Good news for those who are users of the Flock browser, the company announced today that it now supports OpenID.Flock worked with MySpace and Vidoop to develop OpenID in the browser. Flock says that it now offers the most comprehensive discovery and management capabilities for OpenID currently available.OpenID for Flock is now available to all Flock 2.0 users as an alpha extension. It’s available for download at https://extensions.flock.com and http://vidoop.com/labs/.
Usability Troubles for Yahoo OpenID
On the Yahoo Developer Network Blog, Allen Tom discussed the findings of a study conducted regarding the use of Yahoo!’s OpenID service. While the users who participated were enthusiastic with the concept of OpenID, the results weren’t great.
OpenID? Try Open To ID Phishing
As major Internet players back OpenID, we were reminded of an Amsterdam computer student pointing out a trio of scenarios that makes the prospect of OpenID’s single sign-on method a scary prospect.
Microsoft, Google Sign On To OpenID
A single sign-on system run by OpenID gained a few powerful tech companies for its board.
Yahoo embraces OpenID as login standard
The Yahoo ID used by its members to login to services like Flickr and Yahoo Mail will soon be usable to authenticate to sites supporting the OpenID standard.
WordPress Blog as an OpenID
OpenID ? WordPress.com Wow this is really smart. You can now use your WordPress blog as an OpenID.
From Simon:
"Are you fed up with having to remember dozens of usernames and password? Does the idea of creating yet another account on yet another site leave you cold?
OpenID – The Good and Bad
I’ve had some interesting conversations with people lately regarding OpenID. What is OpenID?
OpenID’s Tipping Point
The noise and interest around OpenID, a distributed and open lightweight identity system, has been growing for a few years now, but my sense is that it has dramatically accelerated in recent months.
Technorati and OpenID
Technorati Weblog: Blog Claiming with OpenId – Technorati is out with an announcement that they are going to begin to support OpenID as a way for blog authors to associate their identity with their blog.