Passwords are perhaps the weakest links in the cyber-security chain; if they're complex enough to be secure, you probably won't be able to remember them. Add the fact that every other site seems to require a password, and it's easy to see why far too many people end up using one or two simple passwords that are easy to remember, and easy to crack, too. You can write your passwords down on a piece of paper that you can look for and fail to find when you need it, or you can download and install G&G's Password Cracker. It's a tiny, free, totally portable utility that can recover lost passwords from applications.

Password Cracker downloads as a compressed file but runs as soon as you click the unzipped program file. The tool's interface is a tiny dialog, about the size of the average error message, with two text fields, labeled Test and View, and four buttons: Enable, Options, About, and Help. Other than some links to the program's Web site and some of the developer's other wares, that ... Read more »

Firefox 4 beta 6 includes dozens of major features and improvements - by testing them early we'll be able to respond to your feedback for future versions of Firefox. Once you download Firefox 4 beta 6, you're part of our beta program and will receive regular updates as more features launch.

What's new in this version:

* Firefox 4 Beta 6 is available in 39 languages.
* Fixed a stability issue affecting Windows users.
* Fixed an issue causing rendering errors with plugins affecting Mac OS X users.
* Fixed a critical crash on all platforms.

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The bottom line: Google Chrome 6 is not only stable to use, but comes with a full range of competitive features. It lacks some of the finer customizations in Firefox, but overall users browsing with Chrome will find it a pleasant, fast, and standards-compliant experience.

Review: Now into its second year, Google Chrome has begun to mature from a lightweight and fast browsing alternative into an innovative browser on the precipice of a potential browsing revolution with the pending ChromeOS. The browser that people can use today, Chrome 6, offers highly competitive features including synchronization, autofill, and and maintains Google's reputation for building one of the fastest browsers available.

Please note that there are at least four versions of Chrome available at the moment, and this review only addresses the "stable" branch, i ... Read more »