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Friday, July 27, 2001
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1278-210-6690187-1.html?tag=bt_pr The row over a chip that "surfed" the Net By Brian Livingston Millions of personal computers have been sold to consumers with a chip that automatically connects to the Internet, and a variety of conspiracy theories are circulating on the Web as a result. The chip is Phoenix Technologies' AwardBIOS, a widely used component that most PC users never see except during the memory test the device runs during start-up. ...
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