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- Microsoft delays Office converters for Mac
- Microsoft delays Office converters for MacIs this really a surprise?Anybody with half a brain wouldn't have believed Microsoft's original promise.What incentive does Microsoft have to allow its Mac users to forego upgrading to the latest version of office? By releasing those plugin converters for Office: Mac 2004 Microsoft would have...
- Tags: desktops, apple mac os x, semiconductors, apple macintosh, tpm, microsoft corp., open standard, chip, microsoft office
- Discussion threads 2007-05-15
- Apple bumper patch vindicates MOAB, MOKB hackers
- Apple bumper patch vindicates MOAB, MOKB hackersSo you admit you are a zealot?From your post above:[i]Well played shoot the messenger fallacy. Now anyone who disagrees with the author can be smeared as a denier, liar and zealot.[/i]Looks like Scrat was right! Zealot.Ohhh...NicerestI thought it was the "strawman argument". Your...
- Tags: digital rights management (drm), digital media, ok here, apple inc., apple users, tpm, tpm drm, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2007-03-14
- Windows-on-Mac software gets virtualization update
- Windows-on-Mac software gets virtualization updateWindows-on-Mac software gets virtualization updateNow all we need is just the opposite, Mac-on-Windows virtualization software.Mac users are lucky MS is so nice to themMS doesn't practice the same sort of backhanded monopolistic tactics that Apple uses to force you to buy one Apple product just to...
- Tags: digital rights management (drm), microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, mac-user, microsoft .net, looks like vista, apple inc., microsoft corp., microsoft windows vista, digital-rights management, microsoft windows, apple macintosh, windows-on-mac sof
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- Only consumers pressure can curb Microsoft's obsession with anti-piracy technology
- Only consumers pressure can curb Microsoft's obsession with anti-piracy technologyGaaahhh!I'm going to spend the rest of the day getting that image out of my head!The funny thing is that it's the thief who's worrying about piracyEvery MS product started as some other company's idea. They were either reverse-engineered (CP/M-86,...
- Tags: digital rights management (drm), antipiracy, microsoft corp., tpm, piracy
- Discussion threads 2007-02-20
- D: Walt Mossberg's security lessons
- D: Walt Mossberg's security lessonsThe Safest PC is OFF the PC - in the "Cloud"http://www.zoliblog.com/blog/_archives/2006/5/25/1985817.htmlSlight contradiction in Walt's questioning...`first he wants security to work without him being bothered. Next, he says you'd better get my permission before putting anything on my PC. Can it be had both ways?dbIt...
- Tags: desktops, cyberthreats, microsoft windows vista, norton co., tpm, security, pc
- Discussion threads 2006-06-01
- Six tips for protecting your laptop
- Six tips for protecting your laptopWhat I want to know...Why is such sensitive data on laptops to begin with?That's the first issue.Ultimaco SafeguardWhat do you think about Ultimaco SafeguardVPN is much more secure than WebSorry, but thinking that using Web-based tools is the answer is ludicrous. If I had employees...
- Tags: notebooks, channel management, laptop computer, web, tpm
- Discussion threads 2006-04-26
- Hasta la Vista Secure TPM
- Hasta la Vista Secure TPMOriginal writingI think Paul states clearly that TPM is a Intel product.This is good stuff, Paul, thanks.JohnMicrosoft and the TPMContrary to what everybody believes Microsoft is not going to be and has never been the driver behind TPM. The Trusted Computing Group, although Microsoft is but...
- Tags: tpm
- Discussion threads 2006-03-28
- Hasta la Vista Secure TPM
- I spent some time last week reviewing the TPM-1.2 Trusted Platform Module implementation for Microsoft Vista because what Microsoft promised for Longhorn back in 2001 and 2002 seemed applicable to a current problem. As it turns out Vista doesn't deliver on any of that - in fact, the more I...
- Tags: tpm
- Blog posts 2006-03-28
- Sony's Rootkit backfires
- In an ironic legal twist, Sony's attempt at keeping consumers from electronically copying songs by inserting faulty copy-protection software CDs, Sony now must settle consumer complaints by giving them free songs. Law professor Michael Geist writes for BBC that The most notable feature of this portion of the...
- Tags: sony corp., settlement, tpm
- Blog posts 2006-01-09
- Sony CD protection sparks security concerns
- Sony CD protection sparks security concernsThe cart and the horse"Anticopying tools used by SonyBMG could be adapted by virus writers, researchers say."I think they've got this backwards.This is clearly illegal activity from SonySony as no rights to install dangerous and malicious on any one computer. When i buy a music...
- Tags: rootkits, digital rights management (drm), spyware, adware & malware, productivity, cyberthreats, spyware, viruses and worms, security, cd, sony corp., tpm, rootkit, computer, hardware, malware, digital-rights management, riaa, copy protection
- Discussion threads 2005-11-01
- Here's a surefire way to stifle innovation
- Here's a surefire way to stifle innovationNonsensical giberish"But if HR-1201 becomes law, every consumer could legally hack any TPM by claiming fair use"Like this:http://www.engadget.com/entry/7796925370303347Here's the guy circumventing a protection measure - sticking a pen into a lock to show how easy it is not unlock.It encourages lock makers to make...
- Tags: leadership, lock, surefire way, tpm
- Discussion threads 2005-10-07
- Correction on Vista and TPM versioning
- Correction on Vista and TPM versioningWhat do you meanthe fingerprint never changes?All you've done is create a single point of failure: if any motherboard component fails, you're out hundreds to thousands of dollars in software that has to be replaced.Motherboard failures are common enough at least on Dell laptops that...
- Tags: operating systems, motherboard failure, ibm corp., operating system, tpm, hardware, microsoft corp., microsoft windows vista
- Discussion threads 2005-10-06
- Vista's questionable TPM strategy?
- Vista's questionable TPM strategy?Missing the pointGeorge, if the IT department can back up a TPM system it's no use for DRM.Microsoft has to choose:* are they serving Don Rupert's dream of unbreakable DRM for the content cartel (in which the "owner" mentioned in TCG documents is Microsoft, Intel, or other...
- Tags: digital rights management (drm), backups, digital media, strategy, key recovery, microsoft windows vista, tpm, digital-rights management, microsoft corp., backup
- Discussion threads 2005-09-28
- Vista's questionable TPM strategy?
- When I read David Berlind's latest vistulations on Microsoft's Vista TPM strategy for features such as Secure Startup and full volume encryption, I was shocked by Microsoft's comments. Apparently, Vista will not permit the use of external smartcards and mandate the use of TPM version 1.2b module which is...
- Tags: tpm strategy, tpm, smart card
- Blog posts 2005-09-28
- TPM is so much TP for Apple
- Gee, what did that take, a week? Computing geniuses have already figured out how to break the impregnable security of Mac OS X for Intel processors. According to this article in Wired there are already sites were you can download the Mac OSX86 via Bittorrent. The...
- Tags: apple computer inc.
- Blog posts 2005-08-13
- Gateway puts a trace on laptops
- Gateway puts a trace on laptopsSounds like a good thing to me.True, the crooks wanting to grab every bit of other's IP they can won't like it but hey, they are crooks, who cares...Anything with TPM won't get my dollars.I can manage my own rights digital or otherwise, thank you....
- Tags: notebooks, tpm, laptop computer, gateway inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-08-10
- Apple on Intel has a rotten core
- Apple has succumbed to the lure of the Trusted Platform Module. The first development kits of OS X for Intel have been shipped. The hardware platforms Apple is sending to developers includes the TPM chip. I have several thousand words to say about why TPM is a bad...
- Tags: tpm
- Blog posts 2005-08-04
- Political Identity
- Political IdentityTPMs are the answers, but......the privacy fringe nutcases will make a big stink. Never mind that it can keep your information safe and provide you with privacy. In case they haven't noticed, companies are DRMing up everything regardless and spyware and crooks are getting the best of...
- Tags: tpm, e-mail address, e-mail, public record
- Discussion threads 2005-04-28
- Trusted Platform Modules Strengthen User and Platform Authenticity
- The TPM is widely deployed in a number of notebook and desktop systems. How does this chip work, and what does it enable? This document reviews key features of the TPM, its capabilities, and how it can be used in the enterprise.
- Tags: trusted computing group, tpm, desktops, notebooks, semiconductors, network technology, hardware, notebooks & tablets, networking
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Trusted Computing: Trusted Platform Management and Key Recovery
- The computer industry offers a variety of PCs and desktop boards equipped with a Trusted Computing Module TPM, a dedicated microchip enabled for security capabilities. Specifications for the TPM have been developed and promoted by an industry standards organization called the Trusted Computing Group TCG. Working within...
- Tags: recovery, industry, trusted computing, wave systems corp., server, tpm, disaster recovery, corporate governance, strategy, security, data management, business operations, corporate law, management
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