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Making the Desktop Safer

Posted September 30, 2007 8:29 AM

Intel is going back to basics — with a new slant. Traditionally, PC security was a software solution. Now it's a hardware fix. Information Week explains how the chipmaker has hard-wired defenses against viruses and malicious code into its vPro technology and offered software vendors a helping hand.

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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Budapest, Hungary, HA5YAR
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Re: Making the Desktop Safer

10/02/2007 3:22 AM

Safety should be more that virus protection. PC does not have storage protection, data protection on bus (parity check or ECC) so you can use any sort of additional chip it will not expand the limits of the basic contruction.

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