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- Internet Scale Identity Systems: An Overview and Comparison
- An Internet-scale identity system is an architecture that defines standardized mechanisms enabling the identity attributes of its users to be shared between applications and Web sites. This enables a streamlined and optimized online experience for users, greater protection from identity theft and opportunities for customization and personalization that do not...
- Tags: Identity System, Internet, Ping Identity, Internet-scale Identity System, Identity Theft, Security Administration, Security
- White papers 2009-05-22
- Social Graphs and Identity Systems
- Brad Fitzpatrick, one of the creators of OpenID, has a paper on the social graph problem that posits an open social graph that records public data about relationships as the basis for other social networks. It's worth reading.As Dave Winer points out, even though Brad is right, many people...
- Tags: Social Networking, Network, Identity System, Phil Windley
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- The many players at IIW
- The many players at IIWWHY are there so many different ones?The usual? Vendors trying to control/own the spec?We need an "ethernet" implementation.Higgins is not another identity systemHiggins is an extensible framework its some code not a new protocol. It's extended by "plug-ins" that adapt it to particular identity systems and...
- Tags: Higgins, IIW, identity system
- Discussion threads 2006-05-03
- Network IT Provider Provisions Users Easily, Securely With Integrated Identity System
- Enterasys Networks provides high-security computer networking technology and solutions to large enterprises around the world. With the ebb and flow of business in the past few years, Enterasys was spending increasingly more time provisioning and de-provisioning users, and management was concerned about risks to the company's data. Working with Microsoft...
- Tags: Identity System, Network, Computer Networking, Enterasys Networks, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Active Directory, E-mail Servers, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
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- India blocks millions of cell phones
- India has blocked service to all mobile phones without a valid identity code, as part of anti-terrorist measures being implemented. India has blocked service to all mobile phones without a valid identity code, as part of anti-terrorist measures being implemented by the Indian government. On Monday,...
- Tags: India, Phone, Mobile, Handset, Cell Phone, Mobile Industry, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, blocking, cell phones, Tom Espiner ZDNet UK
- News items 2009-12-01
- Will you or won't you (print that document)?
- Dead tree publishingUsing paper is more about you than it is about the process. I read all documents on screen and virtually all documenst are sent as email anyway without the need for paper.Having to print things out is just a hangover from the old days and the younger...
- Tags: Using Paper
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- Let's get rid of usernames and passwords for good
- RE: Let's get rid of usernames and passwords for goodIf you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology. -Bruce SchneierCommon sense & best practicesFirst off social networking sites are a DISASTER waiting to happen, private data into a...
- Tags: password, security
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Blink Personal 4.5.1 (Windows)
- Designed for personal, student, and home office use, Blink Personal Edition is the only solution that provides consumers with complete PC security for free. Blink Personal Edition is an internet security solution that protects users' systems and sensitive data from viruses, spyware, identity theft, malicious web sites, and other attacks...
- Tags: eEye Digital Security, Vulnerability Assessment, Microsoft Windows, Internet Security, Blink Personal Edition, Internet, Security, Identity Theft, Network Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-11-22
- Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory
- too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...
- Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- 7 things you should know about Body Area Networks (BANs)
- Sure...what a great idea. :-(I know ONE thing for sure...no one is EVER going to put one of these things in MY body.So let's just give doctors one MORE chance to screw up a medical procedure, while implanting these little sensors.More medical malpractice suits anyone? Hmmmmm?Here's a nice example of...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, pacemaker
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- FCC wants public comment on digital democracy - voting online
- Online Voting - Destroying the integrity and fabric of democracy.On-line voting without safe guards against vote selling and guarantee that each vote was registered in private invalidates the intent and meaning of "one person, one vote."It's bad enough that this hole currently exists with the current mail-in voting process.RE: FCC...
- Tags: Federal government, digital democracy, public comment, FCC
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage
- The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4
- Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- SOA promotes a sea change for the US Coast Guard
- So what are they?I mean the 25 Service Oriented Initiatives. So far I count two in your first two installments. So why should I care? Well, I suspect anything that has to do with the Homeland Security bureaucracy, an agency that really is surplus to others already...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Homeland security, Middleware, Additional service, United States Coast Guard, Watchkeeper, USCG, SAR, SOA
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Microsoft Patents Sudo - So Sudo me!
- i do think that it time for some rule and regulation .and some major MS legal bashing . anti-trust Adrian this is shameless self promotionYou would not even have this if a reader had not given it to you. Means nothing but what youre getting out of it, HITS....
- Tags: Idiocy, patent, Microsoft Corp., Adrian
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook
- I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...
- Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Could diabetes fight the obesity epidemic?
- Nice one, Dana.When are you going to write something relevant - like IT - on this site?There is no IT in this blog. Just pointing out the obvious.When will you learn to use google?This is among the worst medically releated post you have written. And please stop quoting the...
- Tags: Exenatide, diabetes, GLP-1, secretion
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Ad-Aware Pro Internet Security 8.1.0 (Windows)
- Ad-Aware Pro is Lavasoft's solution to combat the most extreme forms of malware and cyber threats, including protection against viruses, spyware, keyloggers, Trojans, rootkits, password stealers, bot networks, and drive-by downloads. An advanced solution that won't load down system resources, Ad-Aware Pro is the optimum security tool for today's small...
- Tags: Password, Internet, Network, Ad-aware, Microsoft Windows, Internet Security, Ad-Aware Pro, Network Drive Scanning, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security
- Software downloads 2009-10-14
- Ad-Aware Plus Internet Security 8.1.0 (Windows)
- Ad-Aware Plus is an upgrade of Ad-Aware Free version with additional advanced features. It gives you the power to: Stay secure with real-time protection against the latest cyber threats, including viruses, spyware, password stealers, keyloggers, Trojans, dialers, and other potential identity thieves. Ad-Aware keeps your passwords and personal information safe...
- Tags: Internet, Ad-aware, Microsoft Windows, Internet Security, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security
- Software downloads 2009-10-14
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