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A quick summary of some sites and articles I have enjoyed reading this week.

Orange Telecom is taking the lead again : The OpenID Directory Blog

Orange OpenIDs won’t cease to exist if users switch broadband providers.

Scott Hanselman’s Computer Zen - The Weekly Source Code 25 - OpenID Edition

Scott Hanselman on implementing OpenID and CardSpace on blogs. Good stuff.

May 4, 2008 by Carsten Pötter | No comments

On Saturday Fouad Ahmed al-Farhan was released from prison. He spent four months there without being charged. It’s good to know he’s free, and hopefully he won’t face any other intimidation anymore.

[via Mashable]

April 27, 2008 by Carsten Pötter | No comments

A quick summary of some sites and articles I have enjoyed reading this week.

Enterprise 2.0 To Become a $4.6 Billion Industry By 2013 - ReadWriteWeb

“A new report released today by Forrester Research is predicting that enterprise spending on Web 2.0 technologies is going to increase dramatically over the next five years.”

Big vendors like Microsoft and IBM will profit from it. Europe and Asia/Pacific markets will spend more on those tools over the next years than the US market.

5 reasons I won’t be getting on the open id train - Warpspire

Valid description of problems concerning OpenID.

OpenID Usability: Two Solutions That Could Take OpenID Mainstream - ReadWriteWeb

Good write-up on JanRain’s IDSelector and Vidoop’s Image Shield.

How to Be Your Own OpenID Provider and Use Your blogâ€™s URL for Identification â€” Konstruktors Notes

If you have a self-hosted blog, meaning that you have the access to the files on the server, then implementing OpenID might be the greatest way to help your readers and yourself.

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April 27, 2008 by Carsten Pötter | No comments

A quick summary of some sites and articles I have enjoyed reading this week.