From: "Rich Gauszka" 

PC Mag's utilities used to be free but now most have a charge of $7.97. One
can find similar items as freeware so I doubt many will use that service.
Once the mag folds I don't see any reason for the site to exist and since
there is no current reason for the mag to exist ......

ex http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1981833,00.asp


"Gary Britt"  wrote in
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> Somebody gave me a subscription to PC Mag and the last issue was more akin
> to a free computer user group thing it was so thin and useless.  Computer
> Shopper stopped being what it was many years ago.  Several years ahead of
> PC Mag's demise.
>
> The Ziff boys sure did know when to dump that magazine.  They cashed out
> on top and the mag has been in continual decline ever since.  Computer
> shopper instead of the reams of ads for parts and do it yourselfers is
> nothing but a few retread advertisements that you have to pay to look at.
> Its even more of a joke than PC Mag.
>
> PC Mag might be able to continue as an internet site, but they need to go
> the free route, lure people there with their articles and utilities and
> just sell ads online.
>
> Gary
>
> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> I wonder how long PC Mag and Computer Shopper have as they are mere
>> shells of what they once were?
>>
>>
>> http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/010942.html
>> Yes, the rumors are true. As of April 2, 2007, InfoWorld is discontinuing
>> its print component. No more printing on dead trees, no more glossy
>> covers, no more supporting the US Post Office in its rush to get
>> thousands of inky copies on subscribers' desks by Monday morning (or
>> thereabouts). The issue that many of you will receive in your physical
>> mailbox next week -- vol. 29, issue 14 -- will be the last one in
>> InfoWorld's storied 29-year history.
>>

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