{"id":2546,"date":"2019-05-06T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2019-05-06T11:29:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T15:29:20","slug":"new-weekly-newsletter-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/06\/new-weekly-newsletter-available\/","title":{"rendered":"May 6 Newsletter now available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week\u2019s new\u00a0<em><strong>AskWoody Plus<\/strong><\/em> newsletter is posted now, and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/\"><strong>read it for free, here<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>WOODY&#8217;S WINDOWS WATCH:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/beware-the-crapware-in-win10-1903\/#woodys-windows-0\">Beware the crapware in Win10 1903<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>LANGALIST:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/beware-the-crapware-in-win10-1903\/#langalist-0\">When a Win7 &#8220;no-reformat reinstall&#8221; 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