The first step towards not buying more file cabinets is to stop adding to the pile. You need easy PDF software for scanning paper, combining scans with existing PDF files, and checking and rotating scanned pages.
Here’s how to get started, in the free January 2026 PC Updater News. Or get back issues here.
Some large businesses are changing how they work, or perhaps don’t, as of the start of 2026. Microsoft has mangled the Office trademarks yet again; Office, formerly known as “Microsoft 365”, has not become the “Microsoft 365 Copilot app” because, well, priorities of the corporation surpass the priorities of the few, or the one.
Also, high memory prices, and AI is NOT in free Gmail. A new year means it’s time to try for a paperless office, or at least not adding to the stacks. Here is the PDF software that you’ll need for that, all in the free January 2026 PC Updater News. Or get back issues and a subscription here.
Nope, not really. Office isn’t $10 or $19 like those ads are showing on major sites. Those ads you’re seeing are scams. The correct price for Microsoft Office is either totally FREE for the web-page version, or around $149 for the one-time purchase that is good for a few years, until the patches expire. And there are monthly versions for business, too. Read more in the free December 2025 PC Updater News, or subscribe and read back issues here.