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Windows 7 Family Pack on the Way?

The Pit Crew — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:28:06 +0000

Blogger Kristen Kenneay & Zdnet's Ed Bott took a deep dive into Microsoft's Windows 7 Home Premium EULA and found a clause that suggests you will be able to install one copy of the new operating system "on three computers in your household for use by people who reside there".

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Bits from Bill: Twitter Under Attack

Bill Pytlovany — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:00:51 +0000

By Bill Pytlovany

No, it’s not under attack by rebel’s in Iran. It’s the same old malware attacks using popular topics or trends on Twitter.

It’s natural as soon as something on the Internet is popular, it will be the target of greedy, bad guys. These days most of the buzz is about Twitter and sure enough Twitter is the new playground for evil tricksters.

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Dodge Retort: HP Mini w/ Verizon Review

John Dodge — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:52:15 +0000

My full review of the HP Mini Model 1151NR bundled with Verizon mobile broadband is now up at eWeek.com. In any case, I give it a B- given the inconsistent bars I got, but it pretty much works as advertised.

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Technologizer: Firefox 3.5 Review

Harry McCracken — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:37:39 +0000

By Harry McCracken

Was it really fewer than five years ago that Firefox 1.0 debuted? Its arrival ended the dismal period in which only one browser–Microsoft’s mediocre Internet Explorer–seemed to be viable. With Firefox, Mozilla proved that millions of people were itching to adopt a better browser. And today, we find ourselves with multiple better browsers: Not just Firefox, but also Google’s minimalist Chrome, Apple’s flashy Safari, the ever-inventive Opera, the highly social Flock, and even the no-longer-calcifying Internet Explorer 8.

All of which means that Firefox 3.5–which Mozilla plans to formally release today–is no longer a shoo-in for the distinction of being the favorite browser of browser fans.

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ASK THE PROS July Drive Management

shogan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:53:22 +0000

Howdy and Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US. The past week has seen more questions on drives and boot problems so I decided to take a good look at Windows Disk Management. Disk Management has always been a good utility, but starting with Vista and continuing into Windows 7, it has become a powerful and simple way to format and partition drives. You can manage the drive your booting from, or you can format and partition new drives for later installations and use.

Let's take a look at this weeks question and see where it takes us.

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Top Loved Netbooks

lyle — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:13:22 +0000

Welcome everyone to a new and very exciting part of PC Pitstop. Roughly a year ago, as part of the incredibly popular OverDrive test, we began collecting user input about PC satisfaction. We began asking the following three questions:

* How satisfied are you with this PC?
* Is this PC running slow?
* Is this PC hanging or requiring frequent reboots?

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TechBite: How's Your Hard Drive Doing?

Steve Bass — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:21:11 +0000

By Steve Bass

Hard drives are about as dependable as a teenager promising to come home by midnight. The more you know about your drive--the brand-specific idiosyncrasies and the diagnostic sounds that drives produce--the better prepared you are for the inevitable crash.

Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Pricing

shogan — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:39:14 +0000

Microsoft has released their pricing for Windows 7. For most users in the US, this breaks down to three important levels; retail, preorder promotion, and recent purchase upgrade.

The recent purchase upgrade is no real deal for consumers because without it, desktop and laptop sales would grind to a halt. It's not a consumer gift, it's a demand by systems manufacturers to insure survival.

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PC Pitstop - Newsletter - June 2009

The Pit Crew — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:30:17 +0000

World's Most Popular Freeware

Must Have Windows 7 Links

Mark Your Calendars Now

Windows 7 Pricing Leaked

Ask the Pros -What is Bing?

Chris Pirillo Video: Ask the Pros -PC Speed

Bits from Bill: Solving Mystery Filenames

Technologizer: 80s Computer Patents

TechBite: Pry Loose Stubborn Programs

The Dodge Retort: The Netbook Rainbow

Tip #1: Open Task Manager FAST

Tip #2: 8 Step PC Tune Up

Tip #3: Better Firefox Privacy

Tip #4: 20 Free OS Downloads

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The World's Most Popular Freeware - Updated

kevin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:55:21 +0000

Welcome to the official second edition of the PC Pitstop Free Software Report. I want to thank everyone for the tons of comments both positive and negative. We are listening. More importantly, many of our readers learned more from the comments than our Top Software List! In fact, I even learned a few things.

The World of Free Software Welcome to