The top passwords of 2014 are here and they will make you feel very clever

 '123456'? come on people, you can think of a better one than that surely...

Setting passwords is all important, it needs to be something you can easily remember in case you've had a rough night out the night before, but something difficult to guess.
Some people take the first part of that advice and completely disregard the second part and that's how many of these terrible passwords were born.

We still have our original password from our first gmail account and we still use it for everything, it's [our name]123, shush, don't tell anyone...
Splashdata have compiled a list of all the stolen passwords from last year and ranked them in order of popularity.
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345
4. 12345678
5. qwerty
6. 123456789
7. 1234
8. baseball
9. dragon
10. football
11. 1234567
12. monkey
13. letmein
14. abc123
15. 111111
16. mustang
17. access
18. shadow
19. master
20. michael
21. superman
22. 696969
23. 123123
24. batman
25. trustno1
Our particular favourite is number nine, imagine having to give that password to someone you trusted to let them log in, the shame of it...
 

Vandals target vacation home of dentist who killed Cecil the lion

Private Investigator for the Palmer family, Walter Zalisko, of Global Investigative group in Fort Myers walks out of the home Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at the Marco Island home of dentist Walter J. Palmer.

Image: Corey Perrine/Naples Daily News/Associated Press

 

If Walter Palmer — the Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the Lion on a Zimbabwe hunting trip — heads south to his Florida vacation home in the coming days he'll be greeted with a not-so-friendly message from animal lovers when he pulls into the driveway: "Lion Killer!"

See also: 'The Lion King' animator created a touching memorial for Cecil the lion

The garage door of Palmer's vacation home in Marco Island, Florida, was vandalized with that message spray-painted in big, blue letters on his garage door, Dave Bear, captain of the Marco Island Police, told Mashable on Wednesday. It was reported to the police Tuesday morning.
An Associated Press photograph showed what appear to be bloody pigs' feet "drenched in hot sauce" scattered across Palmer's driveway, but Bear said the police are still investigating their validity. He said he doesn't have information as to whether or not the paint has been removed, but said police have opened an investigation to find the culprit.

A driveway is shown vandalized Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at the Marco Island home of dentist Walter J. Palmer.

Image: Corey Perrine/Naples Daily News/Associated Press

The address of his vacation home became known late last week. Others have visited it — at least one duo posted a photo of themselves "at the animal killer's vacation home" with their thumbs down standing alongside a pile of stuffed animals.
Palmer's whereabouts remain unknown. Mashable left a voicemail message for Walter Zalisko, a private investigator hired by the Palmer family, but we haven't heard back.
The dentist has been widely shamed over the past two weeks after reports emerged that he paid $55,000 to hunt Cecil, one of Africa's most famous and beloved lions, and return home with his head in early July . Palmer allegedly lured the lion out of a national park in Zimbabwe and shot the animal with a bow and arrow. It died one day later.

A sign posted on the door at River Bluff Dental in Bloomington, Minn., on Tuesday, July 28, 2015.

Image: Renee Jones Schneider/ZUMA Press/Corbis

A local hunter who assisted Palmer has been arrested and faces poaching charges.
Zimbabwe is asking the U.S. to extradite Palmer to be tried in their courts. "There has been an outcry," Oppah Muchinguri, Zimbabwe's environment, water and climate minister, told a news conference. "Almost 500,000 people are calling for his extradition and we need this support. We want him tried in Zimbabwe because he violated our laws."

The next 'Silent Hill' game is definitely not what you're expecting

Meet the new face of horror: a Silent Hill slot machine.
Silent Hills may be cancelled — and with it our hopes of a dream creative collaboration between the creator of Metal Gear, the director of Hellboy and that guy from The Walking Dead. But at least we have... this? What do you think the payout is on three gross murder death eyeballs in a row?
This may or may not be a thing that people in the United States can play — Las Vegas casinos host plenty of Konami slot machines, after all — but it's out in October. And this trailer is a work of madcap genius. Enjoy.

Adventurous pups hang ten at epic surf dog competition

 A unique competition gave a bunch of dogs the chance to hang ten over the weekend. Well, hang twenty.

Canines of all shapes and sizes did a little hot-dogging, showing off their surf skills at the 10th annual Unleashed by Petco surf dog competition in Imperial Beach, California.
This year's competition had more than 50 canine contestants who competed in different heats: small, medium, large, extra large and tandem. The doggies get a little human help to catch the wave but staying on the board is up to the pooches.
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All you really need in life is this giant 'Big Hero 6' Baymax sofa bed

 

 

There are few things we truly need in this life. Yesterday, I would have said food, water and shelter.
Today, however, there is only one item on my list: This 7 feet 5 inch tall Baymax sofa bed.

See also: 20 sleepy animals that totally hit the snooze button this morning

Image: DeNA

Sold exclusively by the Japanese shopping site DeNA, this actually-larger-than-Shaq body pillow retails for the low price of 53,800 yen, or approximately $430.
Considering that owning this enormous snuggly Baymax bed will bring about a lifetime of happiness, that's a small price to pay.
Americans can purchase a similar-yet-inferior product on Amazon, although it's only 5 feet 9 inches — so there's not really any point to it.

Liverpool fans might get a kick out of this poetic and beautiful trailer for FIFA '16

At last.

Public service klaxon alert. You have just a few more days to get out and see that bright and shining star that's in our sky because once the Premier League season kicks-off, it's pure football hibernation.
A new season will inevitably bring a new FIFA game as fans everywhere embrace their inner coach potato and refuse to leave the house for days on end.
Hey, I'm not judging. In fact, I'm encouraging this sort of behaviour.
The latest trailer for FIFA '16 has just been released and the beautiful game has rarely looked this beautiful before.
The sublime 'At Last' by Etta James soundtracks some stunning football action and the sight of Jordan Henderson putting Raheem Sterling on his arse might bring a wry smile to some Liverpool fans.
September 25th can't come around quick enough. Take a look.

The trailer for the new Star Wars: Battlefront Fighter Squadron is here

This looks very tidy.

EA have just unveiled the new trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront Fighter Squadron today at Gamescom. A trailer packed with duels between Rebel and Imperial ships is the kind of thing that brings a warm fuzzy feeling to our soul.
The graphics look amazing and we can't wait to have a go when this comes out. May your thumbs be with you. Baggsy being the Millennium Falcon!

The game is scheduled for release in November, a nice Christmas present if ever there was one