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I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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Research Paper
This topic closely relates to one of the aspects of my research paper I am currently writing for my English class. It is a comparative argumentative paper on Windows OS vs Mac OS. Stability and security are 2 issues my paper deals with. I was wondering if anyone could give me some good input on how I should approach this. I set up a blog for my research paper at cachedlife.blogspot.com. Any help is great help, thanks guys!WOW
What a coincidence, im using this article for an english research paper!!! good luck. =-)