Tag: OPENID

Bloglines is announcing several updates to its web-based RSS reader today. The service now supports OpenID, meaning you can login to Bloglines using the same secure information you use to login to other sites. The company says this is just the first step in supporting a more open platform for Bloglines. There's also a new mobile version of Bloglines Beta with new features including improved ...

Earlier this month, 37signals added a One Bar feature to allow users of their Basecamp project management and Highrise correspondence tracking services to sign into both sites at once. Fortunately, after issuing a major update to Backpack, their wildly popular web-based PIM app, they have added Backpack to the One Bar signin. This will save some time and simplify switching between these ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/FreeYourID_OpenID_for_your_name'; Now that so many sites seem to be adopting OpenID, you might have decided that you want one. You may also have decided that you don't want it tied to your circa 1997 AOL screen name (I'm looking at you cyrano99). What better than to tie your online ID to your real identity and keep things nice and simple? Enter FreeYourID. ...

Recently, AOL and Microsoft signed on in support of Open ID. Now social news juggernaut Digg has announced plans to join the party, declaring it will adopt the decentralized digital identity platform later this year. Digg founder Kevin Rose made the announcement earlier this week at the Future of Web Apps conference in London. OpenID is a system that allows you to have one username and password ...

AOL's John Panzer announced on Wednesday, "Every AOL/AIM user now has at least one OpenID URI", giving a giant push towards widespread adoption of the decentralized Internet ID system. Just a few days ago, Bill Gates announced Microsoft will also support version 2.0 of the OpenID as well, a sign that Microsoft may be ready to admit its own Passport ID is a failure. It's exceptional news that has ...

Bill Gates made a surprise announcement Tuesday during his keynote at the RSA security conference: Microsoft will support OpenID 2.0. Great, but what's OpenID? You know how every time you sign up for a new web service, you have to create a username and password? And you know how you're always worried that you'll forget your login information, so you wind up using pretty much the same password for ...

Jyte doesn't do much beside providing a little fun during your downtime. It lets users claim something they have to say about friends, family, movies, music, virtually anything, then have other users vote on it. If you want to make a comment on how the commercials at this year's Super Bowl were nothing to write home about, and see how many people agree or disagree with your comment, Jyte lets you ...