Oct 12, 2008 | file_sharing, Internet, Microsoft, photos, remote, software, web_services
I routinely set up a Windows Live ID for my clients when they get a new computer. There are many programs and online services in the world; Microsoft’s programs and services under the Windows Live name are well designed, free to explore, and reasonably simple...
Sep 15, 2008 | audio, bruceb, business, Internet
Two new sites have been added to the bruceb favorites page.The Big Money is a business web site created by the editors of Slate, intended to be an authoritative source of business news combined with interesting business blogs. It will be trying to stand out from the...
Sep 13, 2008 | broadband, Internet
I was testing Speed.io, a new site for measuring the speed of an Internet connection and displaying it in a lovely way. (I’ve put in on the bruceb favorites page under Internet / Online Tools, joining an old favorite, Bandwidth Speed Test.) The test results...
Sep 4, 2008 | file_sharing, Internet, Microsoft, remote, Vista, web_services, WinXP
Microsoft’s Live Mesh service, now in beta testing, has the most promise of any of the online services. With an easy setup, you can make your files available on multiple computers, you can share files with other people, and you can access your computers...
Sep 3, 2008 | Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, software
There are new Internet browsers available in the news – Microsoft made a beta release of Internet Explorer 8 available last week for testing, and Google caused a fuss when it released a beta version of Chrome today, possibly as a hasty response to...
Aug 30, 2008 | business, Internet
The New York Times has an article today about XO Communications, a company that most of you have never heard of. It gave me a little wave of nostalgia – XO is irrelevant now but I still have accounts there and it meant a lot to me in the old days. The article...
