OpenID 2.0…Final(ly)!  —  While its certainly been a long process in the making, we’re now quite excited to announce OpenID Authentication 2.0 and OpenID Attribute Exchange 1.0 as final specifications (”OpenID 2.0″).  This morning was the closing day of the Internet Identity Workshop …

Source:   OpenID
Author:   David Recordon
Link:   http://openid.net/2007/12/05/openid-2_0-final-ly/

OLPC in the News (Part 2)  —  Well, I will be flying out to Cambridge next week for my first meeting with some of the people at the OLPC, and I have to say I am looking forward to it.  Some of my UPG co-workers from Microsoft have been meeting with the OLPC team for […]

Internet Explorer 8  —  Just as he was the first to talk about IE7, Bill Gates kept the tradition alive and discussed IE8 at the Mix ‘n Mash event here on campus yesterday.  Bill was talking to some bloggers about IE.Next and called it IE8, the same way we do here in the IE team […]

Zuckerberg’s Mea Culpa, Not Enough  —  Update: Frankly, I am myself getting sick and tired of repeating myself about the all-important “information transmission from partner sites” aspect of Beacon.  That question remains unanswered in Zuckerberg’s blog post, which upon second read is rather scant on actual privacy information.

Source:   GigaOM
Author:   Om Malik
Link:   http://gigaom.com/2007/12/05/mark-zuckerberg-on…

Google on the iPhone: Fast and Fluid  —  We all know that using the web on mobile phones can be a challenge sometimes.  Compared to our personal computers, the screens are smaller, it’s more difficult to navigate and enter text, the network connections are slower, and the browsers lack many of the features we’ve become […]

Google on the iPhone: Fast and Fluid  —  We all know that using the web on mobile phones can be a challenge sometimes.  Compared to our personal computers, the screens are smaller, it’s more difficult to navigate and enter text, the network connections are slower, and the browsers lack many of the features we’ve become […]

Youths who lost homes in wildfires given iPods  —  Apple donates popular devices  —  More than 100 high school students in the Poway school district who lost homes in the October wildfires have received a surprise gift - iPods donated by Apple.  —  Kari Afshari, 15, a sophomore at Rancho Bernardo High …

Source:   San […]

Google Announces launch of iPhone Application  —  Today, Google announced the release of a new iPhone application that integrates its multiple services into a single interface, making it easy for iPhone users to find, use and switch between Google search, Gmail, Calendar, Reader, and more.

Source:   Google
Link:   http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc…

AN OPEN LETTER TO SAM SETHI  —  Please Note: This is an open letter to Sam Sethi, Founder and CEO of Blognation.  I have elected to write this letter after having been one of the principal Blognation authors since August of this year.  In all that time I have not received the pay promised …

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Facebook Beacon: Privacy Disaster or PR Blip on the Road to World Domination?  Let’s look at the data.  —  thanks to Jay Meattle at Compete for some data & a reality check.  —  note: i *still* think Facebook should have have stuck to their “Beacon is opt-out” guns, but they also should rollout …

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