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• Lenovo's Service Engine marks yet another bloatware blunder for the company

  By preventing laptops and desktops from performing a truly clean install of Windows, Lenovo may have left users open to attack.

• Apple's revised iPad strategy to stress more, not less, PC

  Longer-than-expected tablet lifespans have led to a sluggish market for Apple's iPad, so the company seems poised to pitch the iconic device as more like ...

• Microsoft issues first hefty Windows 10 update

  Microsoft has delivered the first large-sized update for Windows 10, a "servicing update" that weighed in at around 325MB.

• Intel, Micron announce new 3D XPoint memory type that's 1,000 times faster than NAND

  You heard right: The new 3D Xpoint memory will perform 1,000 times faster and last 1,000 times longer than today's NAND memory.

• Why I ditched my Fitbit and what this means for analytics

  Dashboards that don't evolve don't get used. Here are best practices for delivering successful self-service analytics to your employees.

• In praise of the iPod shuffle

  You may wonder why Apple is still selling the iPod shuffle ...

Interviews about beca

• Palo Alto says its new endpoint protection tool can stop the bad stuff in its tracks

  The problem with signature based security tools is you are vulnerable until the signature is released and distributed. Palo Alto takes a different approach with ...

Features about beca

• Sick of Flash security holes? HTML5 has its own

  Web browsers and HTML5 technologies bring their own weaknesses to the world of Internet apps

• Windows 10 fragmentation? What fragmentation?

  There will be different branches and builds, but it will still be better than today's situation with multiple OS versions being used, most analysts agree.

• Java at 20: The JVM, Java's other big legacy

  The virtual machine that runs Java is also the runtime for new languages -- some quite unlike Java

• Preview: Microsoft Office for Android makes up for (some) lost time

  A first preview of Microsoft's long-overdue Office apps for Android tablets reveals a serviceable effort that may be too little, too late

• Decisions, decisions: Choices abound as data center architecture options expand

  Cloud, colocation, modular, outsourcing, virtualization and more efficient servers are all vying for your attention as you modernize your infrastructure. Sorting through all the options ...

• 2015 to test Microsoft's resolve and execution

  Microsoft faces not only its 40th anniversary in 2015, but a host of challenges that will define it for years to come.