WS> You use a pic for your login and then you can use gestures like
WS> swiping in a certain location on the pic to log in.

This is already there on Android so MS is just playing catchup, as
ever, but have the advertising muscle to make is sound like they first
thought of it - nothing changes I guess Another thing to note
about all this cool login technology is that it always has to have the
fall-back of the usual password and that's just as vulnerable as ever.

Most worrying is the business of EUFI secure boot lock-out that MS are
insisting on Win8 phones and once that's accepted I fear it'll be the
thin end of the wedge to make this standard on Win8 laptops / desktops
too. That will prevent alternate OS's ever being installed, even if
you take out the HD and fit a blank one in. Motherboard makers have
said that they'll keep the option of disabling this but if MS get
their way then it'll have to be locked out to get Win8 certification.

We've been waiting for an upgrade to the antiquated BIOS for years and
just as it arrives we get this tagged onto it :-(

What's the betting on how long it'll take before these EUFI lockout
keys are cracked / posted on-line / hacks created to add to Linux
loader ?