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Facebook First Big Site To Really Embrace OpenID
Finally an announcement in the OpenID world about an RP! Everyone wants to rule the world as IPs, but no one (that matters) wants to reciprocate. Guess I can’t say that anymore as FB certainly matters (for now).

How to Spot a Fake Census Worker
Remember, if anyone says, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”… Don’t believe it and you should probably be plotting a run for your gun!

MLB Nearing $1 Million in iPhone Revenue
Content is king and funny how if you provide anything of value, users have no problem finding, downloading, using and even paying for a special “thick” client.

Reinventing the Book in the Age of the Web
I’d buy a Kindle tomorrow if 1) it did ANYTHING else or was more around $250. I can’t see spending much more on a book reader than I would for a large MP3 player or PSP or DS.

Panda introduces cloud-based free antivirus
Increasingly no need to be paying for anti-virus. If you’re ISP doesn’t give you a copy for free, then investigate the other free alternatives of which this is just the most recent.

 

I’m at the RSA show this week.  If you’re in the neighborhood, look me up.

Not sure if I’ll ever be able to get back to regular blogging, much as I’d like to.  The good news / bad news is that work is keeping me busy and completely occupied.  Good news in this economy, bad news in regard to getting time to read and write as I’d like.  I’m thinking of at least posting up those items I find interesting as I come across them every day and posting them here.  Not sure if it will be regular or not, but what the heck… here’s the first installment.

RSA Show related:  Microsoft Pushes ‘Geneva’ In War On Passwords

The Zen of Password Cracking

One (Weak) Password Is All Many Users Have, No Matter Many Strong Ones They Need: Sophos

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Software as a Service

Hackers steal 285m electronic records in 2008 – Verizon

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