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Facebook Links User Accounts with Gmail

Yesterday, Facebook went live as an OpenID relying party. This makes Facebook the largest one to date. "This is the first iteration of the implementation," a Facebook spokesperson tells WebProNews. "To start, new users can now register for Facebook with their Gmail accounts, and existing users can link their Facebook accounts with any OpenID provider to connect with friends and eliminate the need for multiple sign-ins."

Google Friend Connect Opens Up To Blogger

Google has announced Google Friend Connect can now be integrated with its blogging platform Blogger. Google says since adding its Following feature on Blogger, it has been used by almost three million blogs, which breaks down to someone following a new blog every second.

TypePad Connects You Via Google, Yahoo, AOL, Wordpress, Etc.

Six Apart has made it simple for nearly anyone to sign in to TypePad Connect with other existing accounts via OpenID. If you have an account with Google, Yahoo, Blogger, Vox, LiveJournal, Wordpress.com, or AOL, you can easily sign in.

Flock Works With MySpace On OpenID

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/.

Google (Sort Of) Embraces OpenID

Although this makes some security professionals want to give them a three-hour lecture, lots of people use the same password for a number of different online accounts.  It's just easy.  Easier still is the concept of OpenID, and Google has become an OpenID provider.

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.

MySpace May Board OpenID Bandwagon

MySpace may be making a move in the direction of universal logins, according to a new report.  The problem - aside from traditional security concerns - is that the social network sounds more eager to issue OpenID identities than accept ones established elsewhere.

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.

OpenID Attracts Yahoo's Support

Maybe you know one, or maybe you are one, but if you're not in either of those groups, believe me: there are people with spreadsheets full of user names and passwords, pages of the things for separate purposes and sites.  Now Yahoo's doing its part to eliminate the confusion by supporting the OpenID 2.0 standard.