BitLocker Drive Encryption is a new security feature in Windows Vista, designed to work with the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Basically, it encrypts the C drive with a computer-generated key. In its basic mode, an attacker can still access the data on the drive by guessing the user’s password, but would not be able to get at the drive by booting the disk up using another operating system, or removing the drive and attaching it to another computer.
Browsing Posts published on May 3, 2006
John Dvorak’s eight signs MS is dead in the water:
John Dvorak has written an opinion piece on why he believes Microsoft is dead in the water. He discusses Vista, Office 2007, MSN and MSN search, the Xbox 360, Pad-based computing, .Net, and Microsofts obsession with Google.
ajaxLaunch is a site notifying us all about the latest releases in the range of online office applications which are the brainchild of Michael Robertson, the chap who brought us all Linspire – a Windows-user friendly linux distro. So far we have had ajaxWrite, a word-processor; ajaxSketch a drawing package aimed at diagramming and flow [...]
Mac OS X to get integrated BitTorrent support:
Rumors says that according to some of their “oldest and most reliable sources,” Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” will be shipping with an integrated BitTorrent system that will be utilized for delivering software updates and iTunes content. For sharing their bandwidth, Leopard users would get rewards like credit at the iTunes Music Store and Apple would save “hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars per year” in bandwidth costs.
Ginobili, Spurs Turn Away Kings in Game 5:
Manu Ginobili scored 27 points and Tim Duncan added 24 as the San Antonio. Spurs posted a 109-98 triumph over the Kings to take a three games to two lead in their Western Conference playoff series.
