Keeping your passwords secure is a pretty hard thing to do, especially when you are using a bunch of different ones. If you are using a single password for all your accounts, then you'd better think again, and have as many hard-to-guess ones. Anyway, I am not going to teach you how to create secure passwords, but I will tell you about the latest version of a notorious password management software, called RoboForm, which recently took another step towards version 7.

For one's basic needs, the free(and limited) RoboForm software should be enough, but if you want to have all the power provided by the Professional version, as well as the ability to store an unlimited number of contacts, you'll have to pay $29.95 to purchase the program, but first, let me tell you a few things about it(you can skip the next paragraph if you already used RoboForm).

With RoboForm, Siber Systems developed an application with support for a wide range of Web browsers, including Palm, PocketPC and Symbian compatibility, that can store passwords and fill forms with ease.

The last version is labeled 6.9.87 and comes a few months after the last public release, 6.9.85, launched back in November. This minor update comes with support for Firefox 3.0 Beta, and a few fixes, nothing special. Being compatible with virtually any Windows OS released since 1995, AI RoboForm can be downloaded from here, as a 30-days trial version. As soon as your trial period ends, the program will continue to work in free mode, with certain limitations.

IBM and SAP have been partners for over 30 years now, but they didn't release any product as a joint effort so far. Anyway, this is going to change pretty soon, because by the end of this year("in the fourth quarter", they say), we should see the fruit of a common software developping effort, according to official sources from both companies. If they are going to meet this self-imposed deadline or not, that's what remains to be seen, but now we should find out more about what are they going to bring into the software world...

At this time, we know that the future offspring of these two IT giants is codenamed "Atlantic", and its purpose will be to allow access to SAP's Business Suite applications by using IBM's Lotus Notes desktop software as "a catalyst".

A lot of people were probably expecting IBM and SAP to merge, but it seems this is not going to happen anytime soon. Anyway, the "Atlantic" product comes as a consequence of customer feedback, because both companies received requests from their clients to provide the features that this software is going to have.

Other than the above, it's interesting to mention that SAP developed Duet together with Microsoft, to allow access to their business applications suite through the programs from Microsoft's Office package. Regarding the "Atlantic" effort, no additional info emerged so far, but be sure we'll keep you informed!

Once upon a time, there was a damn cool graphics application called TwistedBrush. Unfortunately, that application is no longer available, but it's not gone forever. Back in early December 2007, Pixarra, its producer, changed this program's name into TwistedBrush Pro Studio. To me, "TwistedBrush" alone was fine, but anyway...yesterday they just updated TwistedBrush Pro Studio, bringing the current version number up to 15.07, so I thought it would be a good idea to tell you a few things about it, as usual.

TwistedBrush is an impressive graphics tool which allows you to become a digital painter without having to follow any painting class. All you have to do is own a decent computer running Windows, grab the trial version available here, and get creative! The setup package isn't large at all, and learning to work with this program is, first of all, a lot of fun, but TwistedBrush can also offer you an extremely wide range of tools to get the job done. These being said, let's see what's new in version 15.07, considered "a minor update" by Pixarra...

Usually, minor updates only come with some bug fixes, which are also present in TwistedBrush Pro Studio 15.07, but this time, we also have a bunch of interesting additions - Anti-Alias, Adaptive, Detail and Value Blur filters, Adjust HSL and Lab filters, and a few more. Since I already gave you the link, best thing for you to do is to spare some time for having some fun with TwistedBrush on your own.

I was just about to forget about this, but since we're living in a material world, after all, you should be aware that TwistedBrush Pro Studio is priced at $119, only for the current month, down from the regular price of $129.