openid

How effective is OpenID?

I recently visited a site that said "OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience." Does it eradicate the possibilities of...

OpenID system - A logically decentralised solution

I came across this article on OpenID recently & was intrigued by the fact that its a totally free system which is being used by a couple of organisations like...

Merge your Identities over the web

let me ask you a simple yet confusing question, how many identities you own in the internet? It would not be easy for most you to answer. The yahoo, Google, AOL, MSN, blogger and so on. There are...

MySpace Confirms OpenID Support, Launches Data Availability On Flixster and Eventful

MySpace is rolling out a couple of announcements this morning a day ahead of Facebook’s F8 developer conference. The first is confirmation of our story that they are supporting OpenID,...

MySpace To Join OpenID, Bringing Total Enabled Accounts to Over A Half Billion

MySpace will announce support for the OpenID single sign-on framework sometime this week, we’ve heard from multiple sources. This will be the second largest implementation ever and will bring...

AOL Implements Vidoop’s OpenID-Based Authentication

As of yesterday afternoon, AOL has implemented Vidoop’s visual authentication system as part of its OpenID initiative, which was formally launched in February 2007. Vidoop, a startup that...

Microsoft’s First Step In Accepting OpenID SignOns - HealthVault

Over 16 months after first declaring its support for the OpenID authentication platform, Microsoft has finally implemented it for the first time, allowing for OpenID logins on its Health Vault...

FriendFeed, The Centralized Me, and Data Portability

It’s definitely FriendFeed month in Silicon Valley. The company, founded by ex-Googlers, let you aggregate information and activity streams from all of the various services that you use on the...

Is OpenID Being Exploited By The Big Internet Companies?

OpenID, a distributed single sign on solution that allows people to sign into different services with the same login credentials, gained significant momentum over the last year as Google, Microsoft,...

Bringing OpenID To The Masses: Clickpass

OpenID, a way to sign on to multiple web sites with a single set of credentials, has incredible promise. Large companies have signed up. Thousands of website take OpenID sign-ins. All is good,...

The OpenID Train Steams Ahead: Google, IBM and Verisign Said To Be Joining

TechCrunch UK’s Mike Butcher is reporting that Google, IBM and Verisign are in late stage discussions with the OpenID Foundation. This comes on the same day that Google, Facebook and Plaxo...

Multiple passwords driving you mad?

The more we are online to do everyday things like manage CRM, create email marketing campaigns, send invoices and even manage project work with customers and partners, the more usernames and...