Tech Company Org Charts

This org chart made me LOL. It’s so true. Too bad they didn’t do one for RIM.

Get 20 GB Free Storage For One Year From Amazon

We just told you about Amazon’s new Cloud Player music streaming service. To sweaten the deal Amazon is running a promotion. If you buy an MP3 album from the Amazon MP3 Store, you get 20 GB of stroage free for one year from the date of purchase. After one year is up, you will drop down to the free 5 GB plan, and you will never be charged.

Get the full details here.

Amazon Launches Online Music Streaming Service

Simply upload your music to Amazon’s servers and play them via the web or via Android. The new service dubbed Cloud Player works with the current Cloud Drive service which allows users to store any data up to 5 GB for free.

Google and Apple are rumored to be working on their own cloud-based players, but with the launch of Cloud Player, Amazon is the first to market.

Cloud Player works extremely well with the Amazon MP3 store, but can also handle music from post-DRM iTunes as well as other unencrypted music sources.

Cloud Player does not blow your mind, but rather gets the job done simply. Hopefully, this is an early release with more features to come.

Learn more about Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player.

Change Your Amazon.com Password Today

Lifehacker and The Consumerist are reporting a flaw in Amazon’s login authentication system.  Now is a good opportunity to change your password.

Whether or not the flaw actually affects you, it’s a good opportunity to think about how easy it is to break into your accounts.  While most well known companies have security experts that make it extremely difficult for someone (even an employee) to figure out your password, many companies do very little to protect your personal data.

This being said, unless you’re using different passwords for every account you have, it’s a really good idea to change your password on occasion (more often is better).  This way, if someone manages to grab your username and password, the timetable where he/she can do damage to your other accounts is minimized.

Of course, using different passwords for every site eliminates this security risk altogether, but most people do not.  If you are interested in a Password Manager to track the different passwords you are using for every site, check out Lifehacker’s Five Best Password Managers.  I use KeePass.

via Lifehacker and The Consumerist

My Card Reader Doesn't Work

I LOL’ed:

via Gizmodo

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