[Hidden-tech] Lenovo pre-installed adware

[Rich Roth]

Here is an interview with Lenovo:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2886959/laptop-computers/are-you-buying-risk-along-with-your-laptop.html

As for the HT discussion, it has devolved into a rant about windows vs linux
and as such it is time to stop -- only a few more posts that might contribute useful 
information will released to the list.

Rich/webmaster

On 2/20/2015 2:22 PM, Daniel Paquin wrote:
> Lenovo is supposed to release a tool/fix today.
>
> Their apology (CTO Peter Hortensius) seems to stress transparency enough
> to make me think they recognize the value of trust from business users.
>
> The bloatware trend seems like a subsidization of the OS costs. That's
> Microsoft again forgetting that their OS in in trouble and failing to
> differentiate between "Free/Subsidized" Windows and Windows. OEMs are
> hurt short term but Microsoft is hurt in the long term.
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