Tech giants team for online ID cards / The Register, 30 June 2008
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/30/information_cards/
John Oates
" group of software and online payment companies are teaming up to find a better way than passwords to protect, and prove, your identity online. Problems with passwords are well known - people require ever more passwords which means they either get forgotten, or people use the same word for several different services which is a security risk. The new group will seek to find open standards to make it easier to prove your identity online without using dozens of passwords and usernames."