There are various methods of making online financial transactions more secure for those who remain uncomfortable with using a standard credit or debit card.
Two US senators are demanding an investigation into allegations that many employers are ordering staff and job applicants to hand over their Facebook passwords.
A major controversy has erupted over recent reports that a growing number of employers are demanding potential hires turn over Facebook passwords to HR reps.
The Obama administration is calling for a woman accused of a mortgage scam to be forced to reveal her computer password, in what civil liberties groups are calling an assault on Fifth Amendment rights.
LastPass is asking users to change their master password after identifying a brief network traffic "anomaly" from one of its non-critical machines - which apparently resulted in the transmission of an unspecified amount of data.
ElcomSoft has coded a "password breaker tool" to unlock backups created by RIM BlackBerry smartphones. The utility - which is supposedly targeted at forensic investigators - also offers support for cracking a wide range of iOS-based devices.
A number of iPad owners have reported wireless connectivity issues with their hallowed and "magical" tablet devices, including weak Wi-Fi reception, dropped signals and difficulty connecting to various routers.
