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1. Vendors have their head in the clouds

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... pointed out that if the provider goes bust, how does an enterprise or an end user, for example, retrieve the data entrusted to a "cloud". "There are lots of questions from a legal perspective," he said.But ...

2. IBM’s head is in the clouds

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... trusted leader in enterprise services," said Bob Picciano, General Manager, IBM Lotus Software. LotusLive iNotes is aimed at people who don’t sit behind a desk all day but still need to be in touch with ...

3. IBM: Malicious web links up by 508 percent

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... one is to be trusted. There is no such thing as safe browsing today and it is no longer the case that only the red light district sites are responsible for malware. We've reached a tipping point where ...

4. Apple's iPhone has yet to meet its Microsoft

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... trusted to raise the ire of many, and to be a nemesis worthy of any opponent. Now, there is no single figure with anything approaching that level of strength or guile or ambition. Steve Ballmer, at Microsoft, ...

5. Final lock of digital website certificates cracked

   (Security/Security Features)

   ... allows attackers to forge certificates that are fully trusted by all popular web browsers. In theory, the discovery would allow an attacker to perfectly impersonate secure websites and email servers to ...

6. Virtualization: Coming soon to a mobile phone near you?

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... in this direction, running their "trusted" apps in an isolated environment (BlackBerry, J2ME). Virtual devices could even have more than one phone instance running at the same time (multiple SIMs) for ...

7. McAfee to acquire Secure Computing

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... position in the network security space." Secure Computing brings 22,000 customers in 106 countries to the table and McAfee hopes that Secure's TrustedSource technology will extend its own cloud-based ...

8. AMD aims to increase desktop processor sales with business platform pitch

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... on a 350 MHz 3100 version, comes with support of up to four monitors, but does not support UVD and hybrid graphics. Motherboards designed for this business platform integrate a trusted platform module ...

9. UPDATE: Phoenix announces HyperSpace: Instant-on computing for the masses

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... version would allow the addition of user-specified signed applications which can be inserted into their trusted environment.  This would provide a way to extend the base abilities provided by Phoenix ...

10. UPDATE: AMD's website paints Barcelona performance pictures not seen in the real world

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... The beta release has not been fully validated and could be changed before the final version of this benchmark can be trusted.  They show relative increases in performance, as well as those against ...

11. Intel promises enhanced trusted computing in virtualization with vPro

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... viewed as a form of DRM as it requires many trusted devices in implementation.  Whereas DRM today typically obtains its use limits through hard-coded content in the media, software or runtime Internet ...

12. Intel fires up upgraded mobile Core 2 Duos

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... via an additional SDI link. New in the ICH8M enhanced version is the activation of Intel’s the firm's La Grande technology, now called “Trusted Execution Technology” (TXT), which ...

13. Core 2 Duo to hit 3 GHz, introduce FSB1333 in Q3 '07

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... is the integration of support for AMT "Pro" as well as the activation of Intel's TPM-based security technology LaGrande. Intel has renamed LaGrande to "TXT, which stands for "Trusted Execution Technology" ...

14. After the AMD / ATI merger: Will Nvidia GeForce still compete with ATI Radeon?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... 2006: Contrary to reports, ATI did not lose Intel's bus license.) Although Intel does manufacture its own integrated graphics components already, Nvidia has a powerful and trusted brand, which could conceivably ...

15. Intel's LaGrande security platform to arrive in H2 2007

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... new ICH8 southbridge, but complementing trusted platform modules (TPM) will not be available until the following chipset generation. Intel apparently plans to bring TPMs to the market once the chipsets ...

16. IBM to build content protection technology into processors

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... is very similar to the TCG specification, which has brought us the trusted platform module (TPM) - a chip on the motherboard that securely stores digital information. However, while the Trusted Computing ...

17. Vista in 2007: Microsoft delays an OS, postpones an industry

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... is one of HP's most valued and trusted partners," said the HP spokesperson, "we fully support them in determining the most appropriate schedule for the Windows Vista launch. We will continue to work together ...

18. Intel's LaGrande security technology not coming to consumer PCs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... security initiatives of TCPA (later renamed to Trusted Computing Group or "TCG") and Microsoft's controversial "Palladium" technology, which eventually evolved into the Next Generation Secure Computing ...

19. Flash memory could slash boot time of Intel Merom computers by 50%

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... - such as the BIOS, and potentially for new Conroe- and Merom-based platforms using Intel's just-completed LaGrande Technology specification for trusted computing. In such systems, the so-called virtual ...

20. Intel's LaGrande trusted platform steers away from DRM

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    At IDF today, Intel announced the introduction of its first completed draft of its LaGrande Technology (LT) specifications, which represent Intel's efforts to incorporate the goals of the Trusted Computing ...

21. Can IDF relight Intel's fire?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... technology never made it into a public discussion. LT is Intel's interpretation of a digital rights management technology, which apparently is based on a common specification of the Trusted Computing Group ...

22. Coral Consortium: Can't all our DRM systems just get along?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... We are an interoperability framework that makes it possible for the various players to participate in a trusted fashion, to exchange information so that interoperability can be provided to consumers." ...

23. Roadmap update: Intel aims for 5 hours of battery time in notebooks

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... "Santa Rosa" platform. Santa Rosa's Crestline chipset will not only include support for 802.11n, but also WWAN (EVDO/HSDPA), connect to Intel's LaGrande trusted platform module (TPM) to interact Microsoft's ...

24. Trusted Computing platform, DRM coming to hard drives

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    This week's announcement of the publication of a Trusted Platform Module implementation that enables TPM functionality to be shifted to hard disk drives, creates an intriguing scenario. Hard drive manufacturers ...

25. Microsoft's Gates outlines Windows "trust ecosystem"

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... that the dreams we have can only be realized if we not only build secure approaches," Gates' speech today opened. But in order for systems to be trusted, he went on, they have to be transparent. To do ...

26. UPDATE: EC indicates Microsoft's source code licensing may not be enough

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... powers that in America would be entrusted to judicial authorities) has thus far been successful in designating that the documentation Microsoft has issued thus far, in compliance with its March 2004 antitrust ...

27. Authentec rolls out "world's smallest" fingerprint sensor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... millimeter sensor is compatible with several Trusted Computing platforms and also works with Windows and Linux operating systems. There may be a smaller and faster fingerprint sensor coming to a laptop ...

28. Intel to launch Core Duo successor "Merom" in September

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... the feature enhancements are still missing, but it is a good guess that Intel will introduce chipset enhancements we described not quite two weeks ago - such as HDMI, HD audio and a trusted platform module ...

29. Intel chipsets add support for HDMI, TPM and NAND Flash-based BIOS in 2006

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... security and digital rights management approach that is based on the specifications developed by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). A key part of the technology will be integrated into a "Trusted Platform ...

30. Are true computing platforms emerging in the mobile devices market?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... strengthens its position as a trusted vendor." Palm's upcoming Treo 700w smartphone One of the more surprising outcomes of the Windows/Palm deal is the perceived sublimation of the Palm OS. As embraced ...

31. Does Trusted Computing provide security for users or from them?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... in computer systems and networks. The security expert and author discussed his fears about the potential misuse of Trusted Computing with TG Daily.   Mountain View (CA) - Throughout the past two ...

32. DRM chip for mobile devices may bind cell phones to service, content providers

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... and secure platform for mobile devices, such as cell phones. The new initiative will build on the work of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG), to create a specification for a mobile version of its Trusted ...

33. EFF blasts phone security proposal

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

      Be careful what you wish for. When the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) issued its recommendations for mobile phone security this week, it also asked for industry feedback. Be careful what you wish ...

34. EFF blasts phone security proposal

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Be careful what you wish for. Be careful what you wish for. When the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) issued its recommendations for mobile phone security this week, it also asked for industry feedback. ...

35. Mac OS X for Intel leaked, cracked

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... on any unofficial system. BetaNews, running the short story with a link to a French Internet site appears to mix up some code-names floating around security initiatives of Intel, Microsoft and the Trusted ...

36. Security chip to limit OS X to Macs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Apple could use the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip to ensure that only Mac computers can run its OS X operating system, according to a news analysis from Gartner. Apple could use the Trusted ...

37. IBM integrates National's TPM in T43 notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

      National Semiconductor today announced that IBM is the first company to have selected the firm's National's SafeKeeper Notebook Trusted Input/Output (I/O) device in one of its products. National ...

38. MS Palladium protects IT vendors, not you - paper

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Ross Anderson of Cambridge University has published a lengthy and informative paper/FAQ on Palladium, the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA), their relationship and their implications.  ...