The OpenID Foundation announced late last week that a handful of technology superpowers have joined the OpenID Foundation's board, a sure sign that Open ID is going places. The announcement was made last Thursday, but it's important enough to highlight now, even if we're late getting to the news.

Joining the board of directors are Microsoft, Google, IBM, VeriSign, and Yahoo. While Yahoo has already thrown its weight behind OpenID, Ash Patel, executive vice president of platforms and infrastructure, said that the company was eager to continue working on making OpenID simpler for end users. Yahoo isn't out to just grab headlines.