True Protect is a multi-layer system to ensure the highest level of data integrity, combining the latest 128-bit error correction built into the Marvell controller with Plextor's exclusive firmware-based Robust Data Hold-out algorithm.

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They've just released a firmware update for their Intel-based systems cleverly titled: "SMC Firmware Update 1.0, " with zero explanation as to the purpose of the update.

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Some third-party developers have come out with Windows-based software and firmware (for the iPod itself), but Apple has yet to reveal any plans for Windows compatability, though the company is rumored to be working on just such a product.

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Moore, has discovered that 58, 000 of the hackable video boxes, all of which use firmware provided by the Guangdong, China-based firm Ray Sharp, are accessible via the Internet.

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Well, you've got yourself a hefty firmware update to download should you wish to do anything other than play disc-based Wii U games.

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The computer company has created firmware, the Dell Processor Acceleration Technology, for several of its high end Intel-based servers.

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