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It has been a hectic summer in the Windows Secrets offices. We’ve wrapped up the combination of content from the former Support Alert Newsletter with our Windows Secrets library, we’ve created the Software Sidebar that puts the latest reviews a click away, and we’ve welcomed several familiar names to our roster of contributing editors.
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Dan Eckert is one of several readers who are pleased with the recent upgrade.
- “I’ve been highly critical of Windows Secrets since the merger with Fred Langa. I’ve been especially disappointed with the merger of Gizmo’s newsletter to Windows Secrets.
“So in the interest of fairness, I found your 07/31/08 issue one of your best since I’ve been on this rant. The newsletter addressed three different software areas that I have interest in. The comments were informative and reassuring that I had made right decisions about several software solutions.
“How about an article on free or inexpensive PDF editors? It’s a problem I’m having right now. I hardly ever edit a PDF, but find myself facing $70 to $90 to find software to complete a single form or submit a form with all kinds of watermarks on it.”
Driver-update utility is no longer supported
Scott Dunn’s review of driver-update services from last week’s special update included the DriverMagic utility from SymplisIT. We have learned that the program is no longer supported by the vendor, and we’ve removed the rating of DriverMagic from the review.
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The Known Issues column brings you readers’ comments on our recent articles. Dennis O’Reilly is technical editor of WindowsSecrets.com.
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