PC makers tweak their approaches to avoid alienating customers while still trying to milk third-party software's cash cow.
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As a cure for our addiction to oil, ethanol turns out to have some nasty side effects, including an increased production of harmful ozone

Computer makers are beginning to wonder whether loading up PCs with trial software is actually costing them sales.

It's bad enough that they take your money. Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says the IRS also is failing to protect sensitive data.