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 SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp.'s ambitious plan to keep data safe on PCs will make a scaled-down debut in the next release of Windows, though the operating system's most anticipated improvements in graphics appear to mirror what's now available from rival Apple Computer Inc.
The long-delayed Windows upgrade, code-named Longhorn and now expected in December 2006, has been touted as the most significant update to the ubiquitous operating since Windows 95 launched in 1995.
On Monday, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates demonstrated Longhorn's new graphics and other features, which include better ways to visualize data such as seeing through windows that are stacked atop each other, more natural file organization and faster searching.
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