PC Pitstop Newsletter – June 2010




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JUNE 2010 NEWSLETTER

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Guest Columnists







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Can You Trust Facebook?

by Bill Pytlovany


The new privacy settings are here. But, what about this fundamental question.

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Internet TV That Finally Works

by Steve Hogan


The announcement from Google & Sony means our lives will never be the same.

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Safe to Allow Remote Access?

by Leo Notenboom


Is it safe to give a tech support person remote access to your PC?

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Office 2010-An Online Weakling

by Harry McCracken


The suite is solid. But the accompanying Web Apps are surprisingly puny.

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A Printer w/ a $4.99 Cartridge

by Steve Bass


An alternative to the ‘razor blade’ model of printer purchases.

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Printer Quality in a Freefall

by John Dodge


Sure, printers are dirt cheap, but you get what you pay for.

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Too Many USB Devices

by Chris Pirillo


I have SO many USB devices. How the heck am I ever going to plug them all in?


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USB Short and Sweet

by Steve Hogan


Steve answers an Ask the Pros question about USB versions and connections.

Tech Tips



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Sidebar for XP


Want the desktop sidebar but not the upgrade to Vista or Windows 7? Thanks Jwh1o1.


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Stream Radio In VLC


Cool option to stream music …and you don’t even need to open a browser. Thanks Adamsappleone.


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Schedule Automatic Shutdown


Looking for a way to set your PC to shutdown or restart automatically? Try this simple program!


PC Pitstop Research







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Retrevo Gadget Survey


You’ve taken the U.S. Census now take the Gadget Census sponsored by our friends at Retrevo.


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Top 25 Best Loved PCs


Netbook, laptop, desktop, and custom builds each have their own top 25 list in our satisfaction library.


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Top Drivers Library


The newest drivers are presented to you in all their detailed glory. Make sure your PC is up to date.


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Process Library


Check your PC against our running processes library to identify potential malicious processes and shut them down.


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Lockergnome

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discussions and blogs found around our various sites. Signing up is
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Techbite Newsletter



TechBite’s columnist Steve Bass and PC World Contributing Editor publishes a free weekly newsletter with commentary on the
technology products he loves, the strategies forgetting the most out of them,and the gotchas that can cause computing misery.
Sign up for the newsletter here.


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New! Technologizer T-Week Newsletter


Technologizer’s T-Week is Harry McCracken’s weekly e-mail newsletter (delivered on Friday) with
highlights from Technologizer and original items. It’s timely, fun, and free–and you can
sign up to receive it right here.



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