Sony's $50 Crapware Fee, Killed Overnight
	The $50 fee imposed by Sony for delivering clean-slated Vaio TZ notebooks to worldwide customers has been canceled overnight, and justified as an internal miscommunication. Sony announced yesterday that users who want to purchase Vaio notebooks, in the TZ series that come with additional pre-installed software, have to pay an extra $50 fee to have them removed before the notebook leaves the factory. Pre-installed software ... [read more >>]
	22 March 2008, 05:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sony's Fresh Start Blows New Life Into Vaio Notebooks
	Sony has just introduced a new service in its portfolio, called Fresh Start, that allows users opt-out the bundled software applications that ship with its mobile computers. Usually known as "bloatware" or "crapware", the inclusion of additional, useless software leads to unexpected failures or even renders the system frozen. Sony's Fresh Start program removes both VAIO-specific programs as well as gam ... [read more >>]
	21 March 2008, 10:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia