Tarek Aziz Karim , the founder of Netvibes is making an announcement about netvibes today - they are introducing a "Universal Widget API". It's one widget to rule them all where there code will recognise the widget engine and serve up the correct widget.
Once a widget is made using the API, the same widget can made available on Google, Netvibes, OS X and others. Preview it at http://eco.netvibes.com/uwa.
Also, Tarek just announced that they will also be supported OpenID.
More detail on TechCrunch.
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the name is "tariq krim".
the name is "tariq krim".
Ooops....I must have been
Ooops....I must have been really low on sugar to have mistaken Tariq Karim with the former Iraqi politician Tariq Aziz
Man, what were you thinking?
Man, what were you thinking? :p
But anyway, that is good news... more towards OpenID! :)