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For most users, they have several user names and password for the many different websites they visit.  This has become very tedious and annoying.  One great solution to this problem is OpenID.  It is a shared identity service allowing users to log on using using a single digital identity for many different web sites.  This means one user name and password for many different sites.  OpenID lets users control the amount of personal information they are willing to provide.  If you are thinking, “Sounds good.  Where can I get one?”

The answers is you probably already have one.  OpenID is increasingly gaining adoption among large sites, with organizations like AOL, BBC, IBM, Microsoft, MySpace, Orange, VeriSign, Yandex and Yahoo! acting as providers.  Now, with Google entering the picture, very few people are left without one.

However, if you do not have an account with any of these providers listed above, you can create an account and have a OpenID.

[PCWorld]