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  • Passport to nowhere?

    Microsoft has backed away from many of the more grandiose uses once envisioned for Passport, its online identification system.

  • eBay officially revokes Microsoft's Passport

    Online auctioneer eBay officially has notified customers that it will no longer allow them to log on through Microsoft's identity management service, Passport.

  • Gartner, Microsoft war over 'ditch Passport' claim

    Recommendations in an article published by analysis giant Gartner urging its customers to break all connections with Microsoft's Passport authentication system are "a little extreme", according to the software company.

  • Microsoft plugs second Passport hole

    The software giant fixes a flaw in its Passport online identity system that could have allowed an attacker to take over old Hotmail accounts.

  • New .NET Passport flaws raise security doubts

    If you have employees using Hotmail to exchange confidential corporate information, you should be especially concerned with these new Microsoft .NET Passport flaws.

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  • 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.

  • Passport to nowhere?

    Microsoft has backed away from many of the more grandiose uses once envisioned for Passport, its online identification system.

  • Gartner, Microsoft war over 'ditch Passport' claim

    Recommendations in an article published by analysis giant Gartner urging its customers to break all connections with Microsoft's Passport authentication system are "a little extreme", according to the software company.

  • Microsoft plugs second Passport hole

    The software giant fixes a flaw in its Passport online identity system that could have allowed an attacker to take over old Hotmail accounts.

  • New .NET Passport flaws raise security doubts

    If you have employees using Hotmail to exchange confidential corporate information, you should be especially concerned with these new Microsoft .NET Passport flaws.

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  • MSN Messenger goes dark

    Microsoft's Instant Messenger service went down early Monday, affecting up to 75 million people worldwide who sign on to the service to chat with friends and co- workers.

  • Microsoft IE patch leaves users locked out

    When Microsoft patched a security hole in Internet Explorer this week, it also blocked users from accessing certain Web sites.

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