Microsoft’s new version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, will have additional security features such as the ability to work with encryption locks on chips, thus rendering sensitive files inaccessible if someone tries to boot a machine through a portable drive. The new version is expected to be released in December 2006. Some analysts question whether or not the new version will be such a significant upgrade from XP that users will embrace Longhorn. Some analysts say that Longhorn will not be enough of an upgrade to XP.”]
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