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Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 8: an uneasy marriage

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http://www.itwire.com – Featured | Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Open SauceIt is difficult to recall, in the recent past, a new technology about which there has such an avalanche of uninformed writing, misinformation or secrecy than secure boot. (IT news)

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Featured | Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Open SauceIn three short months, Windows 8 will be upon us. And with it will come the phenomenon known as "secure boot", one that is going to have an extraordinary effect on the lives of most computer users.

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Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Open SourceFifteen days from today, Windows 8 will go on sale; only hardware that is certified to work with this system will be able to boot it, with signed keys being used to determine whether a genuine system is being booted.