"In the backstory to the upcoming game Mega Man Zero, the government recovered from a terrible tragedy using technology to rebuild their earth. They built a grand society, named Neo Arcadia. But in the face of this tragedy, the government grew distrustful of the technology that allowed them to get so far in the first place. Those in power grew oppressive, and suddenly things became unsafe for the technology that had assisted them. Soon, people were dying.
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If you've not heard of it, Intel is working on an initiative called the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance, or TCPA. The initiative is supposed to create more safety and therefore more trust in the PC community. It's being backed strongly by Microsoft, which is creating software they've named Palladium. Palladium, which eerily takes its name from Greek culture as Neo Arcadia does, is a set of software that already is being planned to be included in future versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system." |
