Microsoft plans to receive the service of Passport authentication in the family of services web Windows Live by 2007, renaming it to Windows Live ID. Microsoft Live ID seems will be based on the new InfoCard technology.

Sources familiar with the situation say Windows Live ID is part of up to three-dozen "Live" services currently in development. Some of these products would piggyback on top of preexisting services -- like Windows Live Local Search Free Call, which enables users to call businesses directly from search results.

Gates provided the first clues to the existence of Windows Live ID at the RSA Conference, when he said InfoCard was intended to replace Passport and would make password-based authentication obsolete.

Source: BetaNews
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