Dec 11, 2007 | Apple, audio, software
J River Media Center is the only important program on my computer developed by a small company. J River just released Media Jukebox 12, a simpler free version focused on music that you might want to consider if you’re not already using Media Center. Media Center...
Dec 10, 2007 | Adobe, Apple, bruceb, business, hardware, shopping, software
Monday, December 10 is expected to be the busiest online shopping day of the year. Can I ask you for a favor? There are a few links on the bruceb favorites page and the bruceb shopping page that lead to places you might do some shopping – any link to Amazon or...
Dec 5, 2007 | Adobe, software
It’s easy to start using Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional, but it is also full of features that only emerge after a little digging. Here are some cool things that I didn’t know about – if you’re already using Acrobat 8, see if any of them will make...
Dec 3, 2007 | business, mobile, software, web_services
The New York Times has a software-based version of the paper that – for the first time – makes it possible to imagine mornings without a newspaper printed on dead trees. The New York Times Reader can be installed for thirty days for free; a subscription...
Nov 29, 2007 | file_sharing, Outlook, software, web_services
As if to emphasize my paranoia about plugins, yesterday I got a call from a client who has successfully used the YouSendIt Outlook plugin for months. It stopped working for no particular reason; when she pushed “Send” on a message with an oversized...
Nov 28, 2007 | IE, Outlook, software, Vista, web_services, WinXP
We’ve become familiar with the slowdowns and crashes associated with programs and services that start up automatically when a computer is turned on. Now I’m running into problems caused by the links between programs – the “add-ins” or...
