Archives for: "December 2006"

What is OpenID

I signed up for a Ma.gnolia account the other day and, as part of the signup process, I was offered the opportunity to get an OpenID. I'm always a sucker for anything with open in the title so I clicked on the option and got an ID at myopenid.com. Alth… more »

Official Mozilla Microformat extension

Mozilla have released an extension for Firefox which demonstrates: the usefulness of semantic information on the Web, in real world scenarios It searches for Microformats in the page you're viewing and then lets you use that information directly, for in… more »

What's in a name?

The .name TLD is intended for use only by individuals, established in 2001 when it was decided there weren't enough domain names to go around. The fact that you've probably never heard of it, or .biz, or .pro, or the other four (.info, .aero, .coop and… more »

Vista vulnerable to common threats

Last month, Jim Allchin implied Vista was so secure it could be used without any anti-virus software. He quickly backtracked, claiming (with good justification, apparently) that his comments had been taken out of context and 're-interpreted'. But in th… more »