Gadgetory

hey there hope you're having an excellent day I'm rich demuro with cnet TV in New York City and this is the Q now with longer battery life and faster wireless connections let's get you started with your must see moment fear look at the local systems in line hello a Star Wars public service announcements showing the dangers of using your cell phone during a movie the so-called technological terror video shown last month at a Star Wars screening with the recent buzz surrounding aol's less than robust password protection isn't it time to give your password to check up two ways to help you do it Microsoft's password check our website gauges strength while you type it's kind of like that hammer striker game you'd find it a carnival as you type a bar lights up to week medium strong and best kind of like my coffee put in your old favorite and you'll probably be surprised how low it ranks on a Mac check out the password assistant it suggests phrases just tell it if you want something memorable random or letters and numbers there are 1.8 million name species on our planet now a new encyclopedia hopes to document them all eat your heart out Wikipedia leading scientists from around the world creating the encyclopedia of life an effort to make multimedia pages on all known living species the project will take 10 years pages will have text pictures video sounds maps and other features when possible anyone worldwide will be able to access the information for free the idea for the project several years in the making time for the beta and today there are a slew of them as you may have heard hotmail has relaunched as Windows Live Hotmail but have you checked out the dozen or so other live betas there's Windows Live Writer beta a downloadable app that makes blogging easier windows live family safety beta to set rules for safer browsing and generate activity reports live mail beta which looks like Outlook Express mixed with hotmail live and live four TV beta which lets you video conference on your big screen finally there's a vanity credit card for just about everything these days but only one will help you feed your world of warcraft addiction blizzard entertainment and first national bank of omaha announcing the world of warcraft visa rewards card available in a range of colorful themes team to be exact the card lets you earn points for every dollar you charge which you can then redeem for playtime po new deck can be so much fun don't forget to check out the cnet TV blog for show notes and links to everything we mentioned in the queue I'm rich the mural with cnet TV in New York City don't say I didn't tell you so