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UNBEATEN heavyweight Richard Towers is up for winning his first professional title at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday June 16.
Sheffields unbeaten faces German Michael Wallisch for the vacant EU heavyweight crown on Hatton Promotions title stacked card.
The Road To Glory bill also features a vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) interim super-bantamweight title fight between Scott Quigg and Rendall Munroe, Martin Murray in championship action and Towers fellow steel city fighter Ryan Rhodes facing Sergey Rabchenko for the vacant European light-middleweight crown.
Towers, 32, said: "This is the biggest fight of my life and when I get in the ring I will do my job.
"I have already been to Gran Canaria for warm weather training earlier this year and I am training three times a day.
"I am already feeling the direct benefit from these sessions and the Wallisch fight cannot come quick enough."
Wallisch, 26, stands 6ft 5in tall and won all eight professional contests with five of his victories coming inside the distance.
But he will be dwarfed by 6ft 8in Towers who is unbeaten in 13 professional fights and rapidly closing in on men like Dereck Chisora, Tyson Fury and David Price.
Towers added: "I am blessed to have a brilliant team around me and all I have to do is be dedicated and live the life.
"I will fight anybody and I am getting closer to fighting guys like Fury and Price, but only when my team tell me it is right.
"I have only been boxing four-and-a-half years, but I have picked up this sport quickly.
"I have already sparred with Chisora and Fury. They are men I respect, but when I meet them they will discover I am unorthodox and different."
There will be a talent stacked undercard that will include former Commonwealth welterweight champion Craig Watson (20-5), unbeaten hopefuls Adam Etches (7-0), Scott Jenkins (4-0), Ryan Doyle (1-0), Jimmy Kelly (1-0).
Ticket prices are now on sale priced £125 (VIP Inner Ringside + exclusive cash bar), £100 Ringside, £55, £35 and £30. You can purchase tickets by calling Hatton Promotions hotline 01925 755 222/www.ticketmaster.co.uk/0844 847 2500/www.ticketline.co.uk/0844 888 4402/www.hmv.com
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Frank Buglioni to fight on 4/28
Unbeaten super-middleweight sensation Frank Buglioni aims to follow in hero Joe Calzaghe's footsteps at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 28th April.
The fast rising star from Enfield, north London, has his fourth fight at the historic venue where Calzaghe won the British title in 1995 and features in a six-round contest with his opponent to be announced shortly.
Buglioni's promoter Frank Warren is staging the first professional championship boxing event at the Royal Albert Hall in 13 years, live and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky Ch. 456/Virgin Ch. 546).
So far Buglioni's had two back-to-back first round wins over Sabie Montieth in his debut and then Paul Morby, and in February he beat Ryan Clark over four rounds.
And like Calzaghe with his Italian ancestry, 23-year-old Buglioni has the talent and looks to become the next big star in the division which has produced some of Britain's best ever boxers.
"I'm very excited to be boxing on the show at the Royal Albert Hall where the biggest names in British boxing have all fought," said Buglioni.
"When I was a kid, Joe Calzaghe was a big hero of mine so to fight at the venue where he won the British title is a real honour and it was watching Joe's amazing fight with Jeff Lacy that made me decide to turn professional,"
"Its only my fourth fight on Saturday so I'm a long way off fighting for the British title, but it's an ambition of mine to win the prestigious belt that the best in Britain have held."
The young talent has sparred with current European champion James DeGale and British and Commonwealth Champion George Groves and has trained with former WBC World Champion Carl Froch.
He added, "It's been a great experience to spar with James and George who are both top quality fighters and they each bring different strengths and qualities to the ring,"
"While I was in Sheffield I trained with Carl who was great to be around and learn from especially his attitude towards training which was an eye-opener,"
Ill find out who the opponent in the next day or so and then I cant wait for Saturday, Ive got plenty of fans coming down to support me and its going to be a great fight night at the Royal Albert Hall.
Billy Joe Saunders Vacant Commonwealth Middleweight title challenge against Tony Hill and Matthew Halls Final Eliminator for the British Light-Middleweight against Sam Webb headline the show.
The undercard features some of the best talent in Britain including unbeaten welterweight Bradley Skeete; light-welterweight Bradley Saunders; welterweights Freddie Turner and Dean Byrne and light-heavyweight Andreas Evangelou.
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Kronk Boxing Returns to Pechanga Featuring Harrison v Amador & Sarnoi v Alcantara
April 23, 2012 - Legendary Boxing Figure Emanuel Steward, and his famed Kronk Boxing, return to Pechanga Resort & Casino for another evening of world class fights.
The Main Event touts budding Kronk Superstar Tony "Super Bad" Harrison (6-0, 6KOs) of Detroit, MI, vs. Ishwar Amador (11-9, 7KOs) of Riverside, CA in a clash of Junior Middleweights. Amador is a veteran of 20 fights with some big wins in his career, while bring solid punching power to the table.
Tony Harrison is considered Kronk's next big star. The lanky and deadly Harrison has won all six of his fights by KO, possessing the Kronk patented lethal right hand. Harrison is a throwback to the days of stalking power punchers like Kronk Hall of Fame alumnus Tommy Hearns.
On March 3, 2012, Harrison set the crowd on fire as he destroyed Harun Akcabelen with a devastating third round knockout, on the undercard of the Wladimir Klitschko vs Jean Marc Mormeck heavyweight title fight. Just one week later, Harrison knocked out Alfred Hall in two rounds.
Emanuel Steward is extremely proud of Harrison, touting him as boxings next big PPV fighter. "The fans are in for a special treat with Tony Harrison, said Steward, He's very similar to Thomas Hearns. He comes to fight, he is fearless in the ring, he doesn't fight in reverse like many young fighters of today, he has a lot of poise and confidence, and he has a crowd-pleasing fighting style that Southern Californian fans will appreciate."
Also featured on the card is featherweight Walter Schoolboy Sarnoi (10-2, 5 KOs). of Monterey Park CA. Sarnoi takes on Jonathan Alcantara (5-7-2,1 KO) From Novato CA, in a co-feature featherweight battle. Sarnoi is not your typical fighter, holding a Masters Degree, but is as tough as nails in the ring. Sarnoi has ambitions of becoming a politician, and ran for City Council in Monterey Park last year. He learned his craft in the gyms of East Los Angeles and was a top amateur and is steadily climbing the ladder to contender status.
50 Sarnoi vs Cota.jpg Walter Sarnoi is victorious at Pechanga on Jan. 13, 2012 / by Melissa Jewel
Also featured on the card is Kronk Welterweight Jacob Bonas (0-0-1), a very highly-touted fighter from Emanuel Stewards Kronk stable. Bonas takes on Eddie Cordova (3-1-1, 1 KOs) of Utah. Bonas is another fighter to look out for, keeping the Kronk legacy going strong.
Emanuel feels that Bonas will be a solid champion and PPV fighter very soon, calling his current roster, his best bunch of home grown fighters, since the days of Thomas Hearns, Hilmer Kenty, Milt, Steve Mc Crory, Duane Thomas, Jimmy Paul, and Michael Moorer.
The remainder of the card features some great local matchups, including welterweight Hector Serrano (13-3, 6 KOs) of Perris, CA vs TBA; Jr Middleweights Robert Crespo (3-1) of Riverside vs John Worthy (2-3) of Ontario, CA; along with Welterwieght Giovani Santilan of San Diego, who makes his pro debut vs Johnathan Zamudio (1-1-1) of San Francisco.
Steward is one of the premier trainer/managers in boxing today, a successful promoter with Kronk and current HBO lead boxing analyst. He has achieved success with his boxers at every level of the game. In 1997, he was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame. After managing and training over 40 world champions (with 35 coming out of his famous Kronk Gym in Detroit), Steward now trains current heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko.
Steward has trained dozens of world champions, including Former Heavyweight Champion Lennox Lewis and flamboyant featherweight star Prince Naseem Hamed, Tommy "Hit Man" Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar De La Hoya, Evander Holyfield, Leon Spinks, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Aaron Pryor, and Miguel Cotto. Middleweight Andy Lee and Jr Middleweight Tony Harrison are among his current crop of pupils. For over three decades, his world famous Kronk Boxing Gym has been a cultivating ground for boxers of every age and size, from legendary world champions to pre-teen Golden Gloves hopefuls.
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DALLAS (AP) - A handful of history buffs and curious onlookers watched Monday as a bulldozer tore through the walls of a dilapidated apartment building where Lee Harvey Oswald lived a few months before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
The uninhabited 10-unit, two-story apartment complex built in 1925 was one of several remaining places tied to Kennedy's Nov. 22, 1963, assassination, which remains perhaps the most infamous moment in Dallas history. Oswald lived at the building at 600 Elsbeth St. with his wife, Marina, and young daughter from November 1962 to March 1963.
The residence is mentioned in the Warren Commission report that investigated Kennedy's death and concluded Oswald acted alone.
The bulldozer ramming through the walls started with the side where Oswald lived. Police blocked off Elsbeth Street and the sidewalk in front, but let onlookers grab bricks from the side of the building.
Tom Sclar, a local resident and musician, put five bricks in a backpack as souvenirs and possibly sale items later. Sclar said the building was included on tours he once gave to groups interested in the many alternate theories about Kennedy's death _ though he called himself a "borderline agnostic" on the question of who shot Kennedy.
"People sell this crap for money," Sclar said. "I'm doing it out of a weird, kitschy interest."
Jose Sorola said he was fascinated by the history of two presidential assassins _ Oswald and John Wilkes Booth, who killed Abraham Lincoln. Sorola had heard about the upcoming demolition on the news and eventually purchased an apartment window for $125 online. His goal, he said, was to build a "traveling wall" around the window so it could be displayed to others.
"He still lived here, and in my opinion, he's a part of Dallas history," Sorola said. "Maybe for the wrong reason, but he's still a part of history."
Kennedy's assassination still generates plenty of controversy, particularly as theories still circulate about whether Oswald acted alone. The Warren Commission's report says Oswald shot Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building _ now a museum dedicated to Kennedy and the assassination. The Warren Commission also concluded that Oswald killed Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit 45 minutes after Kennedy was shot.
Gary Mack, curator of the Sixth Floor Museum, said Oswald ordered the revolver that killed Tippit in January 1963, when Oswald was living at the Elsbeth Street apartment. But, he added, "The most important parts of the Oswald story are what he did, not where he did them.
"One has to draw the line somewhere at what is or is not historically significant. For those studying Oswald's life, this may be a more important address, but for those who are curious about the Kennedy assassination, what actually happened in Dealey Plaza is of far more significance," Mack said.
Jane Bryant bought the apartment building in 2007, later saying she hadn't known at the time about its link to history. But she was never able to realize plans to renovate it. In 2008 she got caught up in litigation with the city over the state of the building.
The city got a court order last May to have it razed and took over demolition when Bryant failed to act quickly enough.
Bryant told The Associated Press late Monday that she has spent "close to $100,000 in legal fees trying to save a historic property and trying to do everything the city asked me to do." But she said the city "made it impossible for me to renovate."
The city estimated demolition and asbestos abatement would run about $52,000 and said it may put a lien on the property to recover its costs.
Associated Press writer Jamie Stengle contributed to this report.
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Not long ago, bored and horny housewives had "Twilight" to fuel their kinky fantasies. Before that, moms looking to get their sexy literature on could pick up a copy of "Peyton Place," a 1956 soap opera novel that follows the sordid goings-on of a quiet New Hampshire town.
But a new book that's gripping mothers by the loins makes those two look downright quaint.
"Fifty Shades of Grey," the first book in the "Fifty Shades" trilogy, doesn't bother with foreplay between teenage virgins, or the pedestrian concerns of undersexed 40-somethings -- the tome, penned by British author E.L. James, is straight up bondage erotica. According to the New York Post, it's become a big hit with the wealthy mothers of New York City, and has helped coin a new genre: "mommy porn."
The book follows a fictional young billionaire, Christian Grey, as he seduces Anastasia Steele, a recent college graduate. Steele quickly discovers that Grey wants to make her his sex slave.
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Upper East Side stroller-pushers have reportedly found out about James' fantasy-land mainly through word of mouth -- "It's known as 'The Book,'" one such lascivious reader told The Post -- and sales of "Fifty Shades of Grey" took off in January, so much so that it's already landed on the New York Times best-seller list.
The impact of "Fifty Shades of Grey" on women's libidos doesn't end with mommy's private time, though. It's apparently so hot that it's making female readers want to have sex -- with the men they're married to.
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Indeed, another mom interviewed by The Post reported that, "The person who recommended it to me said, 'It will make you want to have sex with your husband.' And it did!"
It's a shocking trend, but it doesn't look like this unchecked tide of marital sex is going to stem any time soon. More than 6,000 people have rated the book on Good Reads, and one hopeful Amazon seller thinks someone will shell out $999.99 for a copy.
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BISTRO DON GIOVANNI: 4110 Howard Lane, Napa; http://www.bistrodongiovanni.com or 707-224-3300. Pastas, pizzas, meat and fish entrees, $13-$37.
TASTE NAPA DOWNTOWN:http://www.napadowntown.com. Cards are $20, good for 10-cent tastings at 14 rooms.
- Castello di Amorosa: 4045 N. St. Helena Highway, Calistoga; 707-967-6272, http://www.castellodiamorosa.com
- Schramsberg Vineyards: 1400 Schramsberg Rd., Calistoga, http://www.schramsberg.com or 800-877-3623
- Far Niente: 1350 Acacia Dr., Oakville; http://www.farniente.com or 707-944-2861.
- Stag's Leap Wine Cellars: 5766 Silverado Trail, Napa; http://www.cask23.com or 866-422-7523.
- Jarvis: 2970 Monticello Rd., Napa; http://www.jarviswines.com or 800-255-5280.
NAPA, Calif. Winter is quiet time in wine country. Which makes it a very good time for a visit.
With harvest over and future bottles of wine resting peacefully in barrels and tanks, your chances of chatting with a winemaker when you visit a winery is higher. And as temperatures drop, so do crowds and prices, making a getaway less stressful on your psyche and wallet.
Cooler weather - temperatures can be in the 40s and 50s in January, warming up to the 60s in February and March - transforms the valley from exuberant summer splendor to a moodier hue. Winter rains turn hillsides deep green; in the vineyards dormant vines lift spindly arms to misty skies.
It all makes for some good eating weather. Now's the time to feast on the hearty braises and roasts that go best with Napa's robust red wines.
Grab a table near the fireplace at Bistro Don Giovanni, just north of Napa on Highway 29, and get ready to tuck into some seasonal fare, maybe fresh wild boar cooked slow and served with a red wine sauce. "When you have a great cab or syrah with that, I just think it's perfect," says Chef Donna Scala, who's noticed that people tend to linger at table in winter. "They enjoy eating more and they'll sit for hours."
For some exterior heat, jump into a mud bath in Calistoga, a small and charming town at the top of the valley known for its hot springs. Slipping into a vat of volcanic mud is the hard-core way to go, although you can opt for a soak in a mineral pool followed by various wraps and massages.
In late January, the valley gets a shot of color when the mustard planted as a cover crop for vines erupts in a burst of yellow. From Jan. 30-March 27, the humble plant is celebrated in a festival that includes music, art, dining and, of course, wine.
Wine tasting is a year-round pastime. Call ahead to make sure tasting rooms are open - many are by appointment only.
If you're staying in the city of Napa, a shortcut is to buy a $20 "Taste Napa Downtown" card from the Napa Valley Visitor Information Center. With that you can taste wine for a dime at 14 different tasting rooms in downtown Napa. The card also comes with other discounts.
For a wine-tasting with a difference, try Castello di Amorosa, a 121,000-square-foot replica of a 13th-century Tuscan castle off Highway 29 near Calistoga. The castle is a working winery with caves and tasting room, but also boasts such flourishes as a Great Hall, 72 feet long and 22 feet high, decorated with huge frescoes. Reservations recommended. Be sure to check out the dungeon and torture chamber.


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There has been a lot of speculation in the past, but in some of these pictures, I don't know what's going on. I hope that's just some awkwardly trapped water, because otherwise there is definitely something very wrong with Kate Beckinsale's breasts.
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WHEN: 7 p.m. July 26, 27, 28 and Aug. 2, 3, 4; 3 p.m. matinee July 29 and Aug. 5
WHERE: Baldwinsville Presbyterian Church Christian Education Center, 64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville
Tickets: $15 for adults, $10 students, and $10 for seniors at the matinees.
For reservations, call 877-4183
Baldwinsville The oft-memorable words long ago written by Dr. Seuss are coming to a stage near you very soon.
In its 70th year, the Baldwinsville Theatre Guild will be putting on a show never before done by the community theater group — "Seussical the Musical." Being the oldest continually-performing non-professional community theater group in New York, the guild was founded in 1942 by Rosemary Sinnett Nesbitt, a theater professor at SUNY Oswego, and annually presents spring, summer and fall productions.
"We're honored with the opportunity not only to put on a production here, but be trusted with something like a 70th anniversary," co-director Marissa McLean said.
This summer's production of "Seussical" is additionally special as the entire production team is college students. It is the youngest production team ever approved by the guild for the summer musical.
"I saw this great opportunity to go into the community and just have this really passionate team and put this show together," director Dan Mullarney said.
Mullarney, a sophomore at the University of Miami, where he's majoring in music education with a jazz emphasis, put his team together with each member specializing in a different area — costumes, choreography, drama, set design — and submitted his proposal to the BTG board in late September.
"And in September, my entire team was scattered across the country," he said.
With the team spread out from Miami to Chicago, the proposal was worked up and then presented to the board by the shows producers. The team found out in late November the show had been approved.
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13 Quorum Health Resources (QHR) client hospitals were recently recognized among Avatar's annual Solutions Awards for service excellence and quality. One QHR client, Trigg County Hospital (Cadiz, KY), received an Overall Best Performer award along with three other Avatar awards including: HCAHPS Most Improved - Small Hospital - Communication with Nurses Composite; HCAHPS Most Improved - Small Hospital - Communication with Doctors Composite; and HCAHPS Most Improved - Small Hospital - Discharge Composite.
"We are honored to be recognized for our commitment to quality," said Trigg County Hospital's Chief Executive Officer Alisa Coleman. "I am proud of our team and their effort to provide our patients with excellent, local healthcare services."
"Avatar award winners are leading their peers in quality and patient experiences," said QHR President and CEO James L. Horrar. "We are proud to partner with hospitals that encourage healthcare providers to continually improve and achieve outstanding outcomes for patients."
"Avatar award winners show dedication to providing the excellent care experience that patients deserve," said Lynn Ehrmantraut, Senior Vice President of Performance Improvement at Avatar Solutions. "The awards indicate these organizations are listening and responding to patient feedback and committing to provide the best experience for each individual patient."
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Avatar awards are based on the results of the hospital's 2013 patient surveys. For more information on the awards and criteria, please visit http://www.avatarsymposium.com/awards.cfm.
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QHR (Quorum Health Resources) has provided consulting, management and education resources to hospitals and health systems for three decades. QHR is the market leader in hospital management, serving more than 700 hospitals over the past 3 decades. As a consulting resource, QHR is consistently ranked among the top healthcare consulting firms in the nation, and the QHR Learning Institute reaches nearly 15,000 healthcare professionals each year. For more information, go to http://www.qhr.com.


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Others see state refusals on health exchange creation as little more than political posturing.
"I think they're taking a political gamble hoping that President Obama is [not reelected], and that is really putting all your money on one number," said Navigant's Vogel. "[They're saying] 'I did not support Obamacare at all.'"
Jon Kingsdale, managing director and co-founder of the Boston office of Wakely Consulting Group and former executive director of the state agency serving as Massachusetts' health insurance exchange, doesn't believe states will shut themselves out of the process of creating an exchange.
"My own sense is that even if the state backs completely away from doing the exchange, there'll still be some coordination" with the federal government, he said.
Even though many people would benefit from the tax credits and consumer assistance that exchanges will offer, exchange implementation, for the most part, isn't even on consumers' radar.
"I really doubt too many people even understand the health-care reform law and the exchanges," Vogel said.
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A method and apparatus for uniquely and securely loading software to an individual computer includes requesting download of software components to a hardware platform and delivering a token from a token server responsive to the request. The token server is operated by an entity having rights to grant access to the software components. The token is passed to a system that builds software images. The system is operated by an organization that performs delivery of the software. The software components are assembled and decrypted with the system within an enabled secure process. A software image to be loaded onto the platform is created and bound to the hardware platform by encrypting the software image using an application specific encryption technique.
1. A method for uniquely and securely loading software to an individual computer, comprising:
requesting download of software components to a hardware platform;
delivering a policy activation token from a token server responsive to said request, wherein said token server is operated by an entity having rights to grant access to said software components;
passing said policy activation token to a system that builds software images, wherein said system is operated by an organization that performs delivery of said software;
assembling and decrypting said software components with said system within an enabled secure process;
creating a software image to be loaded onto said platform; and
binding said software image to said hardware platform by encrypting said software image using an application specific encryption technique.
2. The method of
3. The method of
clearing a protection mechanism within a trusted component of said hardware platform on which said software components are to run; and
creating an unerasable credential which records that said software components have been successfully installed;
wherein said clearing and creating steps are implemented when a user uses said software components for a first time.
4. The method of
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/285,295, filed Apr. 2, 1999 now abandoned, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all that is disclosed therein.
The invention relates to the distribution of computer software. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for uniquely and securely loading software to an individual computer.
Increasing competitiveness in the personal computer industry makes it essential that personal computers have a reasonable total cost of ownership. Presently, software distribution and software updates account for a large part of total cost of personal computer ownership. This is in part due to the complexity of software distribution, where there are many levels in the software delivery chain, e.g. independent software vendors (ISVs), personal computer manufacturers, various levels of resellers, and finally management information systems (MIS) departments. Each level of software distribution uses different schemes for software loading and updating, thus adding unnecessary confusion and complexity in the delivery chain. This leads to convoluted license agreements and contradictory objectives at all levels in the software distribution supply chain.
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It is not unusual for 70 percent of the software pre-loaded by a computer vendor to be replaced by customer images, either from the computer vendor's pre-loaded software or from a custom made integration of software components. This leads to a waste of time and money in the manufacturing process for a large proportion of systems sold.
At the same time, alternative indirect distribution models (such as Internet-based and shareware models) have emerged, co-existing with both corporate software supply chain models and retail models. All models involve similar steps (e.g. copy, install, evaluate, pay, and use), even if these steps are not taken in the same order and by the same people. Such alternative distribution models are gaining acceptance at a fast pace because of the increased availability of Internet connections in corporations, and because of the general trend to move towards an information-centric computing environment.
The foregoing is a compelling reason for network based distribution of software to become the preferred software supply mechanism. For example, such distribution bears the flexibility and time effectiveness of on-demand supply, while keeping records of granted licenses. This is what the Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Wash. has attempted to realize with the Active Directory features provided in the Windows NT5 product, which provides basic software distribution mechanisms as an integral part of the core functions of the future corporate operating system.
However, the NT5 model is limited by at least the following two factors:
First, corporations must re-think their information technology (IT) infrastructure to take full advantage of NT5 Active Directory model, thus requiring significant effort in deployment, which is in contradiction with the primary objective of the MIS department, i.e. to offer stability to the corporate IT environment. As an example, a large proportion of corporate customers (in some cases, 40 percent) still choose to use the Windows for Workgroups operating system, primarily because a large number of custom made applications have been developed for this operating system.
Second, if the NT5 model were to be extended from an intranet environment to an Internet online distribution model, it would require the use of strong security mechanisms to protect the intellectual property of the content owner, as well as the credit/debit information of the content user. Even though NT5 includes much stronger security features than previous operating systems (e.g. by using a Kerberos scheme for access rights management and encryption, as limited by current U.S. export control laws), it still lacks sufficiently strong encryption mechanisms to ensure the complete confidentiality of long lasting information, such as software components and customer credit information. Moreover, it does not provide sufficiently trustworthy mechanisms to protect the content provider from software piracy outside a well protected corporate environment, i.e. in the real world.
Another difficulty with software distribution stems from the fact that the software licensing mechanism is not separated from the software supply process. For example, the party who has a legal agreement with the ISV to distribute the software is not necessarily the most appropriate or economically effective party to supply the software components. This gives rise to at least the following anomalies: Corporate customers may ask their IT suppliers to duplicate their software image even though corporate resellers do not have the right to load full operating systems; the corporate end-user may download software via the Internet from the World Wide Web, sometimes infringing corporate IT rules; and OEMs are asked to load full suites of applications, but do not necessarily have agreements in place with ISVs to do so. This leads to many gray area practices and results in either inefficient processes or software licensing problems.
The IT industry is evolving from a computer-centric model to an information-centric model. In the near future, protecting information assets will be even more crucial to corporate software and systems customers. This requires the use of encryption. While various schemes are known for remotely unlocking software, none of the known schemes are well suited for a software distribution model that encompasses an entire software distribution chain. Rather, such systems are typically confined to a simple client/server model.
It would be advantageous to reduce software pre-load costs and thereby save some of the cost of software pre-load licenses. It would also be advantageous to offer new manufacturing flexibility and to adapt to networked software distribution opportunities, while enhancing the existing software distribution chain.
The invention provides a method and apparatus for uniquely and securely loading software to an individual computer while reducing software pre-load costs. While a preferred embodiment of the invention makes strong encryption exportable (and thus provides increased flexibility in the software distribution chain), the invention is not an encryption mechanism per se. Rather, the invention provides three fundamental features in an information-centric environment, resulting in heretofore unmet flexibility and security for software delivery.
These three features comprise:
The foregoing features of the invention can be deployed progressively at all levels of the software delivery value chain, for example:
The invention is advantageous to software developers because it provides a credible anti-piracy system that can be deployed at non-trusted duplication centers, significantly increasing the software developer's revenue. Benefits for software customers include better turn around time with in-house access to a large software repository, decreased cost of software licensing, better TCO because of a stronger control of software loading, and strong hardware based security features on personal computers at close to zero cost. Distribution channels also benefit from use of the invention in the form of increased efficiency by lawfully providing services, such as customer image management, and they achieve a better margin due to a lower manufacturing/distribution cost for the platform.
One aspect of the invention provides a scheme that circumvents the problem of heterogeneous laws regarding the use and porting of encryption in different parts of the world. This provides a tool for developing products featuring very strong encryption technologies, where such encryption technologies can be made available on a global basis. The invention provides control mechanisms over the use of encryption, by separating encryption algorithms from the rules governing the use of those encryption algorithms. The access right rules are contained within an electronic policy activation token, created and distributed by representatives of local authorities (e.g. licensor, governments) (referred to herein as security domain authorities). This allows for a unique set of encryption algorithms, to be embedded in hardware components (e.g. firmware, chipsets), and activated by a policy activation token, according to the local government regulations.
All cryptographic methods that control access to software lie dormant and unusable as a result of being intentionally disabled, i.e. broken. Only upon the receipt of activation criteria and reenabling data is it possible to resolve such intentional disablement and activate the software. This information is delivered in the policy activation token (PAT). The PAT is a delivery vehicle for access rights such that the set of access right data structures make up the majority of the PAT data structure. The type of PAT and the delivery mechanism determines additional elements of the PAT. PATs are signed to prevent alteration and the PAT signature is authenticated.
There are different types of PATs, including physical and virtual PATs. Given the proper interfaces, all types of PAT can be supported.
A physical PAT is a smart card that contains a set of access rights that are to be considered only while the smart card is physically inserted into its reader. Consequently, the access rights are not transferred out of the physical PAT. By maintaining a constant authentication heartbeat, the system knows that the physical PAT is present. Any access right parameters that are needed can be requested and returned using the heartbeat protocol. The smart card that is serving as the physical PAT may be a multifunction smart card, and thereby contain other useful security features. The physical PAT may be designed to be more or less permanently installed or temporarily installed while the user activates a specific service. Either way, the access rights in the physical PAT are considered available only while the physical PAT is inserted.
A virtual PAT is a token used to securely deliver a set of access rights over a communications link. A virtual PAT is a data structure that contains a set of access rights. The virtual PAT delivery mechanism must not permit replay or diversion.
An underlying principle of the invention lies in the separation of information and the data granting access to that information, as well as the use of a trusted execution environment. This simple, yet extremely powerful principle can easily be transposed to the problem of software distribution. For a discussion of an underlying framework for such a software distribution system, see K. Klemba, R. Merckling, International Cryptography Framework, U.S. Pat. No. 5,651,068 (Jul. 22, 1997) and K. Klemba, R. Merckling, International Cryptography Framework, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/821,325, filed Mar. 21, 1997, the content of which is incorporated herein by this reference thereto.
When the application is used for the first time, upon agreement of the EULA, the protection mechanism is cleared within a tamper resistant, trusted component of the system on which the application is to run and an unerasable credential is created which records that the software components have been successfully installed. A personal computer manufactured with this process is a standard personal computer, but it is loaded with software using a specific secure pre-load procedure, e.g. BIOS and BIS technology.
The multiple capabilities of use of the token allow implementation of a dynamic process that checks that the software is both genuine and bears a valid certificate at each application start up. This last dynamic process requires modifications of the operating system to establish a trust relationship between the secure process monitoring the use of an application and the trusted component. Such modifications allow the operating system to monitor the credential for service activity.
The invention provides flexibility to accommodate all distribution models, e.g. direct, indirect, retail, Internet, or shareware. Software is readily duplicated and distributed without consideration of license agreements because the token, i.e. a small electronic file, is the physical evidence of the license agreement. The token may therefore follow a separate path from that of the software itself. The software becomes usable only when the token is present. This aspect of the invention provides a powerful mechanism for establishing unencumbered software distribution while reliably securing the software against improper or unauthorized use, sale, or duplication. Thus, use of the invention clears gray area practices by offering an accountable system for license tracking. As an example, resellers may order tokens from ISVs (or their channel) and make lawful customer image duplication without being encumbered by a specific license agreement.
Implementation of the invention does not necessitate a profound change of the economic and the money flow model of software distribution, yet provides the flexibility to move towards new distribution models progressively. This is because use of the invention clearly separates the value added by software license procurement from the value added by image loading and system supply.
The invention provides a common on-line software distribution mechanism that can be deployed at factory sites, at resellers sites (first and second tier), within corporations, and even at individual end-user locations. This is made possible by the high level of trust induced by the use of the invention's security mechanisms, e.g. tamper resistant, hardware-based security.
More specifically, for the different levels of the software delivery chain the invention offers at least the following advantages:
First Step (100): The first step provides added flexibility to existing proprietary manufacturing processes, which are designed to handle static bundles and cannot process dynamic combinations of software. This allows for Software Build To Order (SBTO) by dynamically transforming a set of software component requirements into a list of to-be-loaded software. A second feature manages customer images as a temporary solution for counting and reporting licenses of software included within the image in a secure environment (distribution centers and current channel assembly partners).
Second Step (110): The second step first provides an accountable image building/loading system using the herein described security mechanisms. When a customer order is processed, a token is requested from a token server. The token is consumed by the image builder/leader and used to duplicate the exact number of copies of software corresponding to that order. A secure hardware element ensures that the image loading/building process cannot be tampered with and that only the correct number of software licenses granted by the token are issued. Current protection mechanisms already in place in the distribution centers and at channel assembly partners are used to guarantee end to end security. This protection mechanism resides in a confidential software building procedure and in a flag implemented in a serial EEPROM that makes the manufactured personal computer inoperable until all the manufacturing processes have been executed.
A second objective of this second step is to make personal computer clients system management software ready to use such that new personal computers only need to be plugged into the corporate network, and automatically download additional software from a system management server. This can be readily achieved by pre-loading system management software clients at the factory. Usually, system management software is not pre-installed on new personal computer clients, and the IT organization must load it, which may induce several days of delay and drastically increase the cost of deploying a new per computer within the organization.
A third objective of the second step is to lead the definition of an industry-wide standard for software setup and install procedures. Even though tools such as Installshield from Install Shield Software Corporation, Schaumburg, Ill. are used in the industry, setup procedures may vary significantly from one ISV or independent hardware vendor (IHV) to the other. This increases cost, introduces quality problems, and delays the time to market for OEM vendors.
At completion of the second step, the token system guarantees an exact count of software licenses preloaded on the personal computer at manufacturing, and therefore clears the gray area practices of non-legally covered software loading, as described above. Protection against software piracy is provided by the nondisclosure of the proprietary software loading processes. However, those processes cannot be deployed in a nonsecure environment, and do not offer the flexibility and generalization capabilities for a broad deployment to all levels of the delivery chain, including second tier resellers or corporate customers.
Third Step (120): Trustworthy software duplication in a non-secure environment, that provides a widely deployable manufacturing process. One objective of the third step is to provide replication processes based on industry standard installation procedures that are secure enough such that their deployment can occur in non-trusted environments. The duplication control mechanisms have no effect on the end-user experience because the control is performed at manufacturing time.
The install procedures are preferably those that are the de facto standards.
In this embodiment of the invention, security is provided by:
When the end user starts the software for the first time, the image is processed within a trusted component, and upon the agreement of the EULA, to make it fully operational and usable. A non-erasable certificate is produced, which is a proof that the software has been installed on that particular platform.
This process is inherently secure from the component base download to the first time use of the software and relies on standard install procedures rather than proprietary systems. It is therefore much more trustworthy and scalable.
The process requires a secure component embedded into the personal computer client that is able to insure trustworthy encryption/decryption and signature/hash functions. The same secure component can be used as a generic encryption integrated circuit or hardware module to provide hardware based security. However, this does not prevent software piracy at the client personal computer level because one can always take an image of the disk once the EULA has been agreed upon and the image as been processed and duplicate the image at will. To avoid this problem, the invention provides unforgeable proof that the image has been bound to a given personal computer, i.e. a credential.
Fourth Step (130): A complete software usage control system, i.e. an end user oriented system, is provided. One objective of this final stage is to ensure that an application, once securely pre-loaded onto the personal computer cannot be duplicated and used on another personal computer.
When an application is launched, a secure process intercepts the application calls, verifies the application certificate signature and checks that the hardware identification (HW-ID) contained in the certificate matches that of the personal computer, verifies the authenticity of the application, and creates a credential to be used for the application monitoring. Additional levels of control can be achieved by including critical functions under the direct control of a policy activation token. This is also an excellent mechanism for detecting viruses because the system cannot activate images that have been modified.
To be trustworthy, the secure process must establish a trust relationship with the secure component. It also must not be possible to bypass the secure process and launch an application without monitoring such activity. Only a modification of the operating system can make this possible. The fourth step provides a very strong antipiracy system. When the application certificate is bound to a number of computers, e.g. an office, a home, or a laptop computer, and is portable (e.g. implemented on a smart card), Step 4 provides a solution for using office applications on multiple platforms with a consistent environment while complying with an EULA.
Although the invention is described herein with reference to the preferred embodiment, one skilled in the art will readily appreciate that other applications may be substituted for those set forth herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the invention should only be limited by the claims included below.
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The Whatsapp texting application was founded by engineers Jan Koum and Brian Acton in April 2009. Here's more on these newly-minted billionaires.
Jan Koum, 37
Born in a village outside Kiev, Ukraine, and the only child of a housewife and a construction manager, he migrated to the United States when he was 16 with his mother. They settled in Mountain View, California. They were so poor they had to rely on government assistance and food stamps to get by.
According to a Forbes piece, which details his life history, Mr Koum picked up software skills by age 18, learning from used books. He later studied mathematics and computer science at San Jose State University.
He met Mr Acton when he was temping at Ernst & Young as a security tester and was assigned to inspect Yahoo's advertising system. According to the Forbes.com article, Mr Acton liked his "no-nonsense" manner.
He later joined Yahoo as an infrastructure engineer. He was still in school when two weeks into his job, he got a call during class from Yahoo co-founder David Filo when a company server broke down, says Forbes.com. Mr Koum decided to drop out of school and work full time.
His mother died of cancer in 2000. His father, who never managed to join them in the US, had died in 1997.
His friendship with Mr Acton grew in the years they spent working at Yahoo. They both quit in 2007 and took a gap year, travelling through South America and playing ultimate Frisbee.
Both applied to work at Facebook and were rejected. Mr Koum found a direction when he bought an iPhone in 2009 and realised the potential of the then seven-month-old App Store.
He began working on an app for status updates, but it evolved into an instant messaging service. He roped in his friend Acton to work on the code and their first proper office was a converted warehouse where they had to wear blankets to keep warm.
They charged US$1 (S$1.26) for the app occasionally to keep a check on the growing number of users.
By 2011, the app had gone viral and attracted the attention of venture capitalists. Investment company Sequoia's partner Jim Goetz got his foot in the door and injected US$8 million in funding on the promise that he would not push advertising models on the company.
On his Twitter account @jankoum, he quotes the singer Kanye West "We on a galaxy the haters cannot visit" on his profile.
His posts are fairly random, from declarations of love of New York City to a photograph of a bus shelter at night captioned "This photo was not edited by instagram". But he actually responded to a Whatsapp user who complained about her account getting disabled, fixing her issue with an apology.
He comes off as a straight-shooting all-American guy, posting with amusingly profane befuddlement about a German wikipedia entry that apparently credited a "Diana Chub" as the founder of Whatsapp. But he has not forgotten his ties to Russia, with posts written in the Cyrillic alphabet and tweets about the current unrest in Ukraine.
If you run a startup and your goal is to get on techcrunch, you are doing it wrong.
— jan koum (@jankoum) May 6, 2012
Next person to call me an entrepreneur is getting punched in the face by my bodyguard. Seriously.
— jan koum (@jankoum) May 22, 2012
Poker and whiskey with friends; winning last hand with pocket 5s against pocket jacks and pocket aces = priceless. pic.twitter.com/yNxAOlaz
— jan koum (@jankoum) July 7, 2012
Going to Hong Kong in September. So excited! My first trip ever to Asia!
— jan koum (@jankoum) August 29, 2012
New York, I Love You!
— jan koum (@jankoum) October 26, 2012
You think you free but you a slave to the funds, baby You think you me, but you ain't me, what you done lately?
— jan koum (@jankoum) November 16, 2012
nothing like waking up from jet lag at 6am and finding a cockroach in your hotel room. switching hotels in 3,.. 2.. 1..
— jan koum (@jankoum) January 18, 2014
Brian Acton, 42
The two founders are famously press shy and low key. Mr Acton, a native of Michigan, grew up in Florida. His mother ran a freight forwarding company and his adoptive father was a professional golfer.
He studied computer science at Stanford and joined Yahoo! as an engineer. He also worked in advertising in Yahoo!, which is where both he and Mr Koum's famous aversion to advertising was born.
Mr Koum had tweeted a quote from Fight Club - "has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need" - to explain their strict no-ads stance on Whatsapp.
According to a Forbes article, Mr Acton also invested, and lost, millions in the dotcom boom and bust of the early Noughties.
Another tidbit to be gleaned about his personal life is in one passing reference from an interview with Wired magazine that he is "essentially married with a kid...I send the 'I love you's in text. She's sending me photos of our baby".
His twitter account, @brianacton, was started in 2009. He has all of 72 tweets. One of his earliest tweets bemoans his lack of understanding of the platform: "Still don't 'get' Twitter. Isn't it just the same as Facebook/IM status update?" Given his paucity of tweets, it seems he still has yet to get the hang of it although one tweet does reveal his music preferences: "Concert tonight with Willy Nelson and Bob Dylan. Woot!"
The accounts he follows on Twitter all seem to be related to the Silicon Valley community, from programmers to software companies.
Saw Star Trek. I felt it was a more Spock oriented story line. I enjoyed that. I did not like some of the over the top camp and cliche.
— Brian Acton (@brianacton) May 13, 2009
Got denied by Twitter HQ. That's ok. Would have been a long commute.
— Brian Acton (@brianacton) May 23, 2009
Facebook turned me down. It was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. Looking forward to life's next adventure.
— Brian Acton (@brianacton) August 3, 2009
Concert tonight with Willy Nelson and Bob Dylan. Woot!
— Brian Acton (@brianacton) August 15, 2009
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Three men have been jailed for assisting the killers of Rico Gordon who was shot dead in Bristol in July 2011. Sean Youngsam, 26, Courtney Ellis, 28, and Tafari Adams, who is 29, were all sentenced to seven years imprisonment at Bristol Crown Court.
Rico, who was 21, and from London was killed on Stapleton Road, Bristol on Sunday 3 July 2011 after the St Paul's Carnival.Last August Shakah Anderson and Rickel Adams were convicted of his murder and are currently serving life imprisonment.
St Pauls Carnival name will have to be changed, says community member
Community group, Voice in the Community objects to the way St Pauls Carnival is being run and says if the main event happens in Portland Square, it cannot hold its original name.
Artistic Co-Ordinator resigns over future of St Paul's carnival in Bristol
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Artistic co-ordinator Julz Davies says he's stepping down because he says local people have not been kept informed.
Carnivals artistic co-ordinator resigns
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Re Asuncion David Maramba's "Toast to conscience" (Inquirer, 12/28/12).
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"Dignitatis Humanae" also teaches that "… all human beings are bound to search for the truth, especially with regard to God and His Church, and as they come to know it they are bound to adhere to the truth and pay homage to it." Pope John Paul II, in "Crossing the Threshold of Hope," states in the chapter "What is the Use of Believing," that human freedom must be taken very seriously.
Man cannot be forced to accept the truth. He can be drawn toward the truth only by his own nature, that is, by his own freedom, which commits him to search sincerely for the truth and, when he finds it, to adhere to it both in his convictions and in his behavior. ("Crossing the Threshold of Hope")
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Major memory for microblogs
- Laura Mickes,
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Online social networking is vastly popular and permits its members to post their thoughts as microblogs, an opportunity that people exploit, on Facebook alone, over 30 million times an hour. Such trivial ephemera, one might think, should vanish quickly from memory; conversely, they may comprise the sort of information that our memories are tuned to recognize, if that which we readily generate, we also readily store. In the first two experiments, participants' memory for Facebook posts was found to be strikingly stronger than their memory for human faces or sentences from books—a magnitude comparable to the difference in memory strength between amnesics and healthy controls. The second experiment suggested that this difference is not due to Facebook posts spontaneously generating social elaboration, because memory for posts is enhanced as much by adding social elaboration as is memory for book sentences. Our final experiment, using headlines, sentences, and reader comments from articles, suggested that the remarkable memory for microblogs is also not due to their completeness or simply their topic, but may be a more general phenomenon of their being the largely spontaneous and natural emanations of the human mind.
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In a series of studies, Ian Moyer explores the ancient history and modern historiography of relations between Egypt and Greece from the fifth century BCE to the early Roman empire. Beginning with Herodotus, he analyzes key encounters between Greeks and Egyptian priests, the bearers of Egypt's ancient traditions. Four moments unfold as rich micro-histories of cross-cultural interaction: Herodotus' interviews with priests at Thebes; Manetho's composition of an Egyptian history in Greek; the struggles of Egyptian priests on Delos; and a Greek physician's quest for magic in Egypt. In writing these histories, the author moves beyond Orientalizing representations of the Other and colonial metanarratives of the civilizing process to reveal interactions between Greeks and Egyptians as transactional processes in which the traditions, discourses and pragmatic interests of both sides shaped the outcome. The result is a dialogical history of cultural and intellectual exchanges between the great civilizations of Greece and Egypt.
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Ian S. Moyer is Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of Michigan. His current research and teaching interests include ancient Greek history, especially of the Hellenistic period; the Late Period, Ptolemaic, and Roman Egypt; ethnicity and culture in the ancient world; historiography and ethnography; and ancient religion and magic. He is the author of several articles, and he has lectured on various topics related to his research for this book at universities in the United States and Europe.
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Introduction: the absence of Egypt; 1. Herodotus and an Egyptian mirage; 2. Luculentissima fragmenta: Manetho's Aegyptiaca and the limits of Hellenism; 3. The Delian Sarapis aretalogy and the politics of syncretism; 4. Thessalos and the magic of empire; Epilogue.


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Nick Clegg celebrates 'equal marriage at last' despite 'dinosaur opposition' in the House of Lords
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LOL at the Margaret Thatcher Day comment. Personally I planned to spend it throwing rotten food at Tory Party HQ, but each to their own :-D
Peter Bone is the instigator to hold a referendum before the Marriage Bill can become effective. Good luck with that, Bonehead. Private members' bills are difficult to get legislated. He is expected to introduce it next month. 42+ MPs have signed on to it.
I think the Lib Dem and the Tory alliance has been very successful and I would like to see Nick Clegg as Prime Minister.
Prime Minister of a coalition government based on % of Green, Labour, Lib Dems and Tory. All major peoples represented. To me we would get better policies and just maybe the young would take an interest.
The current two party system is not fit for purpose. Would you run a business this way…..That's why business runs rings around Politicians and in desperation politicians allow bad laws esp on Tax, Banking, media and soon NHS.
Good luck Mr Clegg.
""Meanwhile, inside the House of Lords, dinosaur opponents of the Bill were having a final go at killing it…"
He must have been referring to that oversized and hideous old antique Baroness Knight among others…that's one antique I'd send straight to the dump.
""Baroness Knight: Homosexuals are "very good at antiques"
or Shirley Williams….
oh, wait, a beacon of Lib-Dem values
As much as I support what Clegg did and with regards to same sex marriage he is still a turncoat and so is his party.
given that the vote was about 2.3. to 1 in both houses for marriage, all these people are doing is pandering to the reliigious people
Here is a couple links about the horrors of religion
What is Clegg doing to abolish the undemocratic House of Lords.
And does he confirm that extremist bigot Sarah Teather and her pals who voted no have no place on the LibDems, but are better suited to thw BNP?
As for that homophobic, self hating scumbag Simon Hughes.
He is truly an appalling human being who deserves utter contempt.
Nick has tried to reform the House of Lords but been blocked by Tories and Labour. If you want Lords reform, get more Lib Dem MPs elected.
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Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall released free!
Download it at theelderscrolls.com!
I actually never played the game... wasn't into PC at the time and might have been to young to enjoy it anyway. Not sure how well it will play now, but as Morrowind is my favorite game of all time you can bet your arse I will find out.
It is not redone for windows, but it comes with exact DOSBox instructions, so we shall see...
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Tbh, you're prolly better off sticking with Morrowind, I never played it when it was new, but I dont think its aged well at all
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That's great news, this is a very good game.
It has it's fair share of bugs though. lol
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