1. Hello -  Is Your Refrigerator Running, er, Spamming? High-tech Internet capable household appliances, including networking routers, connected multimedia centers, TV sets, and at least one refrigerator, were behind a spam attack in December, sending botmail to consumers, according to this tech report. I wonder what they said?
2. Worst Passwords of the Year:  One of my all time favorite annual posts - worst passwords. Is yours on the list?
Below is the list from most common to least common passwords of 2013:
1. 123456 - Up 1
2. password - Down 1
3. 12345678 - Unchanged
4. qwerty - Up 1
5. abc123 - Down 1
6. 123456789 - New
7. 111111 - Up 2
8. 1234567 - Up 5
9. iloveyou - Up 2
10. adobe123 - New
11. 123123 - Up 5
12. admin - New
13. 1234567890 - New
14. letmein - Down 7
15. photoshop - New
16. 1234 - New
17. monkey - Down 11
18. shadow - Unchanged
19. sunshine - Down 5
20. 12345 - New
21. password1 - Up 4
22. princess - New
23. azerty - New
24. trustno1 - Down 12
25. 000000 - New
3. Verizon Hears the Sound of Competition: After reporting a fourth-quarter wireless margin of 47 percent -- up 5.6 percentage points from a year earlier -- Verizon executives said Tuesday they may make adjustments to contend with the no-contract plans, lower roaming fees and other discounts offered by rivals such as T-Mobile US Inc. Goodie. I hope this means my Verizon monthly bill will be going down.
4. Who's Throwing Rocks on Mars? Cool, mysterious before-and-after photos of what looks like a rock from out of nowhere on Mars, captured by the Mars Rover. Check it out.
5. Night Shift Bad for Your Health: Working the late shift can throw off your bodily functions, right down to your DNA. Hey, they don't call it the graveyard shift for nothing. Read on.
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