4 Nov
2002
4 Nov
'02
5:51 a.m.
"New PCs Likely to Cede Some Control Sun Nov 3, 1:58 PM ET By MATTHEW FORDAHL, AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - To thwart hackers and foster online commerce, the next generation of computers will almost certainly cede some control to software firms, Hollywood and other outsiders. That could break a long-standing tenet of computing: that PC owners ultimately control data on their own machines. Microsoft calls its technology "Palladium." Intel dubs it "LaGrande." " I say we call it "LaGrab." --Tim May "Extremism in the pursuit of liberty is no vice."--Barry Goldwater