Microsoft: Palladium fears based on rumors and speculation
Internet Wk | at | by Mike
Microsoft said criticisms of its Palladium security initiative are rumors and speculation about technology that won't even be ready to hit the market for years. Palladium, whose formal name is Next Generation Secure Computing Base, is technology that Microsoft says will make computers trustworthy. It will use a security processor attached to a PC motherboard, along with a subsystem of the Windows operating system, called the Nexus, to allow users to create a highly secure virtual space to store sensitive data and run sensitive applications.