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Microsoft's Gazelle browser: A layperson's explanation

Microsoft's Gazelle browser: A layperson's explanationGoogle Chrome already has done this.http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/med_00.htmlRE: Microsoft's Gazelle browser: A layperson's explanationI think all the talk about Kernel, Principal and operating system just confused everybody. After watching the video a while ago it was obvious that these terms are being used as an analogy....

Tags: Web browsers, Gazelle, Web browser, Gazelle browser, layperson, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

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Chrome OS: good for you; bad for Microsoft

Chrome OS: good for you; bad for MicrosoftWhat happens?How will it work if the internet is down, or you do not have connectivety for some reason?How is it fair for this OS to have the browser embedded so deeply in it, but Google argues against Microsoft doing that to the...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Google Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., operating system, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Google ChromeOS: have people given leave of their senses?

Google ChromeOS: have people given leave of their senses?Thankyou...This is the first well reasoned and thought out post I have read on ZDNet in a long time. I have just read Adrians post and he has decided it is a game changer already even after saying there is little...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., Google ChromeOS, Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

News to know: Best hardware; Malware; Netbooks; Social CRM

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Paul Greenberg: Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Malware, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Photograph, Netbook, CRM, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Microsoft's Gazelle browser: A layperson's explanation

Microsoft Research has published a new article that explains in more layperson-like terms exactly what its "Gazelle" Web browser is and why the company's researchers believe it's needed. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Research, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-07-02

The Multi-Principal OS Construction of the Gazelle Web Browser

Web browsers originated as applications that people used to view static web sites sequentially. As web sites evolved into dynamic web applications composing content from various web sites, browsers have become multi-principal operating environments with resources shared among mutually distrusting web site principals. Nevertheless, no existing browsers, including new architectures...

Tags: Web, Operating System, Web Site, Web Browser, Gazelle Web Browser, Web Site Principal, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing

White papers 2009-02-28

Microsoft

MicrosoftDefinition of multi-principal as I understand itToday when you use a browser, all code that runs in your browser's process runs as "you" -- your user account in Windows or whatever OS you're running. (In Protected Mode IE, it is a restricted token, but it is still fundamentally "you".)Multi-Principal...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

Microsoft's MashupOS leaps like a Gazelle

Tracking Microsoft Research projects is a tricky business. Take "Gazelle," for example. Gazelle, according to a new Microsoft technical report, is a "secure web browser constructed as a multi-principal OS." by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Gazelle, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-02-23