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Gates: Security challenges to grow despite Vista
Though Microsoft has made leaps in security over the years, even more challenges lie ahead as additional devices go online, company executives said yesterday. Only last week, Microsoft released Windows Vista and Office 2007, promoted as the most secure versions of the operating system and productivity products yet. And it has been nearly five years since company chairman Bill Gates sent out his "Trustworthy Computing" memo, which said the software maker was turning its focus to security. But that doesn't mean Microsoft products are now watertight, said Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at the company. Speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Mundie said in a joint keynote speech with Gates: "This won't make [the products] perfect. The challenges we face in building our products, and the challenges everybody faces in administering and using them, is that humans are humans and they make mistakes." As more devices connect to the internet, and as people demand access to data from anywhere, the security job will only get bigger and more complex, said Mundie.
Bids sought for restaurant high in new Freedom Tower at World Trade ...
The foundation isn't even finished, but the agency building the Freedom Tower at ground zero is already looking for someone to operate a restaurant high atop the structure. "This is another step forward in the redevelopment of the historic site," said Candace McAdams, spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. "The Freedom Tower is an iconic structure that calls for a world-class dining destination." The restaurant on the 100th and 101st floors, offering 360-degree views of the area, is scheduled to open in 2013. The Port Authority on Tuesday will issue a formal request for expressions of interest to design, build and operate the restaurant. With construction under way on the foundation, the 1,776-foot tower is expected to open in 2012, 11 years after the attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
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