OpenID Pro’s and Con’s

Paul

Decentralized online identification system OpenID can log you into thousands of social networking sites (and counting) using a single username and password. OpenID asserts who you are by proving you own a URL—not an email address, not a password, not your mother’s maiden name, just a URL that must be confirmed by both the accepting site and OpenID host. No more filling out web site registration forms! Now that sounds wonderful to those of us sick of tracking the login details for all the web services we use. However, while OpenID is terrific in theory, it’s real-world usage still has a way to go. Let’s take a look at some of the pros and cons of OpenID.

http://lifehacker.com/software/technophilia/one-openid-to-rule-them-allor-not-302156.php

It’s definitely opens my eyes. Go check it out yourself.

How to relock your iPhone before the firmware update

Paul

Apple has your unlocked iPhone in their crosshairs. What do you do? Here’s my first go at a re-locking guide. I’ll update and confirm as time and feedback permit. This method in no way guarantees that your iPhone will survive the update after being unlocked.

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/09/24/how-to-relock-your-iphone-before-the-firmware-update/

They are preparing. Steve Resistance is FUTILE!!

Apple says iPhone unlocking may cause permanent damage

Paul

Merely three days after hearing of one user’s run-in with Apple over his unlocked iPhone, the company has released an official statement warning users that “unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs” could cause “irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software.” Furthermore, the firm stated that these apps could result in the handset becoming “permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed” — you know, like the one coming “later this week” that includes the iTunes WiFi Music Store. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the release also notes that “unauthorized modifications to the iPhone’s software” violates the iPhone software license agreement and “voids the warranty.” Ouch.

What is Apple thinking making a statement like that? I wonder if he knows how much trouble he’s getting into. I do not think unlocking the Iphone is a bad, it is my right as a user. He can’t be serious Can HE?

20 Vista Downloads to Tweak & Improve Your System

Paul

Looking for software to get the most out of Windows Vista? As yet, there hasn’t been a flood of great downloads designed specifically for Microsoft’s latest operating system. But that didn’t stopped us from searching high and low for the best free Vista apps available–and we’ve come up with 20 real keepers.

For your convenience, we’ve arranged them into four categories: System Tweakers; Startup, Log-On, and Boot Tweakers; Vista Component Tweakers; and Miscellaneous Tools. So if you’ve got Vista and you’re longing to make it better, rev up your browser and start downloading.

System Tweakers

Want to bend practically every aspect of Vista to your will, from improving system performance to customizing the interface? Then try out the following six system tweakers. With them, you’ll be the master of your own private Vista universe.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137214/article.html

I will have to check this out, some are paid programs but some are also free.