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IBM plus Apple: It’s all about the apps

What will IBM on iOS look like? Phil Buckellew, vice president of IBM Enterprise Mobile, explains how IBM will deliver a new experience in enterprise applications

Welcome to the next tech revolution: Liquid computing

The Handoff feature in iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite is the first taste of truly contextual computing

Microsoft hawks cheap hardware, stays mum on Windows 9

At Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft pushes Windows 8.1 tablets for $99, notebooks for $199, but little info on Windows 9

Future Java 7 security patches will work on Windows XP despite end of official support

Windows XP users will continues to receive Java 7 security updates until at least April 2015, Oracle says

Samsung suspends Chinese supplier over charges of using underage workers

The company said it could permanently halt business with the supplier if it is found to have hired children illegally

Black Tuesday patch KB 2962872 crashes InstallShield, causes slowdowns

Last Tuesday's KB 2962872 security roll-up for IE6 thru IE11 brings new problems, due to a bug affecting HTM files

Microsoft patches crash Dell Data Protection-Encryption and CMGShield

Black Tuesday patches cause blue screens of death on DDP-E encrypted machines, black recovery screens for CMGShield

Future Java 7 security patches will work on Windows XP despite end of official support

Microsoft zaps bogus SSL certs with emergency patch 2982792

Security Advisory 2982792 revokes fake SSL certs for Windows 8/8.1/RT/Server 2012, but for Windows 7/Server 2008 the situation not as clear

Review: Dell XPS 15 Touch is the best Windows laptop ever

Dell's big, fast, 15-inch flagship laptop and its amazing touchscreen give the MacBook Pro Retina a run for its money