“OpenID Connect”, therefore, is what I’m starting to use in casual conversation as my answer to Twitter and Facebook Connect.

All about HTML5's new features.

"At the Google I/O developer conference earlier today, Google made a big splash by announcing Wave, a radical rethinking of communication over the Internet. As Tim O’Reilly noted, the Wave vision is to combine the best of different conversational media and collaboration tools, including email, IM, phone, microblogging, and file sharing. Little noted among hoopla is the fact that “The Google Wave Federation Protocol is an open extension to XMPP core [RFC3920] protocol to allow near real-time communication between two wave servers.”

"If you're like me, you had no idea there was so much HTML 5 already in play."

"We call on all governments to: 1. Procure only information technology that implements free and open standards; 2. Deliver e-government services based exclusively on free and open standards; 3. Use only free and open digital standards in their own activit

"These are very strong words, compared to any past article that I have read, both substantively as well as sytlistically (e.g., stating that Nokia's actions are offending "the Chinese people," rather than simply being of commercial significance)."

"XSPF is the XML format for sharing playlists. It is open -- No proprietary lock-in. It is portable -- You should be able to send a playlist to your friend and have it work. It is well-engineered -- Most playlist formats get the easy things wrong."

"The bodies responsible for the Internet's protocols and parameters can be said to steer the Internet in a significant sense. This document, by Alex Simonelis of Dawson College in Montreal, is a summary of those bodies and their most important characteris

"The more we tighten our grip the more software will fall through our fingers. ....Oh wait, which ones are we Linux guys again, Rebels or Empire?" "Microsoft is the Empire. Apple is the Rebels. We are the Ewoks."

"If you view is that SL has certainly not attained status of de facto standard as the ‘3D web’ - how are we to know when something has? What characterizes the tipping point when a n other wizzy 3D tech becomes the 3D tech?"

Lots of information on different video formats and equipment.