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Crapware? Craplets? No, it’s Startupware…

Posted: Wednesday, April 18th, 2007 @ 10:20 am in Definitions | No Comments »

Ina Fried, of CNET’s New.com, has posted an overview of ‘Crapware’ installations on new PCs. It’s a good survey of the big-box companies’ current and recent abuses, er, I mean practices.
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Other news reports have been identifying this stuff as ‘craplets’ or ‘crap applets’. Some craplets are also startupware, if they’re pre-loaded software that runs at […]