4 posts and columns on craplet

Upgrading Macs

in Mossberg’s Mailbox on August 12, 2009 at 2:24 pm PT

Walt Mossberg answers questions on Macs moving to the new Snow Leopard; getting help moving to Windows 7 and cleaning up your PC.

The Entire D6 Interview With Sony's Sir Howard Stringer (2 of 4)

in News on September 3, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

We’re posting all the interviews from the sixth D: All Things Digital conference that took place in late May. Here’s Part 1 of 4 of an interview Walt Mossberg did with Sony Chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer. The consumer electronics giant has been under enormous pressure to innovate and compete better in all its many businesses, and still has not proved it can knit them all together into a cogent whole. In this video, Stringer talks about the next direction for the PlayStation gaming business, Blu-ray discs, the impact of digital distribution, digital changes in the movie industry, personal computers and the “joy of craplets.”

The TouchSmart Has Improved–But Not Enough

in Personal Technology on June 26, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Hewlett-Packard is rolling out a new TouchSmart, a desktop computer with touch-controlled software. The hardware and software are better. It’s attractive, more versatile and fun to use. But the latest effort still has some problems.
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Craplets on TV

in Mossblog on April 15, 2007 at 11:36 am PT

Just nine days after my April 5 column condemning the practice of loading Windows PCs with “craplets” — useless, crippled, trial software and offers and ads that litter the desktop — Apple posted the ad below making fun of the practice. Of course, it isn’t 100% accurate. While Macs come with a clean desktop and [...]