Microsoft's Live Labs has launched two security-related Web-based services, one for providing authentication and another for connecting P-to-P (peer-to-peer) applications through network firewalls.
The services are part of Microsoft's plan to quickly deliver Web-based services to compete with rivals Google and Yahoo. Microsoft formed Live Labs, its research arm for creating these Internet technologies, in January. Microsoft has said many of its Live services will be connected to Windows Vista, the next version of its client operating system, but the company has not clearly articulated a plan for how that makes the OS more valuable to users.
