Microsoft Corp. has renamed its plan to link hardware and software security inside Windows-based computers. Palladium is now "next-generation secure computing base," which better describes the effort, the software maker said Monday.
Swiss police have confirmed the arrest of a person suspected of the hacking of computers at the World Economic Forum. The man, who is 20 years old, Swiss, and works part-time as an IT consultant, was taken into custody Friday in Bern, Switzerland, said a spokeswoman for the Geneva police.
Hackers have attacked servers containing sensitive information at the World Economic Forum, a spokeswoman for the Davos, Switzerland-based organization confirmed on Monday.