March 14, 2006

Lessig on InfoCard

Lawrence Lessig: “[W]ith the debut of the Info­Card identity management system, Microsoft is leading a network-wide effort to address the issue. To those of us long skeptical of the technology giant’s intentions, the plan seems too good to be true. Yet the solution is not only right, it could be the most important contribution to [...]

March 14, 2006

New Amazon storage service

Rob Hof: “That’s right, the online store with “Earth’s biggest selection” of everything from books to zithers will announce Tuesday morning that it’s adding a new and different kind of service: an unlimited data storage service aimed at software developers who are creating new Web sites and services.”
More and more, Amazon is looking like a [...]