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Blurring The Line Between BIOS And OS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the daddy-what-were-hard-drives dept.

Jon Kincade writes "The Register has an article about Phoenix Technologies cME software that allows users on anything from servers to embedded systems to run diagnostics, browse the web and other things without having to boot into a full fledged OS. The primary use seems to be recovery from system crashes. Also, this may explain why the Phoenix browser was asked to change its name a few months ago."

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  1. BeOS by Bernie+Fsckinner · · Score: 0, Troll

    acronym for Basic embedded operating system

  2. the line is obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's between the "B" and the "OS"

    thank you, you may laugh now!

    aww fuck it. I need karma:

    THIS IS TEH DRM AND PALADIUM SUXXX0RZ!!

    there you go. Mod me up, bitches.