Want passwords without the hassle of remembering them? The
Password Generator is quite an interesting idea. You visit the site (no registration) and type in your master password; the longer the better. The generator then creates passwords for you for sites such as Amazon, Hotmail, Paypal and so on. You then cut and paste directly into the application(s) as necessary. If you forget them, simply return to the site and input your master password again to regenerate the same set of passwords. You can download the page if necessary (though that then opens you up to people getting access to your data of course). The security is based on the fact that you don't need to say who you are - the key element is the master password itself. The disadvantage is that the same new password is going to be recorded for anyone who uses the same master password, so using say 'password' as the password isn't the most successful idea you'll have ever had. You can also add in custom passwords for other sites as well.
I tried out one of the suggested passwords on '
How secure is my password?' and it reckoned that it would take about 2,000 years to crack it. I'm somewhat doubtful about these figures since recent news reports suggest having passwords that are 12 characters long, and the ones generated by this resource are only 10 and always end in 1a, but it's a solution to a real problem.