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• Microsoft Aims Windows 7 to Boot in 15 Seconds
  Wednesday 3 September 2008 – 08:00
  Windows 7 to boot in 15 seconds?
• Apple Boot Camp runs to version 1.4
  Monday 13 August 2007 – 09:37 in Business
  Cupertino (CA) - Right on the heels of the debut of its new iMac line, Apple has updated the software that lets users run Windows on their Mac machines. Additional features in the new version include Apple Remote pairing and a more user-friendly Boot Cam
• New tech cuts PC boot times
  Tuesday 27 January 2004 – 12:20
  Booting up and waiting has become a fact of life with computing, but that doesn't have to remain the case with a crop of home entertainment PCs reaching the market.
• How To Dual Boot XP And Vista, Step-by-Step
  Wednesday 28 February 2007 – 02:17
  Strange bedfellows, it would seem
• Flash drive maker adds boot feature
  Wednesday 13 August 2003 – 03:06
  M-Systems said that if users plug the flash memory device into the USB port of a computer that has crashed and turn on the power, the machine will start to boot up.
• 25 minutes to boot - Geek Squad warns of Vista first bootup times
  Wednesday 31 January 2007 – 07:26
  Some early Vista users and even experienced technical support personnel are experiencing installation problems with Microsoft's newest operating system. Geek Squad employees at local Best Buy stores are handing store customers a paper "Public Service Announcement", warning of long waits during the first boot-up times. Some customers have already damaged their hard drives by turning off their computers during the boot.
• Reboot Your Computer, Don't Get Paid
  Friday 21 November 2008 – 12:40
  There are pros and cons to going with an hourly wage versus salary. One of the good things about an hourly wage is that you’re eligible for overtime. But if you work in a big corporate environment and you work with computers everyday, you may be in for a
• Hacker Boot Camp opens in Dublin
  Friday 12 October 2007 – 01:06 in Networking
  With the opening of Hacker Boot Camp in Dublin's City Centre earlier this week it's probably safest to stick to website's “only by knowing your enemy can you defeat them” disclaimer for the moment.
• Apple sends Boot Camp to 1.3 beta
  Monday 11 June 2007 – 12:24
  Apple has updated its Boot Camp software to a beta test of version 1.3
• PDC: "SuperFetch" to accelerate application boot time in Vista
  Tuesday 13 September 2005 – 09:14
  Microsoft executive Jim Allchin today previewed a new feature in Windows that can significantly increase the speed applications are loaded and extend the virtual memory of a computer system by accessing secondary and peripheral storage devices such as USB Flash memory sticks.
• Phoenix, McAfee to offer BIOS Clean Boot! In June
  Wednesday 5 May 2004 – 05:23
  Today Phoenix said that it has teamed up with McAfee to offer software called CleanBoot! built into a closed area of the BIOS.
• Dual-boot system offers best of both worlds
  Thursday 27 May 1999 – 06:26
  EBIZ Enterprises/TheLinuxStore.com has added a dual-boot option to its Element-L Systems line, allowing users to start the computer running either Red Hat's Linux or Microsoft's Windows 98 operating systems.
• Lenovo Gets Splashtop Instant-On Pre-boot Option
  Thursday 30 October 2008 – 02:20 in Consumer Electronics
  Been thinking of purchasing the Lenovo IdeaPad S10? Well now there is another reason to add it to your list (or remove it, depending on your view). The S10 Ultra-Portable is getting the Splashtop Instant-On option.
• Flash memory could slash boot time of Intel Merom computers by 50%
  Wednesday 8 March 2006 – 04:58
  In one of the more elaborate technology demonstrations of this year's Spring IDF, Intel devoted part of one of its Tuesday afternoon keynotes to premiere its "Robson" Flash cache technology, which will be used to accelerate boot times for the OS and applications.
• The race to dual-boot Linux, Windows on Intel-based Macs
  Wednesday 25 January 2006 – 11:05
  With the rollout of the new Core Duo-based iMacs under way, and MacBook Pro notebooks close behind, a new preoccupation among some developers is how to make it run operating systems other than Mac OS X 10.4.4.