NetIDme have released a free whitepaper titled; Instant Messaging: The Business Opportunities.
The free whitepaper can be downloaded here.

Check out the latest NetIDme vacancies on the corporate website

ChatShield is now available free of charge as a download from the website.
Parents can download ChatShield to help protect their kids from being contacted by strangers in Windows Live Messenger. ChatShield is a simple plug-in that works with the NetIDme verification service. Find out more…

Blogger has launched a new feature to show its support for OpenID as being the new way forward for secured login.

This new feature allows bloggers to verify any comments left on their blog with a link back icon to the person who left the comment. This ultimately results in saying goodbye to “comment spoofing”

The OpenID system is supported by  NetIDme.

The rest of the article can be found here

Google has added support for OpenID logins for commenting on their Blogger blogs in the Blogger in Draft edition. Blogger in draft is a special version of Blogger where you can try out new features before we release them to everyone.

There’s more info here:
http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/2007/11/new-feature-openid-commenting.html