New Microsoft Program 'Palladium' Next Step in Computer Security -- Ambitious Plan to Let Users Control and Protect Information Will Require Remaking the Architecture of Personal Computers Story Filed: Sunday, June 23, 2002 10:51 AM EST NEW YORK, Jun 23, 2002 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ?Microsoft is developing a new system to improve computer security that will address concerns about privacy, security and intellectual property, Newsweek reports in the current issue. Among the several benefits of the ambitious long-range plan, called "Palladium": it will seal information from attackers, it will block many viruses and worms from your computer and it will allow users to participate in new services and applications that allow control of their personal information even after it leaves their computer. Palladium could even help keep out spam from your inbox. To ensure security, the system requires special security chips, which Intel and Advanced Microdevices have agreed to produce. "It's one of the most technically complex things ever attempted on the PC," says Gartner analyst Martin Reynolds. Read more here: http://library.northernlight.com/FB20020623170000020.h tml?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc Copyright (C) 2002 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. ~*~*~*~*~ To unsubscribe from our list send an email to hackfix-virusnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe. For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line of "info hackfix-virusnews" without the quotes. ~*~*~*~*~