New computers often arrive with junk funk (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Call it junkware. Or call it bloatware or demoware or adware. Computer users denounce it as crapware. It's the software preinstalled on new Windows computers. (Bloatware is entirely a Windows issue; Macs don't have such software.) It is there, usually in a trial version, to entice users to try a particular service or buy the full-featured program.
Linked by Nathan J. Hill on Tue 24th Oct 2006 10:43 UTC (OS News)
In the midst of the busy semester here at school, my fiancee's laptop, running Windows XP SP2, picked up some friends - adware, trojans, etc. It was a pretty nasty sight. I worked on it for at least two hours every couple of days, wiping it clean, doing my best to lock it down, and so on.
How To: Protect Your Computer (AskMen)
Like this list? Buzz Up on Yahoo! Protect your computer from viruses and worms Computers have come a long way from the green-screen interface of the ‘70s and ‘80s. Unfortunately, no amount of foresight could have predicted the number of problems that would also develop.
Exorcise the Demons That Come Preinstalled (New York Times)
Call it junkware. Or bloatware or demoware or adware. It?s the software preinstalled on new Windows computers. In other words, marketers are using the computer you just bought as a billboard.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd Jun 2006 21:26 UTC (New Mobile Computing)
Linux isn't a threat to Windows on the desktop and is losing steam on the server as customers separate the operating system from the development model, according to Microsoft's chief platform strategist.
