{"id":19507,"date":"2010-12-22T11:55:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T16:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=19507"},"modified":"2010-12-22T11:55:36","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T16:55:36","slug":"pc-pitstop-newsletter-december-2010-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/pc-pitstop-newsletter-december-2010-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PC Pitstop Newsletter – December 2010 #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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  • Tablets Quickly Replacing PCs?<\/li>\n
  • Malware Disguised as Utilities<\/li>\n
  • Boost Laptop WiFi Reception<\/li>\n
  • Forging Email is Too Easy<\/li>\n
  • Merry Christmas Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • 4G or Not 4G<\/li>\n
  • Life Without a Phone<\/li>\n
  • Great Wastes of Time<\/li>\n
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  • Tip 1 – XP Can’t Detect Media?<\/li>\n
  • Tip 2 – Mimimize Risk of File Loss<\/li>\n
  • Tip 3 – Tips for Editing Pictures<\/li>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":66012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1173,14,56,73,101],"class_list":["post-19507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-address-book","tag-bob-rankin-2","tag-malware","tag-pc-pitstop","tag-steve-hogan"],"yoast_head":"\nPC Pitstop Newsletter - December 2010 #2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tablets Quickly Replacing PCs? 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