A random collection of stuff mostly about Microsoft, technology, privacy, and the law

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Stuff I’m Working On…

January 15th, 2012

MSFT’s Trustworthy Computing’s 10th Anniversary

Sometimes I’m totally stunned at how fast time passes, and this week was no exception when I saw an article at MSFT PressPass that it was ten years since Bill Gates had written his ‘Trustworthy Computing’ (TWC) initative e-mail.

I wrote a series of articles for about Trustworthy Computing for Directions on Microsoft’s Update that were subsequently combined into two Research Reports, one in 2002 and the second in 2004.

In case you too have forgotten what was happening when the TWC initiative began, the Introduction from the first TWC Research Report provides context:

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Stuff I’m Thinking About…

February 10th, 2012

Technology

MSFT Details Building Windows NT for ARM.

 

Legal, Privacy, and Miscellaneous

GOOG, MSFT and APPL Letters Aim to Keep Regulators at Bay.

More Thinking Stuff