Comment Re:Hoax (Score 1) 212
They do exist; one of the companies responsible for testing them is based next door to where I work.
Senators Want To Punish Nokia, Siemens Over Iran 392
fast66 writes "After hearing about Nokia-Siemens sale of Internet-monitoring software to Iran, US Senators Schumer and Graham want to bar them from receiving federal contracts. They planned the action after hearing about a joint venture of Nokia Corp. of Finland and Siemens AG of Germany that sold a sophisticated Internet-monitoring system to Iran in 2008. According to Nextgov.com, Schumer and Graham's bill would require the Obama administration to identify foreign companies that export sensitive technology to Iran and ban them from bidding on federal contracts, or renew expiring ones, unless they first stop exports to Iran."
Comment Re:LinuxBIOS isn't a BIOS (Score 2, Interesting) 487
Didn't someone put this together with the BOCHS BIOS at some point? That would enable booting an OS from disc in the more conventional fashion, as well as supplying all the icky legacy stuff you need to run DOS.
