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Phoenix Enables Users to Remotely Track, Disable and Erase Data From Fujitsu Drives

Phoenix Technologies has announced that they are currently working with Fujitsu in an effort to bring users equipped with Fujitsu's new full disk encryption (FDE) 2.5" 7200RPM SATA hard disk drive the ability to remotely track, disable and even erase their drive in the event that the laptop is ever stolen. According to Phoenix, their new "FailSafe" technology is "the industry's strongest security method for mobile computing" and their encryption capabilities will "ensure data on the disk drive is inaccessible to unauthorized users." More »

2:10 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Sean Fallon
2,533 views, 14 comments

Latest by frigg: "In the event of laptop theft, if the FailSafe agent pre-installed on the Fujitsu FDE HDD product is removed by more »

software

Launch Apps Without Booting Windows Using Phoenix HyperSpace Mini OS

The Windows boot-time backlash is in full effect. BIOS-builder Phoenix Technologies is introducing a mini operating system called HyperSpace that can boot up in seconds in place of Windows, to run e-mail managers, web browsers and other apps. Such a system could prolong battery life by 50%, and would give laptop makers a chance to show off their own personalities, rather than act as mere vessels to the Microsoft experience. There are some catches: More »

8:56 AM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Wilson Rothman
12,970 views, 26 comments

Latest by Sqube: Adapt this for desktops and let us use it to play games; in other words, load the bare minimum amount more »