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The software that is embedded onto a piece of hardware in order to control that hardware. Generally, firmware can be upgraded and is placed on an EEPROM. Sometimes if a new driver for a piece of hardware is released, new firmware will also be released that is required to get the full functionality or performance of the driver. In other cases, firmware will have some bugs or undesirable features, and can be upgraded to w
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Firmware - By Jeremy PelofskyWASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. FederalCommunications Commission has conditionally voted for News Corp.'sacquisition of the No. 1 U.S. satellite Television service DirecTV,three sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.The three Republican commissioners on the five-member panel have votedto allow the $6.47 billion deal to proceed with conditions to limitthe media conglomerate from withholding key programming from cable andsatellite operators, they said.The two Democrats on the panel have not yet cast their votes, thesources said. As long as the Republicans do not change their votes,News Corp. would gain control of the distribution pipeline it has longsought for its wide array of programming.An FCC spokeswoman declined to comment.- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=36782534
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