(Phys.org)—Microsoft's rocky reputation with the open source community was not exactly obliterated with hardware news surrounding the upcoming launch of the operating system, Windows 8. Systems will ...

Microsoft's Devices Team has announced the release of Project Mu, an effort to create an open-source version of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) powering the company's Surface ...

A computer's basic input/output system—or BIOS—lives in a small chip on the motherboard, and manages the most basic instructions that operate your computer. It allows the PC to power on, boot into an ...

Microsoft this week reminded developer partners about certain "memory mitigation requirements" to be met for PCs and software that use the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). The ...

Much like many motherboard manufacturer, you'll also see an implemented uEFI BIOS. The MSI's Click BIOS has evolved over time to something quite okay. The EFI BIOS is an Extensible Firmware Interface ...

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