Secure applications on Windows?

The Sony Playstation 3's in-built DRM/Copy Protections makes it a very attractive platform for developers (less piracy) same perhaps with iPhone. I believe this is achieved by virtualis开发者_C百科ing the OS, sandboxing the applications. Can we have that security on Windows? are their any plans or means?

Attractive for developers it may be... but it stirred quite a bit of controversy, and has not been in the news for some time now... was/is codenamed Palladium, aka Trusted Computing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation_Secure_Computing_Base

I did some research: Next Gen Secure Computing base - appears to be dropped. No activity on their blog for years. Paladium (Microsoft-specific version of Next-Gen) - Likewise dropped, lives on perhaps in the xbox trusted environment.

Windows 8 - "A new "Windows Store" is perhaps the most ambitious feature described. Microsoft would offer a store service to third-party software developers. The store would handle standard features like account management and software updates, as well as providing capabilities such as the ability to replicate applications and settings across different devices. The store would be curated, so only applications that reached a certain quality standard would be permitted. The basic model, then, is a cross between Apple's App Store and Valve's Steam.". Steam is a DRMed platform, limited mostly to games though. Perhaps we are getting a similar system after all.

Windows 8 has it's own Apple-style App-Store, the 'Windows Store'. Bringing the 'walled garden' approach to Microsoft Windows.