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Harry McCracken leaving PC World to go startup

By Owen Thomas, 5:00 PM on Mon May 12 2008, 414 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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PC World editor-in-chief Harry McCracken is leaving the magazine next month to work on his own technology website which, to our relief, he does not describe as a "blog." [Folio]

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