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Bing Sucks At Searches
Bing sucks at searches. You know how I know that? Because I have an anecdote to prove it. Anecdotes don't prove anything. I know that. You know that. If I'm going to make a broad claim I ought to have solid evidence and statistics and data. I don't. Well, I do, but...
NEVERENDING WIRELESS WOES
I have shared a bit of wisdom with many of you when we’ve talked about setting up 802.11 wireless networks: People who depend on wireless networks call me about connection...
WORD 2007 CRASH
Some random troubleshooting notes. I don’t know why Word 2007 got cranky. My poor computer is working hard these days as I load it up with programs and services, so maybe it was...
ACROBAT SECURITY UPDATES
Adobe has now released all of the updates to fix the security vulnerability reported last month. Here’s my original post about the need for these fixes. On my systems I had to...
THE HUNT FOR CONFICKER
Don’t miss the fascinating article in the New York Times today about the worldwide hunt for the authors of malicious software named “Conficker.” An extraordinary...
INTERNET EXPLORER 8
At 9am PDT on Thursday, March 19, Microsoft is scheduled to release Internet Explorer 8, with a number of new features and under-the-hood security improvements. I’ll let you know...
SENDING LARGE FILES WITH ACROBAT.COM
Adobe’s online service Acrobat.com has been available for almost a year as a place to store files and collaborate. I wrote some notes about it last summer. Now Adobe has...
BACKUPS – ONLINE BACKUPS
Previously:BACKUPS – INTRODUCTIONBACKUPS – DATA vs. DRIVE IMAGEBACKUPS – EXTERNAL HARD DRIVESBACKUPS – SOFTWARE FOR DATA BACKUPS There are dozens of services to help you back up...
ACROBAT SECURITY PATCHES
If your computer has Adobe Acrobat 9 or Acrobat Reader 9, you should have already installed an update to version 9.1, issued last week. Open the program and click on Help / About...
GRANDCENTRAL BLOSSOMS INTO GOOGLE VOICE
After years of uncertainty, Google announced Google Voice yesterday, the expanded version of its phone service GrandCentral. As a GrandCentral subscriber, I’ll be upgraded to the...
BACKUPS – SOFTWARE FOR DATA BACKUPS
Previously:BACKUPS – INTRODUCTIONBACKUPS – DATA vs. DRIVE IMAGEBACKUPS – EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES I’ll mention a few ways that you can make a backup copy of your important files, but...
PAUSE
That’s 14” of fresh snow overnight, followed by an afternoon of sunshine and deep powder skiing. I’m sorry, I didn’t want to gloat, but I had to tell someone. There will be a...
BACKUPS – EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES
There are no excuses. You must have a backup of your data that is updated regularly. A backup is just a second copy of your files stored separately from the primary computer’s...
BRUCEB ON VACATION 03/09 – 03/13
Oh wow, deja vu. Stop me if you’ve heard this before. I’ll be attending a seminar to brush up on important technical skills during the week of March 9. I will be occasionally...
BACKUPS – DATA vs. DRIVE IMAGE
Before we get into specifics, you should know that there are two different kinds of backups: backups of your data, and backups of an image of your hard drive. The one that comes...
BACKUPS – INTRODUCTION
Let’s spend some time in the next week or so talking about backups. Every computer depends on a hard drive to run the operating system and programs and to store your data. A hard...