(INFOrmation CARD) The former name of Windows CardSpace. See information card and Windows CardSpace.
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- An InfoCard selector for OS X
- The Bandit Project sponsored by Novell has released DigitalMe for the Mac. DigitalMe is the Novell brand for their Infocard selectors that are compatible with Microsoft's CardSpace. I installed the OS X DigitalMe selector and the Firefox plugin (the browser is an intermediary in process of...
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- Microsoft's Identity Wedge
- You might think of this as the other shoe dropping regarding Microsofts deal with Novell. (Picture from the KMUTT School of Architecture and Design in Thailand, which does usability testing.)While attention has been focused on the cross-licensing, which implies Microsoft holds patents on Linux, its clear now that Novell will...
- Blog posts 2007-03-27
- An InfoCard selector for OS X and Linux
- An InfoCard selector for OS X and LinuxWhat's moreOf course, you can only use it if you got your system from Novell or Microsoft may sue you.So Microsoft will start suing individuals?That's where the "Wow" starts.Wow!, that will improve their image.Wow!, that will increase their revenue.Wow!, that will stop piracy...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
- An InfoCard selector for OS X and Linux
- Dale Olds reports on his blog that Novell presented an Open Source Identity Selector OSIS on OS X and Linux that supports the same InfoCards as Windows CardSpace today at Brainshare. Pat Felsted has a screenshot of the OSIS. Dale describes a demo done by Baber...
- Blog posts 2007-03-23
- Can open source lead to better identity?
- Folks have been working toward better online identity for over a decade. It was assumed there was a lot of money in it. (Swayspace, where this image lives, works on developing corporate identities, which is a profitable business.)Well, there is a lot of money to be saved in better identity....
- Blog posts 2007-01-26
- Windows CardSpace gets Firefox support
- A new plug-in providing Firefox support for Microsofts CardSpace digital-identity framework is now available for public download. Solution architect Kevin Miller, who played an instrumental role in developing the technology, announced the availability of his Firefox add-on for Windows via his blog. Why is Firefox support important? Until...
- Blog posts 2006-12-13
- Meeting of the minds: Microsoft and Mozilla
- So what ever happened to the brave Mozilla delegation that accepted Microsoft’s invitation earlier this summer to travel to the belly of the Borg? Was it mission accomplished, as far as insuring Vista compatibility for Firefox?Looks like the Mozilla folks made it out alive, according to a blog post from...
- Blog posts 2006-10-05
- A sneak preview of .NET 3.0
- David Chappell, who literally wrote the book on "Understanding .NET," has just put together a paper with lots of details on Microsoft's upcoming .NET Framework 3.0. .NET 3.0 provides common foundations for workflow, Web services messaging, and presentation layer. Until earlier this summer, the...
- Blog posts 2006-08-02
- OSIS links Internet identity systems
- David Berlind's not the only member of the Between the Lines team at the ID Mashup this week. I've been here as well, watching the identity happenings. The first two days were traditional conference style, but the third day of the workshop was done open...
- Blog posts 2006-06-21
- Windows Live ID crucial to Microsoft's future
- CNET's Martin LaMonica wrote an article yesterday about how Microsoft's Live online services "don't end at Windows Live ID will be a central part of Microsoft's strategic shift towards Live Services and integrated desktop/Web apps the Web browser", but "extend deep into Windows". This is based on the recent release...
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- Tech-Ed Offers Previews of Powerful Tools
- At Microsoft's Tech-Ed 2006 conference in Boston in June 2006 the pre-conference keynote discussed little of importance to developers - which was a good thing, as many attendees didn't arrive in time to hear it. Despite that, the breakout sessions contained plenty for developers to get excited about. Name changes,...
- White papers 2006-06-14
- Microsoft pretties Office for business apps
- Microsoft pretties Office for business appsTime to spank MS...As a developer I have looked at developer tools for Office and at best it's confusing, at worst it's a disaster.As most know, Visual Basic is dead or is dying. Of course the problem is there are millions of legacy machines...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-12
- MSDN Architecture Webcast: "InfoCard": Introduction (Level 200)
- Password fatigue and online fraud is a growing problem that is shaking users' confidence in the safety and security of the Internet. "InfoCard" is the code name for a new technology from Microsoft that helps address the problem of managing and disclosing identity information. "InfoCard" implements the core of the...
- Webcasts 2006-06-11
- WinFX Adds New Security Method
- WinFX is a core part of the Windows Vista operating system and a superset of the.NET framework and Win32 API. WinFX has been developed on Windows XP, so it will be available on both XP and Windows Server 2003 in addition to Vista. It consists of four elements: Windows Presentation...
- White papers 2006-05-23
- The many players at IIW
- The many players at IIWWHY are there so many different ones?The usual? Vendors trying to control/own the spec?We need an "ethernet" implementation.Higgins is not another identity systemHiggins is an extensible framework its some code not a new protocol. It's extended by "plug-ins" that adapt it to particular identity systems and...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-03
- RSA: Microsoft to shelve token support in Vista
- RSA: Microsoft to shelve token support in VistaFootnote[i]Vista will finally come out in early 2008. It will consist of XP SP2 in a fancy new box.[/i]Of course, by then XP SP3 will have come out on schedule. This will enable Microsoft to issue MSVista SP1 immediately. Since corporate...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-02
- Asking the right questions about identity
- We started the Internet Identity Workshop this afternoon at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. The first day was intended to be tutorial. We expected 50 people, counted 80 yesterday, and ended up with over 100 who came this afternoon. The additional participation was great...
- Blog posts 2006-05-01
- Step-by-Step Guide to InfoCard
- InfoCard is not the "Son of Passport" that some in the media seem to fear. Passport is a single identity system and, as such, naturally fits into the metasystem as one of many technologies available to InfoCard users. But unlike the old days when Passport was being positioned as the...
- White papers 2006-05-01
- DRM to join death and taxes. Will Sun's DReaM spare us the nightmare?
- While I was on vacation last week, I noticed that Cory Doctorow issued a scathing review of Sun's Project DReaM in response to my podcast interview of Sun Labs director of engineering Tom Jacobs who heads up development of DReaM. Under the auspices of an organization called the Open...
- Blog posts 2006-04-24
- Internet identity is about authentication
- As Doc Searls, Kaliya Hamlin, and I ramp up preparations for the second installment of the Internet Identity Workshop, (May 1-3, Mountain View, CA) we've put up a wiki for participants and others interested in following the event. Last time, we used a wiki...
- Blog posts 2006-04-11
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