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Phoenix Bios to Incorporate DRM

Posted by michael on from the goodbye-free-software dept.

defishguy writes "Extreme Tech is reporting that Phoenix Technologies is shopping a DRM-capable BIOS to OEMS. Reportedly the BIOS with DRM enabled allows for software to be tracked and traced from one PC to another." See also this older story about AMI.

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  1. yikes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Great american freedom..

  2. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this is the first post for my brother adi(avi!).
    love
    dan

  3. Welcome! by pheared · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I, for one, welcome our new Personal Computer overlords.

    1. Re:Welcome! by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Certain SlashDot personalities can be useful in controlling the masses working in your Silicon Mines.

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  4. YUO HAEV DISONORED YUOR BROTHER~!!`1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  5. Offtopic... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Since we are talking about BIOSs & Chips. I want to know, who does apple buy their ram from to put on their machines eg G5 970?

  6. Re:Will this not require an DRM aware OS?--autocad by Rooktoven · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why even consider autocad with its braindead 3D-modeling capabilities. Archicad imports autocad dwgs directly, spits them out, and has superior modeling capability.

    And it runs on mac os x.

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  7. Re:Why? by Halvard · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why would OEMs buy something that would piss off their customers? I can see Sony doing it to their VAIOs but would Dell?

    If something like this sells, it just makes custom building of PCs more attractive IMO.

    Oh, yes, implanting an RFID tag and barcoding every infant at birth is a good thing so that we can track potential terrorists and criminals.