Google is about to announce OpenID log-in functionality for enterprise users of its Apps productivity suite. The search giant has already adopted the authentication standard — whereby a single log-in ...

The OpenID Foundation Wednesday unveiled a program to certify implementations of its OpenID Connect authentication mechanisms as a step toward ensuring an interoperable identity infrastructure that ...

A picture is worth a thousand words, especially when those words are passwords you can’t remember. An OpenID startup called Vidoop aims to replace your usernames and passwords with a grid of pictures ...

As of yesterday afternoon, AOL has implemented Vidoop’s visual authentication system as part of its OpenID initiative, which was formally launched in February 2007. Vidoop, a startup that replaces ...

OpenID is an open, decentralized, open-source framework for user-centric digital identity. Think about all the accounts you have online: blogs, wikis, to-do lists, photo galleries. The list is endless ...

The OpenID online authentication standard got a massive boost today. Yahoo has announced it intends to adopt OpenID, and will be offering all current Yahoo account holders the chance to upgrade to ...

Mountain View, Calif. " September 9, 2009 " VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure for the networked world, today announced it will support and participate in ...

Authentication systems employed by large websites such as Twitter and Digg could be at risk after researchers have discovered a basic flaw that could crack a large number of open-source software ...

A security researcher has uncovered serious security vulnerabilities in the technologies used by many websites to authenticate users via third-party websites. A blog posted late last week revealed the ...

OpenID is an emerging open-source standard that simplifies the task of logging on to many different websites without the need for passwords. Windows CardSpace - formerly InfoCard - is Microsoft's ...