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Windows CE gets security boost
Monday, 28 June 2004 15:42 ESTMicrosoft will today release to manufacturing Windows CE 5.0, the latest version of its platform for mobile and embedded devices. The new release offers better security and closer integration with enterprise infrastructure, Microsoft said, and improves driver support for many common hardware components. Windows CE 5.0, earlier codenamed Macallan, will appear in new devices such as thin clients, handheld terminals and network appliances in the next few months. It will offer improved support for voice over IP (VoIP), enabling it to be used in new devices that integrate data and telephony functions. Future versions of Microsoft's Windows Mobile for PDAs and smartphones will also be based on the new code.
Key improvements are increased driver support, enhanced developer tools and easier integration through features such as Active Directory, according to Microsoft's group manager for mobile and embedded devices, Karen Carter.
"Integration between devices and PCs and servers is critical, so this is one area we've addressed (in CE 5.0]," she commented.
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