Several readers of late have noticed that after entering an eight-character password in Mac OS X (for an installer, or other activities), any extra characters typed will be ignored. This effectively ...

With regard to yesterday's item detailing Mac OS X's effective limitation of passwords to eight characters, several readers speculate that the problem may be more of a simple quirk than a true ...

Password security is of fundamental importance to business users,. Especially those seeking to avoid external threats. All too often weak passwords provide a gateway for cybercriminals. Password ...