5. MySpace is THEIR Space - Whether or not the recent hiccup in adding widgets to profiles on MySpace was a developer error or not will probably remain a mystery. However, MySpace is, by some accounts, the biggest site on the Internet, and several companies are either capitalizing on that or looking to do so in the future, without giving a cut to the juggernaut. In the end, it is their space, and Industry professionals have suggested some sort of lockdown may eventually take place.

4. OpenID -  I didn’t make it to the OpenID Vancouver Mash Pit (sorry to Lori and the rest of the Sxip crew! ), but Rob was there representing JSR.com. From what I understand, the latest OpenID Spec supported is 1.1, but 2.0 is in pre-draft and will be much better. See Sxip’s post about enabling OpenID on your site here, and click here for information on Drupal and OpenID.

3. Drupal 5 - It’s described by local Drupal supporter Bryght as the latest and most impressive upgrade to date, and may go a long way in helping the average person develop a cutting-edge, interactive website. For more information about Drupal or the release, see Drupal.org. Click here to visit the Bryght site and find out more about their involvement and their Drupal packages.

2. Checkout No Friend of PayPal - There were all sorts of articles posted (links here and here from this post) not too long ago about eBay’s trouble with Google, and it looks like they are competing more fiercely with their rival products, Google Checkout and PayPal. With Google pushing their product on their homepage and search results, and offering a $10 credit for signing up, eBay and PayPal must be taking notice.

1. Major Security Breaches - With up to four different countries, several major retail outlets, one major Canadian bank, and up to three million Canadian identities all involved in this incident, people are definitely talking. It was the opening story last night on The National, and brings to light the lack of any law in Canada forcing disclosure of these types of security breaches.

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