"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.
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Operator 0.8 is available
http://www.kaply.com –
"Operator leverages microformats and other semantic data that are already available on many web pages to provide new ways to interact with web services."
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New OpenSUSE education apps available
http://education.zdnet.com –
While there has been some controversy over whether LTSP support would be added to SUSE’s so-called EduCD, to be distributed with their fourth quarter version 10.3 release, a wide variety of software slated for inclusion in their education-centered set of add-ons is now available for download and testing.
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Linux 2.6.22.4 stable released
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We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.22.4 kernel. It contains one security fix and all users of the 2.6.22 series are encouraged to upgrade to it.
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Two hours after trying Ubuntu
http://beconfused.com –
Finally I got some time away from my work and I decided to explore something new. I decided to install Ubuntu. I am familiar with Windows and the Mac but I haven’t really touched Ubuntu. So I shrink my Windows Vista partition by 60 GB and throw in Ubuntu to dual-boot.
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Resig on JavaScript Libraries
http://starkravingfinkle.org –
"John Resig did a presentation at Google on Best Practices in Javascript Library Design. The presentation has some great information on creating solid libraries in JavaScript..."
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8000 Ruby and Rails developers and counting...
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"The popularity of Ruby on Rails continues to grow - the number of developers now listed on WWR has just risen past the 8000 mark..."
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Ruby and The Role of Culture in Development
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"The reason why I advocate Ruby is straightforward : it's what the cutting edge Web developers use. When I coined the term WITA, I wanted to emphasize that this was a Web integrated architecture - not an IP integrated architecture. By integration, I mean integration of culture - the way that the community approaches, understands and tackles problems..."
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Fine-tune RSS feeds with ListGarden
http://www.linux.com –
While you can code an RSS feed by hand, you'd be better off using a dedicated tool like ListGarden. It can help you to not only create and manage RSS feeds, but also to do more advanced tasks like publish the feeds on a remote server, back up the feeds, generate an HTML page, and much more.
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Were there disclaimers?
http://www.groklaw.net –
If you go back to the press conferences that SCO repeatedly called back in 2003 and 2004, they never began those press conferences by making the standard disclaimers cautioning investors to take what they were saying with a grain of salt. As a consequence, investors had every right to take what Darl McBride and Chris Sontag were saying in public back then as the gospel truth.
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VLC beyond the basics
http://nothickmanuals.info –
VLC media player features a deceptively simple interface that doesn't require a degree in rocket science to operate. That doesn't mean, however, that VLC is a simplistic application: it has a few tricks up its sleeve, which can significantly extend its functionality and your user experience. Here are a couple of VLC's nifty features you might want to try.
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Perl Foundation needs you to chair the Grant Committee
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"After a running the Perl Foundation Grant Committee for almost two years, Ovid has decided he needs to step down. Naturally, this means we need someone to step into this role and we're hoping to get new people into the Perl Foundation..."
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Please Answer this Survey about the FUTURE of Internet Scale Identity
http://www.identitywoman.net –
"If you read this blog I would like input into the slice of scenario planning exercise that I am working on for the Sunday prior to Digital Identity World September 23.We would like you to answer some or all of the questions here about the future of Internet scale identity..."
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How to Make WebRunner Portable
http://www.techlifeweb.com –
"A couple days ago I mentioned WebRunner, the chrome-less browser from Mozilla that lets you run web applications like Gmail and others as if they were stand alone applications. They are still on-line, just in their own distraction free window. I thought it might be interesting to see if the functionality could be ported over to a portable USB thumb drive.
Read more »Switching to jQuery for Ajax in Rails
http://www.unreachablecode.com –
"After initially rejecting it some time ago, I took another look at jQuery, and decided it looked interesting. Simultaneously, I decided I was through with Prototype..."
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