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CES: Microsoft aims to simplify wireless world
News The .Net capabilities also mean that users can be automatically logged in to Passport, Microsoft's user authentication system. Windows CE .Net is the first version of CE to include Passport support. With the launch this week of Windows CE .Net...
[January 9, 2002, 17:21]
United users should call security tune
Leader In some circumstances this has been because they've misread the market or misled themselves: Microsoft assured the trusted computing community in 2001 that Passport would be a great success because "the three things consumers want most from the...
[January 17, 2005, 13:30]
Microsoft drops .Net name from server brand
News The .Net name remains with consumer-targeted Web services, including .Net Alerts, which sends out reminders, and Microsoft's .Net Passport service for password authentication. Check out the latest developments on .Net, Java, Liberty Alliance...
[April 17, 2003, 8:05]
Microsoft discloses more Windows code
News The government agency concluded that Microsoft had violated its own privacy policies with regard to Passport, an online authentication system. The FTC also faulted Microsoft for potential security problems with Passport.
[August 28, 2002, 8:07]
What the Microsoft-DOJ deal means
News How does the agreement affect Passport, Microsoft's controversial strategy to collect detailed information about consumers? The newest agreement doesn't mention Passport, even though critics say Microsoft is using its newest operating system to...
[November 7, 2001, 11:20]
Microsoft sews up Hotmail hole
News Last week, Microsoft faced criticism in Washington, D.C.for its plan to use its Passport authentication system as a keystone of security for its next-generation consumer operating system, Windows XP. At present, Passport is the method by which...
[August 22, 2001, 8:25]
Liberty Alliance releases ID spec guidelines
News But initial, single-party efforts such as Microsoft Passport encountered setbacks with privacy laws. In 2003 Microsoft was asked by the European Commission’s Article 29 working party to alter the way Passport handled personal details.
[April 14, 2005, 15:50]
Hotmail wants your credit card details
News Asked if this was a prudent move so soon after the Hotmail farce, MSN passport spokesperson Andrew Mackles says Hotmail deserves peoples' trust. All messages will be highly encrypted, there will be strict criteria for selecting companies that can...
[October 5, 1999, 15:35]
The folly of single sign-on
News Last month, the company notified customers that it was discontinuing the use of Microsoft Passport, an identity-management service that Microsoft itself has been trying to scale back. Of course, Microsoft Passport isn't the only single sign-on...
[June 3, 2005, 13:00]
Microsoft to blur Web and application lines
News To get to that point, Microsoft needs to converge the capabilities of software packages Exchange, SharePoint portal and Active Directory (AD) with those of online services Hotmail, MSN Spaces and Passport.
[September 14, 2005, 8:30]
Internet World: Digitalme does little for privacy, yet
News Already, Microsoft has automatically enrolled users its subsidiary Hotmail service into the service, known as Passport. As described on Hotmail: "If you sign in to Hotmail or any other MSN site, you are automatically signed in to all MSN sites that...
[October 6, 1999, 16:18]
Windows XP: upgrade or ignore? review
Reviews Register for your Passport! Oh, and have you registered for your Passport? Oh, and have you registered for your Passport? This is the question many consumers and professionals will be asking in the coming weeks, as Microsoft cranks the XP hype...
[October 30, 2001, 15:26]
Microsoft to embed Live services in Windows
News Windows Live ID is the successor to Microsoft Passport, a hosted service for verifying a person's name and password for logging onto Web servers. Microsoft's Live-branded online services don't end at the Web browser.
[June 20, 2006, 9:10]
Microsoft MSN 8 review
Reviews You follow the prompts to fill out a half-dozen screens for your Microsoft Passport account, which is a requirement for using the service. Microsoft now filters spam at the server level, blocking many messages before they reach your in-box.
[November 26, 2002, 10:58]
Microsoft Money shuts out users
Talkback The whole passport system seems very flawed if reguarly various problems like this occur. Sure, Microsoft keep coming out with reasons on each individual occurance and sure, some of the times problems may not have been directly due to one of the...
[July 30, 2004, 13:37]
Can MS juggle privacy and security?
News Unless Microsoft can dispel the sense of an Orwellian menace, people aren't going to trust that their information will be protected using services like Passport, which is key to .Net. The company's privacy policy extends to customers registering...
[February 13, 2002, 15:43]
Microsoft offers taste test of 'Talisker'
News The commercial version of Talisker, expected at the end of the year, will also add support for several .Net services from Microsoft, including instant messaging and Passport authentication service. Microsoft plans to introduce on Tuesday the first...
[April 10, 2001, 10:38]
Microsoft Money 2003 review
Reviews If you’re a fan of Microsoft’s .NET Passport features, you can use these details to password-protect your Money files. Close links with MSN Money, Microsoft’s online finance guidance site, mean that there’s also plenty of up-to-date information on...
[November 27, 2002, 9:19]
Microsoft creates public bug database for IE
News The bug database is accessible from the Microsoft Connect site and can be accessed by anyone that has a Microsoft Passport account. Microsoft is for the first time encouraging people to give public feedback on Internet Explorer, with the creation...
[March 27, 2006, 13:50]
Microsoft wants Internet safe for .Net
News Last week, a set of flaws in Microsoft's Passport authentication protocol left consumers' financial data accessible to potential attackers. Microsoft wants to make the world safe for .Net. The initiative could be Microsoft's best chance to maintain...
[November 8, 2001, 10:26]
