Microsoft has introduced Private Folder 1.0, free software that lets people store sensitive data on their home or work computers in a password-protected folder. Private Folder 1.0, which is saved to a ...

Microsoft's effort to provide a little privacy for Windows users has instead turned into a very public black eye. Earlier this month, Microsoft began offering Private Folders 1.0, a free add-on to the ...

Microsoft Private Folder 1.0, which can be downloaded from the Redmond, Wash. developer's Web site -- users must prove that their copy of Windows is legitimate by running the controversial Windows ...

Microsoft introduces a way for users to protect some of their files and corporate America goes crazy – crazy mad. In an era when laptops full of corporate and personal secrets are stolen on a daily ...

Responding to pressure from corporate users, Microsoft Friday pulled free software from the Web that allowed users sharing Windows PCs to shield information from other users in a private folder.

Ok, so I stupidly installed Private Folder 1.0 when it was released. I thought it sounded easier than using TrueCrypt, which I use on my thumb drives. It says that when you copy a file out of the ...