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The identity silo paradox: My recent post on Google's identity silo was part of a hailstorm pun intended of comments that occurred on the email list over at the Identity Gang. All of those fast-flying emails unveiled what I'm now calling the "identity silo paradox." Put simply the identity silo paradox is this:...; Tags: identity silo, paradox; Blog posts 2006-07-26
Pushing back on Google's identity silo: Ben Laurie, an employee of Google who is quite clear about the fact that he does not represent Google itself, is responding to my earlier post contrasting Google and Microsoft. Ben's pushing back on my contrasting of Google's Account Authentication versus Microsoft's Live ID, and my treatment therein. Specifically: ...; Tags: Google Inc.; Blog posts 2006-07-23
The return of the walled garden: Yesterday, I wrote about how Microsoft's OneCare and Check Point's Zone Alarm ID Lock were band-aids on the identity problem. Today, we see more announcements as AOL and McAffee enter the fray. The truly interesting thing though is a quote in the AOL piece from a Gartner analyst. Therein...; Tags: identity; Blog posts 2006-06-07

First, it was the me generation. Now, it's the IM federation.: By way of Eric Norlin, Om Malik talks about a Google led federation of XMPP-compliant companies that are connecting their VoIP and instant messaging systems: What this means is that now Google Talk’s XMPP servers can talk to other XMPP servers such as Earthlink and Gizmo Project....; Tags: Google Inc., IM, XMPP; Blog posts 2006-01-18

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