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Government

Submission + - late to the party but brought good whine (theregister.co.uk)

kermidge writes: "From The Register: Cryptoboffin: Secure boot a boon for spooks' spyware.

Ross Anderson, a professor at Cambridge, suggests that Secure Boot can make it easier for governments to inject their own trojans.

Regarding approved apps: "That’s a lot of firms suddenly finding Steve Ballmer’s boot on their jugular.""

Submission + - Burial at 1000 f.p.s.? (usatoday.com)

kermidge writes: Holy Smoke LLC, run by two Alabama conservation enforcement officers, will incorporate cremains in shotgun, rifle, and pistol reloads. Talk about going out with a bang. What, nerds don't hunt?
Windows

Submission + - not on my metal (dreamwidth.org) 1

kermidge writes: From the blog of Red Hat's Matthew Garrett, machines with Windows 8 logo certification will require secure boot. Unless OEMs provide a cop out, this will prevent installing Linux, or even a retail copy of Windows. I came across this in an article at ITWorld by Brian Proffitt.; http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/205255/windows-8-oem-specs-may-block-linux-booting
Apple

Submission + - mobile patent chart (informationweek.com)

kermidge writes: "Gina Nolan at Byte has a blurb with "infographic" — the latter originally from Thompson/Reuters on the current state of mobile patent suits relevant to the recent EU stuff viz. Samsung and Apple.
      Link for the concise article by Eric Zeman: http://www.informationweek.com/byte/news/mobility/smart_phones/231600072
      Link for a much clearer graphic: http://flowingdata.com/2011/08/22/mobile-patent-lawsuits-2/

      [this is not meant to be a re-post, nor a repast, rather a quick way of seeing what's what; I also screwed up the tags and didn't know how to fix 'em, sorry]"

Submission + - The Truth Behind the Shady RAT (symantec.com)

kermidge writes: Hon Lau at Symantec posts details lacking in McAfee's Wednesday report of what they called Shady RAT. Included are the vectors and commands used along with cogent commentary.

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