"...I learned a little more about OpenID at this month’s LinuxWorld Conference and Expo [...] For geeks, OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity. [...] For individuals, OpenID means the elimination of multiple user names and passwords and a smoother, more secure, online experience.

OpenID is well on the way to being the defacto standard for identifying yourself across the Internet. With that settled, people are really starting to look hard at the next things we can do now that we know who everyone is. My favorite one (and one of the main reasons I got into this OpenID stuff) is portable social networking.

With Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, IBM and VeriSign joining its board, the notion of an online universal identifier doesn't look like a pipe dream any more.

"Your claimID URL is an OpenID URL. This means that you can use your claimID URL to log into websites that support OpenID. Some great OpenID-enabled sites include..." FSDaily ;)

Many services, such as AOL and myOpenID, provide OpenID accounts to use on whatever site that accepts them. You simply type in your OpenID url and hit Enter. But what if your given ID was randomly generated, or the username you wanted wasn’t available?

"The first good example of browser integration for OpenID. It catches phishing attempts by watching out for rogue OpenID consumers that don’t redirect to the right place."

"Well, this is one the landmarks of Web 2.0 and open source. Open ID is an amazing concept and it is catching on fast. OpenID has arisen from the open source community to solve the problems that could not be easily solved by other existing technologies. OpenID is a lightweight method of identifying individuals that uses the same technology framework that is used to identify websites.

"According to the OpenID website, from a consumers point of view OpenID is "the elimination of multiple user names and passwords and a smoother, more secure, online experience. ". What it provides is a single identity for you to use at multiple websites.

"...A new post from Alavilli Praveen on the dev.aol.com site mentions the ongoing and recent upgrades to the AOL account management tools. They have integrated OpenID and have put the functional pieces in place for other AOL products and services to add OpenID via OpenAuth..."