Xbox update shuts out Linux
News The Xbox, and Linux users' efforts to run their software of choice on it, is seen by many as a test case for future PCs that are more tightly controlled by the vendor -- a vision embodied in Microsoft's Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB...
[September 16, 2003, 17:39]
Will Linux get its own 'Palladium'?
News As outlined in plans such as Microsoft's Palladium, however, it requires building authentication capabilities deep into computer hardware and operating systems. Linus Torvalds, the founder of the Linux operating system, threw a curve ball into the...
[April 25, 2003, 7:33]
Mobile phones to get Palladium-style chips
News York said that a Palladium-style system could be built upon the ARM technology, if a software maker wished to do so. TrustZone, which has some parallels to Microsoft's controversial Next-Generation Secure Computing Base for PCs (formerly known as...
[May 27, 2003, 14:31]
German government warns on Palladium costs
News The German letter also expressed concern about Palladium's potential to create "substantial obstacles to market entry" to competing operating systems -- particularly ones like Linux that are based on free software.
[December 10, 2002, 10:00]
Microsoft domination 'threatens US security'
News The authors call on the US government to make sure that future Microsoft technologies, such as the controversial next-generation secure computing base formerly known as "Palladium," don't further lock in consumers.
[September 24, 2003, 14:30]
Lindows chief funds Xbox hack
News Restricting access to the processor sets a dangerous precedent, he said, particularly as Microsoft moves forward with its Palladium project to boost the security of PCs by linking future versions of the Windows operating system with Intel and...
[January 3, 2003, 7:49]
New Xbox security cracked by Linux fans
News Green and other Xbox hackers have noted that the methods Microsoft is using to secure the Xbox appear to be a warm-up for a longer-term project called "Palladium" to embed copy protection into the hardware and software of future PCs.
[October 14, 2002, 16:26]
Hackers make Xbox into a Windows PC
News Microsoft's "Palladium" project will create a specially secured area on a PC for storing files that need extra security, such as copy-protected media. The programmers said that they used Mandrake Linux 9.0 as a host operating system and ran Windows...
[September 30, 2002, 12:49]
Microsoft moves to integrate Windows with BIOS
News Microsoft is planning to tie Windows DRM features to the hardware platform via its controversial Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB) project, formerly known as Palladium. Traditionally, it has carried out basic tasks such as hardware and...
[October 3, 2003, 17:25]
Perens: Avoid repeating Unix mistakes
News Microsoft's security initiative) Palladium and other forms of "trusted computing" are a tremendous threat, because they could leave open-source software unable to exchange files and intercommunicate with so-called "trusted" systems, which could be...
[December 5, 2002, 6:55]
MS opens source code to inspire trust
News Microsoft, long a proponent of keeping source code secret, plans to publish the source code to a critical part of its Palladium project to enhance security, a representative of the software giant said on Monday.
[June 26, 2002, 11:10]
