I was updating DKN Research’s web page the other day, and received a failure notice when I tried to upload a few new pages. The alert indicated that my login or password was incorrect. No big deal, I probably entered in the wrong password.
I try a second attempt, and this time I make sure to type slowly and accurately – same error message – incorrect password. So, I try a third time and still received the same incorrect password dialogue box. Now I’m a little nervous because everything was working thirty minutes ago, and I am the network administrator but have no idea what is the problem. I try a fourth time and receive the same dialogue box, so logically, I click on the “forgot password” link, but still received the same dialogue box indicating an incorrect password.
I tried everything in my “toolbox” to try and fix this problem, and finally had to phone a friend. My friend is a high tech guru, and dove right into my hard drive by checking the security software from my computer as well as the network and web site provider. He was stumped too, and we both were about to raise the white flag. He tried one more thing – rebooting the computer. It worked! I later found out there is an acronym for this type of fix – POPO – which stands for Power Off Power On. Something as simple as this wasted almost six hours of my time because things came to a grinding halt at DKN Research when our network was down.
Passwords are a necessary evil in today’s high tech world. Without them, anyone can gain access to private information, email accounts, banking, and more. Organizing these passwords is an administrative task that is tedious but necessary. The total number of passwords I have is over one hundred, and are organized on a five page excel spreadsheet. Many companies that require passwords to access your information on their servers are recommending a combination of upper case and lower case letters along with special characters and numbers, and contain more than eight digits. They recommend staying away from birthdays, family names, or other popular phrases (password, 123456, rockstar, etc.). If this weren’t complicated enough, they also want you to change it on a regular basis. So, all these passwords are on my five page spreadsheet, and are invaluable to me. If anyone’s passwords are stolen, havoc will be bestowed upon that poor person. Can you imagine losing all your passwords? Or, if they were stolen, a hacker could gain access to email, bank accounts, and more.
The way we store, generate, and log onto secured websites using passwords is very primitive. We should be able to use a thumb print or an eye retina scan. I know I will be one of the first in line to purchase any piece of hardware that can scan my eye or thumb to gain access to all the secured websites that I am affiliated with. This could be a big money-making venture……any ideas?
Dominique K. Numakura, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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1. Panasonic (Major electronics company in Japan) 2/8
Has developed a new energy recycling system for automobiles. The energy generated during the braking is saved in the Ni-MH secondary battery.
2. Kyocera (Major electronics company in Japan) 2/14
Will build the second manufacturing plant in Kyoto for the growing market of the substrates of flip-chip type chip scale package used for smart phones and tablet PC.
3. Hitachi Chemical (Major electronic material supplier in Japan) 2/21
Will transfer marketing, planning and R&D divisions from Shin-Kobe Electric, a laminate manufacturing substrate to make business efficiency higher.
4. JEITA (Industry organization in Japan) 2/25
Has released a new road map about electronic component technologies for the next eight years.
5. Molex Japan (Major connector manufacturer in Japan) 2/25
Has commercialized a new low profile push-pull type connector “microSD connector” (1.28 mm high) for smart phones and tablet PCs.
6. NTG (Major ceramic substrate supplier in Japan) 2/25
Has agreed to have business alliance with Eastern, one of the major circuit board manufacturers in Japan for the organic IC substrate business.
7. ShinEtsu Chemical (Major chemical company in Japan) 2/26
Has developed a new heat resistant silicone glass substrate “LED Tiger SG Series” for LED modules with a transparent encapsulation material.
8. LG Display (Major display supplier in Korea) 2/27
Has declined the shipment of 9.7” display panels for iPad in January from previous months. Smaller panels for iPad mini increased instead.
9. Molex Japan (Major connector manufacturer in Japan) 2/28
Has commercialized a new low profile multi-pin connector for high density flexible circuits of mobile devices. 1.5 mm high, 4.4 mm wide.
10. Panasonic (Major electronics company in Japan) 2/28
Has rolled out “eneloop’ Nickel/Hydrogen base secondary battery for portable electronic products. It is re-chargeable over 2100 times.
DKN Research Newsletter #1306, March 3, 2013 (English Edition)
Electronic Packaging Industry News from Japan & Asia
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