Fresh from a €561 million fine for failing to comply with a previous antitrust agreement, Microsoft is once again being targeted in Europe over their allegedly anti-competitive business practices. This time the complaint focuses on Microsoft’s implementation of UEFI Secure…
Posted September 24, 2012, 3:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Software
Canonical has reversed its decision to drop Ubuntu’s GRUB 2 bootloader in favor of EFILinux on systems using Secure Boot, which prevents the loading of drivers or OS loaders that are not signed with a certain digital signature, after the…
Posted September 23, 2011, 2:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Microsoft
Microsoft has provided more information regarding its plans for secure boot support in Windows 8, responding to concerns that the move might block users from dual-booting Linux or older versions of Windows. In a nutshell, the company explains that it…
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