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Insyde Revenues Flat on Month But Down 32.78% on Year in September
Oct 14, 2013Taiwan-based BIOS designer Insyde Software has announced consolidated revenues of NT$82.48 million (US$2.81 million) for September, flat on month but down 32.78% on year, with consolidated revenues for the first nine months of 2013 reaching ...
Tags: BIOS designer, rugged tablets, Insyde
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The Market for X86 Open-source PCs Is Now a Two-Horse Race
Aug 16, 2013The market for x86 open-source PCs is now a two-horse race, with GizmoSphere releasing schematics and design documents for hobbyists to build from scratch a Windows 8 computer based on open design. The barebones PC runs on an Advanced ...
Tags: Windows 8, Open-Source PCs
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A Standards Organization Has Created a Boot Environment for Tablets and PCs
May 10, 2013A standards organization has created a boot environment for tablets and PCs that could potentially run a 64-bit version of Windows RT. The UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Forum on Wednesday announced that its boot firmware ...
Tags: software, Computer Products
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Linux Users Accused Microsoft of Anti-Competitive Practices
Mar 29, 2013A Spanish association of Linux users today accused Microsoft of anti-competitive practices, charging that Windows 8's Secure Boot blocks users from installing rival operating systems on new PCs. Hispalinux, which represents some 8,000 ...
Tags: Microsoft, EU Antitrust Probe, Linux Group
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Linux Distributions to Be Installed on Windows 8 Computers
Feb 18, 2013Freeing the way for independent Linux distributions to be installed on Windows 8 computers, the Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) ...
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Software That Allows Linux to Work with Computers Running UEFI Was Released
Feb 16, 2013The Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware, which all Windows 8 machines do. The Linux Foundation Secure Boot System solves a ...
Tags: Linux Foundation, software, UEFI, Windows 8 machines
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Microsoft and a Respected Researcher Disagreed About Whether a Bug in Windows RT
Jan 15, 2013Microsoft and a respected researcher disagreed this week about whether a bug in Windows RT is actually a security vulnerability that should be patched. The bug, revealed Jan. 5 by a hacker known as "clrokr," can be used to bypass a ...
Tags: Microsoft, bug, Windows RT
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A Hacker Found a Method of Bypassing The Code Integrity Mechanism in Windows RT
Jan 9, 2013A hacker claims to have found a method of bypassing the code integrity mechanism in Windows RT,therefore allowing for desktop-style programmes to be installed on the platform. The hacker,who uses the online moniker"clrokr",documented the ...
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The Beta of The Fedora 18 Linux-Based Distribution Has Been Released
Jan 4, 2013IDG News Service-After a number of delays,the beta of the Fedora 18 Linux-based distribution has been released. The beta release date had been extended six times over the past two months,mostly due to an underestimation of the amount of ...
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The Linux Foundation Has Introduced a Possible Way
Jan 4, 2013Attempting to arrive at a solution to a complicated issue, the Linux Foundation has introduced a possible way that smaller Linux distributions can be run on machines using UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) technology. Linux ...
Tags: Linux, Boot, Computer Products, Linux and Unix
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Microsoft Improved Security Microsoft to Ensure User Securely Connect to Network
Dec 28, 2012Microsoft claims Windows 8 is"a better Windows"than Windows 7.In particular,the company has focused on improving security to ensure users of Windows 8 tablets can securely connect to corporate networks. It is building antivirus(AV)and ...
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Microsoft Has Unveiled Its Windows Phone 8 Mobile Operating System
Dec 26, 2012Microsoft has unveiled its Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system, but disappointed its current customers by confirming they won't get the update. Instead, users of Windows Phone 7.5 – codenamed Mango – will only be upgraded ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows Phone 8, mobile operating system, handsets
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Windows 8's Secure Boot Technology Has Been a Hot Topic This Summer
Dec 26, 2012Windows 8's Secure Boot technology has been a hot topic this summer, causing no end of discussion and debate among the various Linux distributions, which are struggling to figure out the best approach for getting around it. Not long ago ...
Tags: Windows 8, Secure Boot technology, Linux distributions, Fedora
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The Secure Boot Saga Keeps Going on and on as Linux Distributions Far and Wide
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - Well, the Secure Boot saga keeps going on and on as Linux distributions far and wide decide how they're going to work around Windows 8's planned restrictions, and this week we heard from yet another project. It was SUSE ...
Tags: Secure Boot, Linux distributions, Windows 8, software
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Microsoft Will Allow Users of Windows 8 Pro to Downgrade Their New PCs to Windows 7
Dec 21, 2012Microsoft will allow users of Windows 8 Pro to downgrade their new PCs to Windows 7 or even Vista, according to the operating system's licensing agreement. Not surprisingly, users may not downgrade to the ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8 Pro, PCs, Windows 7, Vista
