We are a team
of over 30 people with long experience in working together to produce
top quality utilities. If you are familiar with PC Magazine's
Utilities column, then you already know our work. |
| Utilities
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Sheryl Canter
was the editor and chief architect of PC Magazine's
Utilities from March 1993 to December 2002. She continues in that role
at Permutations Software, which she owns and operates. A programmer as well
as a writer, Sheryl designed and programmed this Web site. |
| Authors |
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Charles Petzold
is the author of the classic "Programming Windows",
and many other computer books. He's been a Contributing Editor to PC
Magazine since 1985. His recent PC Magazine utilities include
FavesToGo, ScreenSeize, ExactTime, ClockRack, MIDIColors, and RapidRes. |
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Mark Sweeney
is a developer who specializes in client-server applications.
The PC Magazine utilities he's written are: CookieCop, NetPerSec,
ShellCrypt, IconLock, FaveLock, and RunPlus. |
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Tom Rawson
is the founder and former president of JP Software Inc.,
which publishes the award-winning command processor utilities 4DOS, 4NT,
4OS2, and Take Command. Tom wrote the PC Magazine utility WSearch. |
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Patrick Philippot
is a developer based in Draveil, France. He started writing
PC Magazine utilities in 1999, when he created FormWhiz. His other
PC Magazine utilities are: FileTip, FavOrg, BHO Cop, FolderMon,
and ButtonBoogie. |
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Greg Wolking
has been the primary moderator in the PC Magazine
Utilities forums since 1990. His first PC Magazine utility, SysCap,
was written in 1995. Since then Greg has written: PrintNow, RoboType, SyncURLs,
Hotkey Detective, OpenTrap (with Rick Knoblaugh), Scroller, ListZapper,
MultiRen, CrackUp, FileAlbum, ContextEdit, FlashQuiz 1, Shred 2, RecEdit,
BootOpt, VolumeSet and TradeKeys. |
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Ignacio
Alvarez is a developer based in Mexico who wrote his first
PC Magazine utility in 1999. He is the author of Folder Pointers,
Tray Magician, IE Zoomer, TaskWheel, FlashQuiz 2, and Recent Commands. |
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Rick Knoblaugh
is a systems programmer and device driver expert who
started writing PC Magazine utilities in 1993. His first two utilities,
FindIRQ and DrvLoad, were DOS tools. His Windows utilities are: DiskAction,
InCtrl4 (with Neil Rubenking), OpenTrap (with Greg Wolking), BigBin, and
LFNDir. |
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Steve Sipe
is an Internet developer based in Charlotte, NC who started
writing PC Magazine utilities in 1997. The utilities he's written
include TrayManager, TrayMin, Password Prompter, TreePrint, JumpToIt, XpanDesk,
SiteSnagger, HandsDown, Page1, WinSize, System Valet, MailCall 2, and NoteWhen. |
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Jim
Korenthal is an expert in full text search algorithms and
compression. He wrote the PC Magazine utility CrossGuesser,
a tool for solving word puzzles. |
| Beta Testers |
| We have some of the best beta
testers anywhere. Many of them have been with us for years. Not only
do they find bugs, they contribute design and feature ideas. Our beta
testers substantially contribute to the quality of our utilities,
and we are very grateful to them! |
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Alec Burgess
Bob Abrahams
Bob Eisenbach
Gary Johnson
Herbert Bushong
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Jan Werner
Josh Fitzgerald
Ken Holt
Paul Knudsen
Peter Carpenter
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Ray Nobert
Rob Barrett
Steve Zobal
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plus all the authors, since they test each other's utilities
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