Microsoft Windows Vista has been released! Well, released to enterprise customers, at least. Consumer and foreign language versions will be released in January.
In preparing my most recent book, Windows Vista Security: Securing Vista Against Malicious Attacks (Wiley), co-authored with Dr. Jesper Johansson, I’ve counted more than 180 new security improvements and features in Vista. I’ve been developing a PowerPoint presentation on it, and it’s already exceeded 220 slides (and I’m only a third of the way done).
Here are the most significant new features:
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