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  • Sony charging extra to remove PC trial apps

    03/23/2008 1:19:23 AM PDT · by Swordmaker · 24 replies · 531+ views
    Electronista ^ | 03/21/2008
    Sony has begun offering Fresh Start, a controversial practice to clean its systems of unnecessary software. Initially available only with the VAIO TZ ultraportable, the option removes both VAIO-specific programs as well as games and other trial software. The practice is meant to "free up valuable hard drive space and conserve memory and processing power" before the system ever leaves the factory, according to Sony. However, the offer has already received criticism for its $50 cost, which lifts the price of the system despite restoring the performance that would be present with a default installation of Windows. The practice has...
  • 'Craplets' could damage Vista launch: Microsoft exec

    01/10/2007 10:27:52 PM PST · by HAL9000 · 19 replies · 495+ views
    CBCnews.com (excerpt) ^ | January 11, 2007
    Excerpt - A senior Microsoft Corp. executive says the company is concerned that uncertified third-party software loaded onto new computers by manufacturers could hurt the launch of consumer versions of its Windows Vista operating system later this month. In a discussion Tuesday night at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the Microsoft official told CBC News Online, on condition of anonymity, that the world's largest software maker is frustrated by legal shackles that prevent the company from restricting what kinds of software major computer makers install on new PCs. "We can't do anything about it because it would be...