emergency alert to offer mitigation for a zero-day vulnerability that's been published on the Internet. The emergency workaround, available here, addresses an unpatched vulnerability that's remotely exploitable...
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- SysInf (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-07-24
- A look at the recent Firefox 3 vulnerability
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- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Apple chaos theory
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- XSS worm at Justin.tv infects 2,525 profiles
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- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Last Logon Scavenger (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-07-14
- Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 2)
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- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Linksys adds set-up software and support for Mac OS
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- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Utterz changes put it into enterprise land
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- Blog posts 2008-06-25
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- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- RCA Small Wonder EZ200
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- Product reviews 2008-06-20
- RCA Small Wonder EZ210
- Of all the budget minicamcorders released in 2008, RCA's Small Wonder Traveler EZ210 may be the oddest duck of the bunch. It has some things going for it: SD card support up to 8GB; a large, sharp 2.5-inch LCD display; and a "rugged" exterior that can presumably help the Traveler--now...
- Product reviews 2008-06-19
- Maxtor Black Armor
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- Product reviews 2008-06-18
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