"And the day will come, when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as His Father, in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with
the fable of the generation of Minerva, in the brain of Jupiter. " - Thomas Jefferson
Intel, that most famously-paranoid of organisations, has made a major U-turn thanks in part to paranoia
from its customers and apathy from software firms.
A year ago, the chip behemoth's monstro PR department was pouring supertanker loads of oil on troubled
waters in a bid to quell public unrest over the processor serial number (PSN) introduced with the Pentium
III. PSN would be part of all future Intel processors; it offered security benefits and helped IT departments
in asset management.
