Neil Rubenking

PC Magazine
Neil Rubenking served as vice president and president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years when the IBM PC was brand new. In 1986, PC Magazine brought Neil on board to handle the torrent of Turbo Pascal tips submitted by readers. By 1990 he had become PC Magazine's technical editor, and a coast-to-coast telecommuter.
Neil has also written seven books on DOS, Windows, and Pascal/Delphi programming, including PC Magazine DOS Batch File Lab Notes and the popular Delphi Programming for Dummies. In his current position as Lead Analyst he evaluates and reports on consumer-side security solutions such as firewalls, anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and full security suites. He continues to answer questions for readers in the ongoing "Ask Neil" column and in PC Magazine's discussion forums.