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PC Pitstop April 2009 Newsletter

April 24, 2009 by The Pit Crew in Newsletter
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This Month
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Guide to Choosing a Processor
A must have companion for rookies or veterans - shopping for that perfect processor.
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Restaurants Yes, Processors No
Intel has introduced a new rating system for its processors, but will it just confuse consumers?
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Ask the Pros: Booting, Burning
Your questions about bootable disk burning and motherboard startup issues are answered.
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March Madness Winners
The Winners of our March Madness Contest have been announced. Check out the final standings and prizes.
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Optimize 'On Computers'
'On Computers' authors visited PC Pitstop and took OverDrive and Optimize 'around the block'.
APRIL 2009 NEWSLETTER
PC Pitstop
Guest Columnists
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What is Twitter?
by Bill P.
Have you been seeing little blue birds everywhere? Bill explains what they are and why people want to Tweet.
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Posterous: a Cool Web Repository
by Steve Bass
They're out to get you: Sleazeballs writing sneaky programs that load your system with junk. Protect yourself.
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My Most Memorable Computer...
by Harry McCracken
Harry's fellow tweeters shared their most memorable computers, from Ataris to Osbornes. What was your favorite?
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How to Find Duplicate Files
by Chris Pirillo
Got too many files? Find duplicate files and compare them with this awesome free tool.
Free Scans
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Optimize
Speed your PC
Save money, maximize performance.
Driver Alert
Driver Alert
PC Update
Improve system functionality & stability.
Free Malware Scan
Exterminate
Anti-Malware
Stop Malware from slowing your PC.
Disk Health
Disk MD
Drive Refresh
Keep your Hard Drives working at full speed!
Personal Data Profiler
Erase
PC Profiler
Learn what others may discover about you!
Full Test
OverDrive
PC Checkup
Most complete
PC analysis available.
Tech Tips
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30 Tips for Windows 7
Adamsappleone points us to this valuable list of tips and tweaks to get the most out of Windows 7.
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How To Tweak Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer shows your My Documents folder tree by default. Customize w/ help from morbidbutterfly.
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Descriptions of Crash Errors
Get a blue Screen of Death? These are the common errors and causes of the dreaded BSOD. Thanks to LA8490.
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5 Tips For Video Conversion
If you're curious about video conversion, this thorough tip from Krandoth will give you a crash course.
* $100 goes to the best tips each month.
Top 5 Drivers
The 10 drivers most recently added to our
Driver Alert database.
Click here for the full library .
Product Date
Realtek High Definition Audio 3/30/2009
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 3/27/2009
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 3/27/2009
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 3/27/2009
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE 3/27/2009
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 3/27/2009
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 3/27/2009
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 3/27/2009
NVIDIA Geforce 9800 GT 3/27/2009
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 nForce 405 3/27/2009
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Other Newsletters
* Lockergnome
The Lockergnome family of sites is growing by leaps and bounds. Lockergnome is a blogging network, where you'll find blogs about everything from computer security to dog training. Geeks.pirillo.com is a social network, with over 17,000 members. Geeks features blogs, forum discussions, video and photo uploads, and a whole lot more. The community newsletter, Pirillo's Picks, features links to the best discussions and blogs found around our various sites. Signing up is free, and simple. Just send an email to: picks@lockergnome.com
* Tiplet.com
Tiplet.com offers expert computer tips & tech support. Computer performance,security, and social networking are among the topics tackled by Tiplet's team of expert technology writers. (Subscribe to the free newsletter, too!)
* 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 for getting the most out of them,and the gotchas that can cause computing misery. Sign up for the newsletter here.
* 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.
Special Offers
* Get a New Skin for Your PC
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* Goodsync
From the makers of Roboform, GoodSync synchronizes files between desktops, laptops, and external drives, and works over a network or the Internet.
* Save Money, Ink & Trees!
GreenPrint has designed software to save paper and ink which not only helps you with your printing costs but saves trees and resources to boot.
* Crucial Technology - Best Memory Prices & Selection
Nothing improves system performance more than more memory. Crucial makes the right memory upgrade easy to find, easy to buy, and easy to install. Check out their memory now.
* Morpheus
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* Think Geek - Stuff for the Smart Masses
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