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 ...

Crapware or Bloatware refers to applications that come preinstalled on a new computer when you purchase a branded one. Also, when you purchase a used computer, you find software that you may not use.

Pre-installed software on new laptops and desktops, dubbed “crapware” by many, can just as easily be the entre point for malware as any other software. Most crapware is just that, crap software you ...

Ed Bott is the picture of PC bliss. He got a crapware free Sony laptop and you'd think the guy is in heaven. For the past two months, I’ve been using an astonishingly light and agile Sony VAIO ...

Last week, Mossberg, Caesar of the WSJ’s Gadget Empire, declared war on PCs shipping with Craplets, the bloatware that comes with new computers. It was the most popular story on the WSJ’s website that ...