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Logging on at Warp Speed
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| I've been using one such program, HyperSpace
| from Phoenix Technologies, on a Samsung NC10
| netbook for the last couple of weeks, and even
| starting up cold, the speed is impressive.
| Press the power button and in 15 seconds the
| Linux-based HyperSpace presents you with a
| customizable screen including a Web browser, a
| notepad application, and RealPlayer media
| software, along with news, weather, and stock
| information. I jotted a quick note, watched
| videos on YouTube (GOOG), and made calls using
| Skype, all without launching Windows.
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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_02/b4162064169350.htm
Recent:
Ramdisks - Now We Are Talking Hyperspace!
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| Ramdisks are usually spoken of in hushed tones when sysadmins get together.
| Some view them with awe because of their performance and some view them with
| skepticism and say they are only useful for creating benchmarks. Almost all
| of them agree that using them on a regular basis must be done with care
| because of the problem of losing power shuts immediately shuts down the
| ramdisk erasing the contents of the ramdisk. However, there are uses for
| ramdisks besides running benchmarks. More over there are storage devices that
| use RAM as the storage media that can reach rarefied levels of performance of
| millions of IOPS.
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http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7388/1.html
Review: Phoenix HyperSpace
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| When you're on the run, opportunities to hop online to check e-mail, flight
| status, or a favorite Web site tend to be infrequent and of limited duration.
| That's why, when you do get a chance to fire up your notebook, the time it
| takes to boot and load Windows can seem like an eternity.
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http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/biztools/article.php/3805641
Is Fast Booting A Red Herring?
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| Flashy movies aside, though, is there a real advantage to having faster boot
| times when most of us don't shut down and reboot to begin with? And if so, is
| it worth touting as a feature on the same order as, say, support for cellular
| network connectivity?
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/02/is_fast_booting.html
Review: Phoenix Technologies HyperSpace instant-on desktop
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| For some time now we have been talking about Splashtop, the Linux-based
| instant-on desktop that weâve seen on Asus notebooks and motherboards, as
| well as the Lenovo IdeaPad S10e and the VooDoo Envy 133. Splashtop solves the
| problem of having a bloated OS (like Vista) on a computer with limited power,
| but it currently has to come from the factory on a notebook, netbook, or
| motherboard.
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http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/review-phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-desktop-20090115/
The Race to Instant-On Computers Begins
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| But rather than the oft-discussed head-to-head battle between Linux and
| Windows, weâre seeing Linux latch onto Windows almost like a parasite in a
| symbiotic relationship with its host.
|
| All of the shipping or soon-to-ship instant-on systems use a thinned-down
| version of Linux as a base for presenting the quick Internet applications.
| This makes sense because computer makers can customize Linux to boot fast and
| use the software for free, meaning they donât add much extra cost to each
| computer.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/the-race-to-instant-on-computers-begins/
Faster booting with Linux
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| The intriguing part of all this is that we might finally get the instant-on
| capability for some pretty standard apps. The bizarre part is that the way to
| speed up your slow OS load it you actually load two different OSes. Sort of
| like running a five-kilometer race before you run your marathon. Meanwhile,
| Microsoft is now stating that similar technology could be part of Windows 7,
| presumably in 2010 and without using any of that open source voodoo.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2008/10/faster_booting.html
DeviceVM's proprietary/Linux split explained
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| Covering Asus' adoption of DeviceVM's Splashtop software in all its
| motherboards and some laptops, we were wondering exactly which parts were
| proprietary and which were Linux - hence pulling back from calling it
| a "Linux OS".
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008346o-2000331761b,00.htm
CES: PCs Load Apps Even Before Windows Starts
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| HyperSpace and Windows can't run at the same time, but HyperSpace could still
| act just like new quick start options from Lenovo and Sony, which load a
| small subset of applications into a Linux-based environment for the times
| when a user doesn't need the full firepower of Windows and Windows apps.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212701364&subSection=All+Stories
Related:
Phoenix HyperSpace: An Instant-On Linux Environment?
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| Fifteen months ago we exclusively showed off SplashTop from DeviceVM, which
| was an instant-on Linux environment embedded into ASUS motherboards and since
| then it has worked its way into products from other OEMs (including
| notebooks). DeviceVM continues to work on further refining SplashTop by
| adding in virtualization support and other features, along with a promised
| developer SDK. Phoenix Technologies, the company producing the BIOSes for
| many of the motherboards on the market, is today introducing their SplashTop
| competitor. HyperSpace is the Phoenix Technologies product being unveiled
| this morning with several distinct differences from SplashTop.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=phoenix_hyperspace&num=1
Phoenix HyperSpace: Quick-Boot Your Laptop
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| Phoenix Technologies' new HyperSpace is an instant-on environment for
| laptops, letting users launch a browser or other apps with booting into the
| OS.
|
| Today, 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 pre-loaded Web-aware apps
| like Google Earth, Picasa, and the like.
|
| [...]
|
| Also, since HyperSpace is a Linux-based platform, Windows viruses won't
| affect it.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2211507,00.asp
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