Newsweek has an exclusive report on Microsoft's plans for Palladium, a security system that will involve building an ID chip into every PC. Not only will this help stop all sorts of nasties, it will take Microsoft much closer to one of its long-term goals -- it will allow it to tie a copy of the operating system to a single PC. Hollywood should also love the idea: it will help to provide secure digital rights management. The time when almost anybody can copy almost anything on a PC could be drawing to a close....
By the way, before you have an attack of privacy-related hysteria, you may already own and use a PC that has a similar system built in, especially if it is from IBM. Maybe you forgot to ask, or just didn't read the fine print. And if you are a Mac user, also bear in mind you have no alternative source of supply.....
