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AMD and Intel lock horns over virtualisation

Intel will get hardware support for virtualisation to market first, but AMD looks likely to beat it to the step after that Read more

7 February, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Intel: rootkits have met their match

...about a couple of years back. Something they called "Palladium" and then "Next Generation Secure Computing Base". Is this similar? I am not an expert... Read more

14 December, 2005 by Joris Evers

Intel bets on open source future

...the counterpart to Microsoft's widely criticised Palladium plan (now known as Next Generation Secure Computing Base). Now aspects of LaGrande, such as the use... Read more

8 August, 2005 by Matthew Broersma

An acronym by any other name

...state. Yet as controversy mounted, Palladium was ditched in favour of the Next Generation Secure Computing Base -- NGSCB. Try saying that, remembering what it stands... Read more

27 January, 2005 by Rupert Goodwins

Virtual computing offers real benefits, real challenges

...with less draconian conditions? Likewise, Microsoft's digital rights management machine, the Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) has at its heart a secretive 'virtual... Read more

29 April, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

How the EC's ruling will affect Longhorn

...in Windows, Microsoft rivals likely will not. Longhorn will introduce Microsoft's Next Generation Secure Computing Base, formerly known as Palladium. The software, among other... Read more

24 March, 2004 by Mike Ricciuti

Online voting can't be trusted on standard PCs

Until trustable computing platforms are standard, secure hardware must be added to PCs used in online voting systems Read more

10 March, 2004 by Christopher H.Baum and John Pescatore

Phoenix launches first 'trusted' BIOS

The software that sits between the operating system and the PC's hardware hasn't changed much in decades, but now Phoenix wants to introduce greater security, usability - and copy protection Read more

26 November, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Alternative medicine: Future virus fighting

...as much choice as possible -- the companies concerned are persisting. Microsoft's Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB, formerly known as Palladium) and Intel's... Read more

25 November, 2003 by Rupert Goodwins

Windows Longhorn: more details emerge

The next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, isn't due for a few years. But Microsoft has recently divulged more information on the OS, which promises to be a significant upgrade. Read more

11 November, 2003 by Jon Morris

CCIA on Microsoft - what's the real issue?

...current hardware architectures. Microsoft's proposed implementation of these specifications is the Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB), formerly code-named Palladium. "Given Microsoft's... Read more

8 October, 2003 by John Carroll

Microsoft moves to integrate Windows with BIOS

...to tie Windows DRM features to the hardware platform via its controversial Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) project, formerly known as Palladium. NGSCB is... Read more

6 October, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Xbox update shuts out Linux

...more tightly controlled by the vendor -- a vision embodied in Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) project, formerly known as Palladium. The NGSCB... Read more

16 September, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Gates: Orwell was wrong about Big Brother

...and to tout his company's Trustworthy Computing initiative and its controversial next-generation secure computing base," a project previously known as Palladium. "We're... Read more

26 June, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Microsoft to phase out stand-alone browser

...the move. Longhorn is expected to include a major security overhaul dubbed Next-Generation Secure Computing Base, formerly known as Palladium. Critics fear the technology... Read more

2 June, 2003 by Evan Hansen

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