WSJ.com - IBM-Led Project Aims to Build Software to Fight Identity Theft: "A group led by International Business Machines Corp. today plans to unveil a project to develop software that will allow people to manage their personal information on the Internet, the latest effort to combat identity theft and simplify how users access Web-based services.
The open-source software project, dubbed Higgins, comes a few weeks after Microsoft Corp. announced a similar approach called InfoCard. Both efforts aim to help people secure their online identities by managing personal information, bank accounts and contact lists.
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"Technologically, it's easy to come up with these things, but it's difficult to get developers and users on board," said Mike Neuenschwander, research director at technology consulting firm Burton Group."
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