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PC Pitstop is proud to announce a new partnership with TechBite columnist and PC World contributing editor Steve Bass, whose columns will now be featured in the PC Pitstop newsletters and highlighted at techtalk.pcpitstop.com and pcpitstop.com <\/p>\n

Steve currently publishes a free weekly newsletter with commentary on the technology products he loves, the strategies for getting the most out of them, and the gotchas that can cause computing misery. <\/p>\n

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