Open ID

How many user names and passwords do you have? I personally have got 3 webmail add’s,about 4-5 different online community username/password and many other access indentification for my online presence. How many times have you reached a website and forgotten what the user name or password is and even if you have a option to retrieve it, cant remeber which email address the account is registered with?!

What is Open ID?

OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience.

You get to choose the OpenID Provider that best meets your needs and most importantly that you trust. At the same time, your OpenID can stay with you, no matter which Provider you move to. And best of all, the OpenID technology is not proprietary and is completely free.

Yes, it doesnt sound as tasty if you consider some hacker who magically hacks your detials and effectively has access to all your frequent sites. The problem with having multiple user names and password is the difficulty of coming up with a password that is secure and yet something that you easily remember. Now what if you had a unique username that can be used across the board and that would mean you can come up with a password which is hard to crack or figure out but remember easily because its the only password you need.

Currently there are nearly 10k sites support OpenID, among them Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Digg, LiveJournal, and many more. Check out the OpenID Directory and myOpenID Site Directory for a comprehensive record of supported websites.

how can you get your OpenID? In fact, if you have a GMail address, you already have one through the Google App Engine. Of course, there are several more options, the most obvious one being OpenID.org.

I have done mine via Google App Engine, have you done yours yet?

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Why Pay?

I finally completed my linux trial with the installation of ubuntu on my notebook. Its now effectively a dual boot with Vista Ultimate(ORIGINAL) and Ubuntu(FREE). I was testing out ubuntu over the weekend and i must say its been a pure joy to use!! Its super customizable, that means you only install what you use and leave out what you don’t use and its light!

Lets say you were to buy a new pc, the OS probably cost you about RM900 (Vista Basic) and Microsoft Office about RM 900 (Office Basic) and then you have other softwares like the cd burning and anti virus which cost money as well.

Now lets look at the other side of the spectrum, You go with Ubuntu(linux) FREE, Open Office which has your word,spreadsheets and presentation utilities (FREE) and it comes with heaps of other softwares which are free as well.Then there are superb browsers like firefox and thunderbird email client which are simply great!! That means you spend ZERO on software and can pump that money into some superb hardware or not and take the girlfriend out for some shopping

When it comes to open source there are heaps of solutions out there by independent programmers who are doing it merely for the passion, if you have a few bucks to spare..simply send it to them and that will keep them going to create more better softwares for you!

Im no IT champion but anyone can do all this if i can do it!! So if you have that computer running on pirated softwares its time to re-evaluate all this and go original..FOR FREE!!

If you need help in getting all this setup, there are may IT dudes out there who would love to help you set this up for a few bucks!!

After tasting ubuntu, I’m contemplating getting rid of the Vista but i think i might just hold my horses for a while till im 100% sure, moreover i still have the option of using either if i wanted too

You can get UBUNTU HERE (which comes with open office)

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Ubuntu Testing

Danny(my internet guru) is a linux champion and still i had never tried using linux as a OS but lately i have taken a special interest in linux which i know jack about!! just completed the download of ubuntu and its now burnt on a cd at home.

Since i have a 50gb un-touched partition on my notebook, im going to try the entire open source experience out!! This will of course include thunderbird, open office and pretty mush as much open source softwares i can find!! Wish me luck!

Should be interesting

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