For a few years now, I’ve been expecting to write an obituary for crapware. Or not an obit, exactly-I was hoping to dance on its grave. Crapware is the annoying software that worms into your computer ...

For a few years now, I’ve been expecting to write an obituary for crapware. Or not an obit, exactly—I was hoping to dance on its grave. Crapware is the annoying software that worms into your computer ...

It might seem like the company that brought the Start menu back to Windows 8 would be quaking in its boots over Microsoft’s own plans to restore the Start menu in an upcoming operating system update.

Not only is Microsoft reselling select Windows 7 PCs normally sold by its hardware partners, but the company is making sure they come only with the software it wants. Yes, that means that if you buy a ...

Earlier today Slashdot pointed me to a CBC article citing unnamed sources at Microsoft decrying the state of "craplets" on PCs. Just what are craplets? It’s a cute nickname for all of the software an ...

Even as Microsoft tries to popularize its Windows Store for PC apps, shown above, the market for Windows crapware remains alive and well. A couple of stories have bubbled up recently about how ...

Nothing is more frustrating than booting up a new computer and finding that it’s already littered with junk software. This junk is commonly referred to as “crapware,” although it also goes by other ...

This information is also available as a PDF download. One of the most hated things on the Personal Computer is Crapware. It slows your PC down to a crawl, often causes instability and crashes, eats up ...

Developers found that Micromax replaced the Google OTA updater with its own 'Software Update' app, which autonomously installs apps, pushes ads onto users' devices, and uses up their 3G data to do so.

A brand-new Windows computer should be pristine out of the box. After all, you haven't gummed it up yet with software, right? Leave that to the computer manufacturers. They'll gum it up for you with ...

Welcome to 2019, where we learn Facebook is the new crapware. Sorry #DeleteFacebook, you never stood a chance. Yesterday Bloomberg reported that the scandal-beset social media behemoth has inked an ...