TechByter Worldwide 2012.12.16: Buying a New Computer? Beware the Crapware! Pixels May Be on the Way Out; Looks Like Spectrum Usage Will Change - Again; The Adobe Report; and Short Circuits.

If you're planning to buy a new computer, it may come with crapware but you can remove it. Pixels, long the stuff of which digital photos are made, may be on the way out. The FCC moves to modernize the RF spectrum. Another week, another bunch of changes from Adobe. And in Short Circuits: Why do some tech journalists think we're too stupid to use Windows 8? Redbox plans to challenge Netflix. And life on the bleeding edge can be interesting.