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    Phoenix HyperSpace: Quick-Boot Your Laptop

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    Joel Santo Domingo
    Published November 5, 2007
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      On Nov. 5, Phoenix Technologies introduced a firmware product called HyperSpace, which allows PCs to run a number of applications separate from the operating system. What that means is that if you use a PC equipped with HyperSpace, you will be able to quick-boot your notebook into a secure Linux environment, where you can use Web browsers like FireFox and preloaded Web-aware apps like Google Earth, Picasa and the like.

      You won’t be loading the HyperSpace environment as an end user; it will be up to the system manufacturer to equip your system with HyperSpace at the factory, or up to your IT folk to order HyperSpace on your company’s laptops.

      You probably already use Phoenix Technologies products and don’t even know it. Phoenix is one of the major providers of motherboard BIOS firmware for the PC industry, and as such your computer couldn’t boot itself without the BIOS (it “loads” itself before Windows does). In September, Phoenix disclosed the “FailSafe preboot software, designed to stop thieves from making off with data stolen from a laptop.

      According to Phoenix, the advantages of HyperSpace include a secure environment that can get users to the Internet or certain secure applications even if they are having problems with Windows (a rare occurrence, I know!). Since HyperSpace resides in the firmware, it won’t be affected by the weekly Microsoft updates that may or may not break other programs on your system. Also, since HyperSpace is a Linux-based platform, Windows viruses won’t affect it.

      However, HyperSpace isn’t a replacement for Windows: It can’t run your company’s Windows-based programs or the full version of Microsoft Office. On the other hand, it will let your workers onto the Internet while your IT folks troubleshoot the Windows setup on the PC’s hard drive remotely (from their desk in the basement).

      /zimages/1/28571.gifRead the full story on PCMag.com: Phoenix HyperSpace: Quick-Boot Your Laptop

      Joel Santo Domingo
      Joel Santo Domingo
      Joel Santo Domingo is the Lead Analyst for the Desktops team at PC Magazine Labs. He joined PC Magazine in 2000, after 7 years of IT work for companies large and small. His background includes managing mobile, desktop and network infrastructure on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. He is responsible for overseeing PC Labs testing, as well as formulating new test methodologies for the Desktops team.

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