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    Microsoft will extend its Passport authentication service to the broader business market, which could potentially include its rivals, in an effort to build acceptance for its service and allay privacy concerns.

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    Is the rivalry between Sun's Liberty Alliance and Microsoft's Passport missing the larger issue: Net identity?

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    As Microsoft did on the PC desktop, AOL battled fiercely in the early days of the Internet--beating stiff competition to reach the top. Now Microsoft is launching an all-out attack in AOL territory, add one of the largest antitrust cases in US history, and you've got a conflict.

  • Microsoft: Same as the old boss

    Microsoft wins big in appeals, shrugs off the antitrust police, and rides toward a new, stronger monopoly. Will Bill Gates lead the charge to victory, or straight back into the courts?

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    The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.

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    Microsoft intends to lay out a plan to make its .Net Passport authentication service more Web services-friendly.

  • Passport to get Web services stamp

    Microsoft this summer will lay out a plan to make its .Net Passport authentication service more Web services-friendly.

  • Microsoft's balancing act

    Buffeted by criticism of the way it handles privacy and security matters, Microsoft is trying to batten down the hatches on both fronts in simultaneous efforts.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

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