Stories about: Phoenix Technologies

Linux distributor Good OS and BIOS vendor Phoenix Technologies each have plans to make netbooks speedier devices, the vendors said at the Netbook World Summit in Paris on Monday.

If a laptop is lost, now there is a new way to remotely shut it down -- just text it.

Microsoft's quarterly call with Wall Street on Thursday told the tale of two software franchises and their diverging financial fortunes.

Among the multitude of data protection challenges facing IT organizations, arguably the least favorite for IT managers is dealing with laptop systems. Each week we read more horror stories about lost notebook computers and potentially compromised data as organizations attempt to grapple with what is literally a moving target.

Intel plans to release an anti-theft technology for laptops during the fourth quarter of this year, but the company isn't offering many details yet.

Microsoft dropped its prohibition on running the most popular versions of Windows Vista in virtual machines because of a complaint filed with antitrust regulators, court documents show.

BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies' plans to market a new application platform the company claims will solve a number of problems endemic to Microsoft's Windows platform might be taken as a provocative gesture at their longtime partner. But Redmond's immediate reaction was nonchalant.

Over the past quarter-century, more than a billion PCs have been produced that use Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) software from Phoenix Technologies. The BIOS provides a key interface between the hardware and the Windows operating system.

Intel's move to provide new integration with NAC (network access control) tools in its latest vPro desktop processors could provide interesting opportunities for use with the device authentication systems while further strengthening the technology standards it supports, according to industry watchers.

Eighty-four percent of serious network attacks could have been prevented if, in addition to checking user ID and password, organizations had verified the identity of the computer connecting to their networks, according to a report by research firm Trusted Strategies. That report, commissioned by BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies, only covers cases where companies reported the incidents and federal officials were able to charge someone with a crime.

For Cliff Bell, chief technology officer at software vendor Phoenix Technologies, installing systems management software from GroundWork Open Source two years ago has helped him save face, money and even some sleep.