{"id":4143,"date":"2020-02-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=4143"},"modified":"2020-02-24T00:56:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T05:56:47","slug":"feb-24-newsletter-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/24\/feb-24-newsletter-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb 24 Newsletter Available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The newest<strong>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\">AskWoody Plus newsletter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is now available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>WOODY\u2019S WINDOWS WATCH:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/windows-10x-future-fireworks-or-another-dud\/#woodys-windows-0\">Windows 10X: Future fireworks or another dud?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>BEST OF THE LOUNGE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/windows-10x-future-fireworks-or-another-dud\/#lounge-0\">An AskWoody place to vent \u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>LANGALIST:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/windows-10x-future-fireworks-or-another-dud\/#langalist-0\">Say goodbye to Windows\u2019 screen-saver app<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>WIN7 EXTENDED SUPPORT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/windows-10x-future-fireworks-or-another-dud\/#win7-esu-0\">More help with Windows 7 extended support<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong>GENERAL COMPUTING:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/newsletter\/windows-10x-future-fireworks-or-another-dud\/#general-computing-0\">Comparing three file-compression tools<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t miss out! 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