Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign and Yahoo! all join OpenID

• Microsoft update leaves Firefox users unexpectedly vulnerable

  An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla's Firefox last February leaves that browser open to attack, Microsoft's security engineers acknowledged earlier this week.

  
  
• Could you scrap Microsoft Office applications?

  IBM's Lotus Symphony is a free-of-charge alternative to the ubiquitous Microsoft Office suite, based on Sun's open source OpenOffice software. It purports to remain compatible with Microsoft's ".doc" format (and newer incarnations), while removing licensing costs (but, not of course, support costs, since people still need training, technical support still costs money, etc.). Now they've decided to walk the walk.

  
  
• The marketplace of ideas

  Intellectual property, despite the name, doesn't quite work like regular property. A look at intellectual property markets highlight problems with a pure free-market approach that aren't necessarily visible with other markets.

  
  
• Google and the historian

  Dan Cohen gave an interesting talk at the American Historical Association meeting recently, where he discussed the benefits Google brings to historical research, as well as some pointed criticisms.

  
  
• Looking forward to reading the new Adrian Johns book

  So illustrious a source as the Fred von Lohmann at the Electronic Frontier Foundation recommends the new book by Adrian Johns.

  
  

Post title: Google, IBM, Microsoft, VeriSign and Yahoo! all join OpenID

Authored by: krisnelson

Date posted: Feb 7, 2008

Categorized as: technology

Tagged with: intellectual property

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