A Radical Option For Yahoo: Out-Open Google - by Erick Schonfeld from TechCrunch   "There is another option to consider, though. That is to hit Google where it hurts by truly opening up search."

OpenID Has Big New Friends -  by Carleen Hawn from GigaOM   "The idea of a universal ID to simplify consumer’s lives has been around for some time. With today’s endorsement, OpenID’s potential base has been pushed to nearly 1 billion users."

Do Not Call Registry extension fast-tracked to the President - by Jacqui Cheng from ars technica   "Congress has approved new legislation that will modify the National Do Not Call registry to make it more like the "Never Call" Registry."

Will you be spewing Storm spam at 10am tomorrow morning? - from Sophos    "Research reveals the daily rise and fall of Storm botnet, as malware attack accounts for one in 25 of all emails."

Yahoo’s OpenID Service Launches Public Beta - by Adam Ostrow from Mashable    "Now that I’ve seen it in action, I feel like Yahoo’s effort may be fairly effective in driving OpenID adoption. To mainstream users, OpenID is probably a completely foreign concept."

Doc Allen's VersaTool - by John Rigby from Cool Tools    "My kids are good at dismantling things, so having this on hand saves time and allows me to complete repairs immediately without having to remember to return to them later."