Microsoft Gives Details on Windows Release

[ronjor]

-{ Quote: "SAN JOSE, Calif. - Microsoft Corp.'s plan to hardwire computer security into a silicon chip rather than relying on software alone will make its debut in the next release of the Windows PC operating system that will ship late next year." }-
Story (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050425/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_windows)

[ssgtmax]

"During his keynote at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, Gates was expected to declare that Longhorn will be Microsoft's most secure operating system ever."

Hmmmm....I think White Star Line announced leading up to her departure on her maiden voyage that the Titanic was the safest ship ever, too! :lurking: :o

[meneer]

I suppose that MS wants us to have embedded security :)

[ronjor]

Longhorn security gets its teeth kicked out

-{ Quote: "Microsoft has further watered down the Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) technology that will ship with its forthcoming Longhorn operating system." }-

Story (http://www.vnunet.com/news/1162710)