Persona faces an uphill battle in getting web developer adoption when the establishment sign-in services are open to hundreds of millions of internet citizens, but it does have The Times' online crossword section, OpenPhoto and Voost as early poster children -- and anything that lets the privacy-minded join the party has our vote.

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As the race has remained in a virtual deadlock, pressure has been mounting on party officials to find a solution that lets Michigan and Florida have some input in the nomination process.

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If you don't find a track you like through that method, the big, green plus button at the top of the page lets you search through YouTube and SoundCloud among other party sites.

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While Apple has specific (if not strict) manufacturing and testing procedures that prevent the Mac OS from appearing on machines from Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), HP (NYSE: HPQ), or any other third party, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) lets anyone and everyone have access to the Windows operating system.

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