´óÏó´«Ã½ iD is the new sign in system for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Online. Its currently being rolled out across all services that require a user to register or sign in.
On Monday November 2nd we'll be switching all of the ´óÏó´«Ã½s blogs to ´óÏó´«Ã½ iD from the previous ´óÏó´«Ã½ membership system. And in the New Year our message boards and other communities will be heading down the same route.
By March 2010 ´óÏó´«Ã½ iD will be the single sign in for all ´óÏó´«Ã½ Online services. If you have an existing ´óÏó´«Ã½ membership account for blogs, message boards or other services at some point in the next few months you will be automatically prompted to upgrade to ´óÏó´«Ã½ iD.
We do need to replace the old system, but we don't underestimate the inconvenience the transition will represent for some of our users. We apologise for this and hope that you will find the service improvements that ´óÏó´«Ã½ iD will support over the coming months for example, working on mobiles - make it all worthwhile.
We've tried to answer the questions you may have about the new system here.
If we've missed anything, please let us know. Most users should be able to upgrade their account from a ´óÏó´«Ã½ membership to a ´óÏó´«Ã½ iD when prompted with a minimum of fuss.
Well be keeping you up to date with the roll-out of ´óÏó´«Ã½ iD via the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Internet blog. We're also using the Internet blog as a early test of the new system so please do leave a comment below.
NB: There's one thing you will need to think about if you have more than one ´óÏó´«Ã½ membership account.:
If you have more than one ´óÏó´«Ã½ membership you'll only be able to upgrade one of those accounts to ´óÏó´«Ã½ iD using your preferred username and email address. That ´óÏó´«Ã½ iD account will retain links to your previous membership account and any comments and posts you made using it. So if you have more than one ´óÏó´«Ã½ membership, make sure you upgrade your favourite one.
We'll have the UK marketing manager in our studio to discuss the launch of Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7. I bought it this week, I've had some problems. How about you?
Please put some questions in the comments on this blog, and I'll put as many of them to him as there's time for.
ALSO: spent most of the day recording interviews around East London with Bangladeshi students who are looking for work - they have student visas supported by colleges that are sometimes little more than a room above a shop. When times were good, they could find work in London and send money home. Now they can't find jobs and are in trouble.
This will be part of our special programme in a week on the higher levels of unemployment in many countries amongst educated young people as a result of the global recession.
PLEASE USE COMMENTS TO SUGGEST QUESTIONS
We're doing an item about the warning that the Internet could be collapsing because of bandwidth shortage within two years. Should we pay a congestion charge? What's your technical or political suggestion?
PLEASE SUGGEST QUESTIONS FOR THIS INTERVIEW USING COMMENTS ON THIS BLOG. THANKS, DAN
TOP LINE
Russia and China signing a new energy deal allowing Gazprom to export gas to China for the first time.
WHY ARE WE DOING THE STORY
* Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, is meeting his Chinese counterpart today (Tuesday) and will sign various agreements.
* This is a sign of steady improvement of relations between the two countries.
* An energy hungry China means Russia do not have to look only towards Europe for it's gas market.
WHO IS THE GUEST
Elliot Wilson is the associate editor of the Spectator Business magazine, (he's been to both countries and talk about both perspective)..... And joins us LIVE
PLEASE USE COMMENTS TO EXPAND ON THIS STORY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE TRADING IN CURRENCIES OR IN EXPORT BUSINESS
When your trading partner's currency weakens, it's not all good news. Yes you can buy their goods more cheaply. But they can't buy yours. So Asian central banks bought US dollars yesterday to weaken their own currencies. Nations in South East Asia are struggling with weak demand for their exports from America.
: Despite the intervention, the greenback hit one-year lows against a raft of regional currencies. The dollar index, which tracks its value against a basket of six main currencies, hit a 14-month low in New York trading.
What's happening on markets where you are and why?
I'll be interviewing Prof. Mark Moyar from US Marine Corps University in Quantico, Va. He says the US must boost forces to lead and train Afghan security forces. Otherwise, , "poorly led Afghan security forces will continue to abuse the citizenry more than they abuse the insurgents..."
Please suggest your questions as comments on this blog. Thanks
PLEASE USE COMMENTS TO SUGGEST QUESTIONS AND CONTACTS FOR THESE STORIES WE'RE CHASING FOR TODAY'S PROGRAMME
UK opposition leader David Cameron will deliver his keynote speech at his party's conference - widely anticipated to offer in his shadow finance minister's speech.
'WHATEVER' IS WORD
A QUARTER OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS MUSLIM
A report from an American think-tank says there are just over one-and-a-half billion Muslims in the world, nearly one in four of the total population. The analysis, which took three years to compile, shows that sixty per cent of Muslims are in Asia, and only twenty per cent in the Middle East and North Africa.
Who would you like to hear from on this subject?
PLEASE USE COMMENTS TO SUGGEST QUESTIONS AND OFFER CONTACTS AND STORIES
Password Hacking Scam Hits More Providers
We're covering the apparent hacking of email providers, which has now spread to Gmail, AOL and Yahoo, it appears. Have you been affected? Still fixing guest.
The Dollar's Demise?
TOPLINE
Gold at record high as dollar falls. What does this indicate for the future of the dollar as the worlds global currency. Many a doomsayer is using the falling dollar as a indication of Americas decline as a global power.
GUEST
Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist who is now professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management. He has a on the financial crisis. Trader or speculator? Let us know using Comments.
Thanks,
Dan
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BRIEFING MATERIAL ON SOME OF THE STORIES WE'RE COVERING AND COMMENT WITH QUESTIONS/CONTACTS/COMMENTS
ARISE MAGAZINE
Arise, a glossy high end magazine aimed at Sub Saharan African women launched. Magazine targets ladies of leisure, successful businesswomen and middle-income housewives make up an attractive demographic that, in the past, relied on international fashion magazines for style and beauty information.
WHY ARE WE DOING THE STORY
Shattering stereotypes of African women - Arise alone packages both pan-African and global content, producing a blend that Ms. Jennings calls "afropolitan."
WHO IS THE GUEST:
Editor - Helen Jennings
GUINEA MILITARY COMMANDER SPEAKS TO JOURNALISTS ABOUT LAST WEEK'S VIOLENCE
TOP LINE OF STORY A week ago 157 people were killed while protesting that Guineas' new strongman, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, had reversed a pledge to stand in presidential elections. Camara is a mercurial figure as he demonstrated in an interview to foreign journalists.
CONTRIBUTOR: Adam Nossiter - New York Times correspondent in West Africa who has just interviewed Captain Camara. Read for background
| 20:01 UK time, Friday, 30 October 2009
