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[edited] -- barge, remember my talk about PCI-Express enabling the use of peripherals like fingerprint or SCR for TPM? Check this out:

http://boston.internet.com/news/article.php/2203701

"We are working on enhanced management of wireless connections, richer security, and flexible input methods. A lot of that shows up in Palm OS 6," Palm Chief Competitive Officer Michael Mace told internetnews.com.

According to reports at the Register, the new OS will also have granular, application-level security and pluggable I/O interfaces. That would let licensees remove a Graffiti input mechanism for an alternative, such as biometrics. PalmSource is also apparently working on tweaking OS 6 to make it Microsoft .NET compatible.

"We'll interoperate with .Net servers and software as much as we can, but parts of .Net are very proprietary to Microsoft and are not open," Mace said.

http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/oses/cobalt60.html

Check out the security section.