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Arcterex isn't the only one who's nervous about this "enhanced" bios. Amongst the rest of the features:
Connectivity - Core System Software built with Phoenix d-NA has the inherent capacity to provide an always-on live connection to both operating system and network services and standards, including TCP/IP and XML. While this capability is powerful in user-driven computing, it is even more powerful when applied in the context of machine-to-machine computing as well as grids, clusters, and blade-centric computing.
Oh boy, that will make me want to use untrusted wifi access points - having the system jump on the network before my software firewall comes up. How many worms will leap down the pipe and lie in wait before the firewall comes up? Who knows? Not to mention the fact that MS will likely shove DRM into this layer, which will completely abolish fair use rights. No thanks, really
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