Password managers have become commonplace. Every modern web browser has one built in, there are even fancy utilities that integrate into all of your web browsers to manage your passwords. The whole idea of a password manager is to only have to remember one password, generally refereed to as the master password. This is great! That means that you can use complex and automatically generated passwords and not have to remember any of them! Password managers improve security and increase ease of use. But as soon as you’re away from your computer and on another machine, you can’t access any of the websites you log into because you don’t know the password for that site, which is why most people (myself included) just use the same, simple password for all of their websites.

Thankfully I have recently discovered a truly universal password manager: SuperGenPass. SuperGenPass works with any modern web browser. It doesn’t store your passwords, so it can be used on any computer. And, SuperGenPass doesn’t need to install anything to work. It is a bookmarklet, a piece of Java Script that when clicked, performs an action, in this case, fills in your password. SuperGenPass creates secure passwords using a very complex math problem, based on your master password and the domain name of the site you are logging into. If even one character is different in either your master password or the domain name, the password that is generated will be completely different. Because SuperGenPass uses a complex math problem to generate your passwords each time you enter them, it doesn’t need to store your passwords anywhere on your computer, making it a very safe and truly universal password manager.

Ninjawords is simple. It is an online dictionary. But why use it? Because it is very fast. Fast like a ninja.

Ubersoft.net is the home of the technology related comic called Help Desk. It's an awesome comic that is always clean, and very funny for us tech savvy folks. I personally love Help Desk, it's great and always helps me get through my day. So, if you need a laugh, check out Help Desk, and add their rss feed to your favorite reader.

Yahoo Pipes is pretty darn cool. I know that it's been around for a while but I have just now given it a chance. I usually am not a big fan of what Yahoo does, I'm usually more of a Google guy, but they have done this very well.

For those of you that don't know what Pipes is or does it is an interactive data aggregator and manipulator that lets you mashup your favorite online data sources.

Pipes is a nice way to mash up rss feeds from multiple sites or a site with multiple feeds, like the Engadget blogs. I mashed up Engadget, Engadget Mobile, and Engadget HD. Pipes is also handy for filtering content that you don't want in a feed; for example, I found a pipe that filtered any posts about the iPhone from The Unofficial Apple Weblog feed.

All in all, I'm pretty impressed with Yahoo Pipes.

The eyeOS is a web based operating system (OS). It is a really cool concept, being able to access your OS from any computer with a web browser and an internet connection.

The OS has a few built in applications. Under the first Office tab at the top is a small word processor (pictured above), a file manager, a calendar, and a contact manager. Under the Network tab, there is an rss reader, and a web browser! Under the Accessories tab there is a calculator, and a note pad. Under the Games tab there is chess. Under the System tab there is a simple process viewer. And finally, under the Places tab there are links to the Home folder, Desktop, Public folder, and Groups.

There is the date and time in the bottom right, and in the bottom left is what would be called a taskbar.

The green button in the bottom center lets you log out, launch an app, see your applications in a folder (similar to OS X), and open the system preferences where you can change your password and set a custom wallpaper.

I really think this is a cool concept and has some great potential, especially for a student that is computer hopping between public libraries, school, and the dorm/home. I would really like to see some more applications, like a simple photo editor, and a wider variety of games.