TECHGEEK, starting today, is now officially allowing you to use your Wordpress.com, Yahoo, LiveJournal, AOL and Vox Accounts on TECHGEEK to comment on posts and for some of you to write on TECHGEEK with one ID.

Basically, this is done thanks to OpenID. OpenID allows you to use, for example, your LiveJournal account and lets you log in to many other sites that support it. One of the benefits is that all comments made using an OpenID-supported account are automatically approved, allowing you to have your say much faster and no longer needed to wait for approval.

However, those who have a TECHGEEK account already - you can link your account with your OpenID-supported account. But those who do not have a supported one, you cannot use your TECHGEEK one. We are working on how to make one with Wordpress, but it is going to take some time.

But how to log-in. First off, you will need to go to our Log-In section and click on the link "Use your OpenID". This will lead you to our log-in page. Now you will see a section to use your OpenID (Pictured on the left).

There are many OpenID providers out on the web, and you will need to find out how to login from them. As well, we have also listed some of the popular ones below.

Wordpress.com
http://username.wordpress.com

AOL
http://openid.aol.com/screenname

Blogger
http://blogname.blogspot.com

LiveJournal
http://username.livejournal.com

Vox
http://member.vox.com

MyOpenID
http://username.myopenid.com

Just replace the italicised words with your username/blog name or member name. Yahoo users, however, need to login differently.

Basically, just type in http://www.yahoo.com and sign in with your Yahoo ID. Yahoo allows you to have an option to have multiple accounts, so make sure you choose one and remember it.

So enjoy playing around with OpenID. Thanks to Will Norris and Alan Castonguay for making the WP-OpenID plugin, which you can find at Wordpress.org.