Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.10

The more stable, heavily bug-fixed Release Candidate of Ubuntu 9.10 is available for Download.

Waver is a Compact Google Wave Client

(Adobe AIR): Waver allows you to keep a single-column view of Google Wave open on your desktop at all times from which you can read, compose, and keep an eye on what's happening in your Wave inbox.

Waver is a free download for all platforms, and requires Adobe AIR.

Download : Waver

Shrink and Affix Tabs with "Pin Tab" Option

Finally, a tiny little tab feature that everyone seems to love is available in the dev build of Chrome

» Right-click on any tab and choose "Pin tab" from the context menu to try it out” «

The Most Popular Hotmail Password Edition

A researcher took a look at the 10,000 leaked Hotmail accounts and pulled out the most popular password

Most Common Hotmail Password Revealed!

Surprise!! Surprise!! It's

123456!

This awful password appeared 64 times out of the 10,000 leaked passwords. [Wired]

10,000 Hotmail Passwords Leaked Online

An anonymous user posted usernames and passwords for over 10,000 Windows Live Hotmail accounts to web site PasteBin, including accounts on email domains like @hotmail.com, @msn.com, and @live.com.

Microsoft has confirmed the leak, so if you're a Live Hotmail user and you suspect you may have been affected, now's the time to change that password.

For the rest of us—well, this may serve as a reminder that it might be a good time to do a password refresh

Give Out and Receive Your Google Wave Invitations Here

Google just started handing out Wave invites, and they're planning to dish out more all day. The door is open to 100,000 new users; if you're one of the lucky ones, you can share the love (and your invites) here.

They are sending out those invitations by hand (that is, it's not an automated push to every single user), so it will probably take some time.

If you were lucky enough to get an invite, you'll also score eight invitations of your own that you can hand out to your friends and colleagues. If you're interested in sharing the love with your fellow Technophilia readers post a comment and let others know you've got an invitation to share.

Good luck, Everybody!