{"id":135,"date":"2006-07-13T16:01:18","date_gmt":"2006-07-13T21:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=135"},"modified":"2006-07-13T16:01:18","modified_gmt":"2006-07-13T21:01:18","slug":"july-2006-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/july-2006-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2006 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"600\">\n<tr bgcolor=\"#2d3091\">\n<td><center><font color=\"#fffbf4\" face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><strong><br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s New at PC Pitstop &#8211; July 2006<\/strong><\/font><strong><br \/>\n<font color=\"#fffbf4\" face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Your Free Source for PC Diagnostics and Tests<br \/>\n<\/font><\/strong><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td color=\"#336666\" valign=\"top\">\n<table color=\"#2d3091\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#2d3091\" valign=\"top\">\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#336666\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"580\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">In This Issue<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">Commentary: Google Boomers<\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">Article: Keyboard shortcuts save time<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">Windows Tweak: Reduce IE loadtimes<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">Optimize: Announcing Optimize 1.5<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">Research: Open Office gaining marketshare<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">Survey: Weigh in on our digital music survey<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">Windows Alert: XP drains portable batteries<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\">Windows Tweak: Make your LCD screen crystal clear<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a10109\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#a10109\"><font color=\"#ffffff\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Google Boomers<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1149627361\" hspace=\"8\" src=\"\/images\/news\/g.gif\" align=left border=0\/><br \/>\nThere is a whole generation of young people being raised on Google&#8217;s vision of the future.  Rob discusses the impacts of this new generation of rebels on the PC industry.<br \/>\n<a href=\"?p=43\">Learn More<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr color=\"#b11016\" width=\"560\" \/>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#2d3091\"><center><font color=\"#fffbf4\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>PC Pitstop Optimize<\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#e4e8f8\"><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Speed up your PC. Run our free Optimize scan and identify ways to get a faster and more reliable computer. Get better performance without the expense or difficulty of adding new hardware. <a href=\"http:\/\/pcpitstop.com\/tinylink.asp?Optscan\">Run a free scan<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a10109\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#a10109\"><font color=\"#ffffff\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong><br \/>\nKeyboard Shortcuts Save Time<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1149628068\" hspace=\"8\"  src=\"\/images\/news\/key.gif\" align=left border=0\/>Thanks to everyone for responding to our keyboard shortcuts survey.<br \/>\nOur latest article looks at which shortcuts people are and are not using.  Also, the article examines some of the lesser known shortcuts that you shared with us. <a href=\"?p=202\">Learn More<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr color=\"#b11016\" width=\"560\" \/>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a10109\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#a10109\"><font color=\"#ffffff\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<strong>Broadband Tip: Reduce IE Load Times<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/news\/flag.gif\" id=\"1147998800\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" \/><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s a great tip for all of our broadband users.  Allen41547 explains how to reconfigure Internet Explorer to avoid looking for proxies during load.  Voila.  IE loads noticeably faster.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/forums.pcpitstop.com\/index.php?showtopic=117269\">Learn More<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr color=\"#b11016\" width=\"560\" \/>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#2d3091\"><center><font color=\"#fffbf4\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Free Spware Scan<\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#e4e8f8\"><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">If your PC is acting strangely, or acting sluggish, quite often spyware is the root cause. Check out our new spyware scan. It&#8217;s free and features a step by step analysis of any unwanted pests installed on your computer.<a href=\"http:\/\/pcpitstop.com\/tinylink.asp?exterminate\">Scan for free.<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a10109\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#a10109\"><font color=\"#ffffff\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong><br \/>\nAnnouncing Optimize 1.5!<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1147998830\" hspace=\"8\"  src=\"\/images\/news\/watch48x48.gif\" align=left vspace=8 border=0\/><br \/>\nWe are very pleased to announce the latest verion of Optimize is now shipping, with twice the performance tweaks than the prior version.  Better yet, the upgrade is free for existing customers.<br \/>\nJust put your old license key in the new product.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcpitstop.com\/store\/optimize.asp\"><br \/>\nLearn More<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr color=\"#b11016\" width=\"560\" \/>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a10109\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#a10109\"><font color=\"#ffffff\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Research: Open Office Gaining Share<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/research\/iconopenoffice.png\" id=\"1149628156\" align=left border=0>Seems like more and more people are moving toward the open source alternative to Microsoft Office. This research segment looks at the recent increases in marketshare of Open Office.<br \/>\n<a href=\"?p=187\">Learn More<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr color=\"#b11016\" width=\"560\" \/>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#2d3091\"><center><font color=\"#fffbf4\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Privacy Scan<\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#e4e8f8\"><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Your PC is storing a mountain of personal information about you and your surfing habits. We&#8217;ve developed a free and powerful privacy scan that lets you see the personal information that is at risk. <a href=\"http:\/\/pcpitstop.com\/tinylink.asp?erase\">Give it a try, it&#8217;s free!<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a10109\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#a10109\"><font color=\"#ffffff\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Survey: Win $100 In Our Digital Music Survey<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/news\/info.gif\" id=\"1149628156\" align=left border=0\/>Computers and the internet are changing the way we listen and purchase music.  Share with us your views on digital music and win $100!  Watch the August newsletter for the results and a full analysis to this exciting survey.<\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s.asp?u=975992317686\">Learn More<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr color=\"#b11016\" width=\"560\" \/>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a10109\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#a10109\"><font color=\"#ffffff\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Alert: XP Drains Notebook Batteries Excessively<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/news\/info.gif\" id=\"1149628156\" align=left border=0\/>If you are running Windows XP and have a notebook, you most likely are not getting optimal battery life.  This is due to a bug in Windows XP not shutting down the USB port properly.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/918005\">Learn More<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr color=\"#b11016\" width=\"560\" \/>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#2d3091\"><center><font color=\"#fffbf4\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Free Driver Scan<\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#e4e8f8\"><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Hardware manufacturers frequently update their Windows drivers to improve the performance and stability of their products. If you have a peculiar problem with your PC, quite often it can be resolved by an updated driver. Check out your PC&#8217;s driver status, with a free driver scan. <a href=\"http:\/\/pcpitstop.com\/tinylink.asp?driverscan\"><br \/>\nScan For Free<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a10109\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#a10109\"><font color=\"#ffffff\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Tweak: Make Your LCD Crystal Clear<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/news\/flag.gif\" id=\"1149628156\" align=left border=0\/>LCD&#8217;s don&#8217;t flicker and they last longer than older CRT tubes.  Microsoft has developed a new font technology called Clear Type which makes your LCD screen on your desktop or portable much more readable and clearer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/typography\/ClearType\/tuner\/Step1.aspx\">Learn More<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr color=\"#b11016\" width=\"560\" \/>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a10109\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#a10109\"><font color=\"#ffffff\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Got a<br \/>\nWindows Tip or Trick?<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1147998855\" hspace=\"8\"  src=\"\/images\/news\/flag.gif\" align=left vspace=8 border=0\/>You can win $100 if your Windows Tip or Trick is selected for our monthly newsletter. Just join our forums, affectionately called The Pit, and make your submission in the Tips or Tricks section. Even if you don&#8217;t<br \/>\nhave a tip or trick, come join our growing and happening online community.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/forums.pcpitstop.com\/index.php?showforum=40\">Join<\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr color=\"#b11016\" width=\"560\" \/>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#a10109\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#a10109\"><font color=\"#ffffff\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Did you find<br \/>\nthis newsletter useful?<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/news\/info.gif\" id=\"1147998855\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" \/><br \/>\nIf you find our newsletter interesting, perhaps a friend or colleague would as well.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/echo4.bluehornet.com\/phase2\/survey1\/survey.htm?cid=kmsedo\" target=\"_blank\">Refer a friend<\/a>.<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<hr 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