BRUCEB NEWS
This Ain’t Our First Vaccine Certificate Rodeo
Before we get to the issues that are being raised as objections to vaccine passports today, there are some lessons to be learned from history about the intersection between vaccinations and privacy, security, and inequality. You think this is going to be dry and...
NATURAL LANGUAGE SEARCH IN VISTA
Windows Search 4 is an important upgrade for Windows Vista and Windows XP, enabling lightning-fast searches through your files and email for any word or phrase, anywhere. Here's...
AT&T TECH SUPPORT vs. ETERNAL DAMNATION – A TOSSUP
I'm occasionally asked why I have such a negative opinion of AT&T's DSL service. This chilling account should answer that question - a complete log of one person's...
MICROSOFT OFFICE ULTIMATE DISCOUNT
If you're sending a student off to college with a new laptop, Microsoft has a pretty good deal. A student with an email address at an educational institution (typically the email...
ANATOMY OF A MALWARE SCAM
Jesper Johansson has been working in information security for more than 20 years and has earned a good reputation for doggedly identifying and chasing the bad guys. He's written...
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SBS 2003 & SBS 2008
Small Business Server 2008 is nearly here! The final code was released to manufacturing yesterday. I wrote an overview of SBS 2008 last month. Here's an exhaustive rundown of the...
GLITCHES & ANNOYANCES
Tough week! Here are the kind of things that fill my days. And bear in mind, these are all stories about software and services that I love dearly - this is the good stuff, these...
VISTA SERVICE PACK 1 CLEANUP
If you're running Windows Vista, here's a safe way to reclaim some hard drive space. Before Vista Service Pack 1 is installed, Vista makes an extra copy of all the system files...
VERIZON MOBILE WIRELESS FUN
I have a Verizon mobile wireless adapter built into my Dell Latitude D630. I pay sixty bucks a month so I can connect to a reasonably fast EVDO broadband connection from just...
NEW DELL LATITUDE NOTEBOOKS
Dell introduced seven new models of Latitude business notebooks today. There are details, videos, and some screen shots on this page. Here's a partial list of new and improved...
OFFICE LIVE WORKSPACE UPDATE
Microsoft Office Live Workspace is one of the more interesting ways to store documents online and share them easily. Access is obtained through your Windows Live ID, the password...
JUNGLE DISK ONLINE BACKUP
Take a look at Jungle Disk, a service for online backups with a good reputation. I'm testing it now and finding a lot of things to like. The idea is simple - back up folders to a...
OLYMPIC TECHNOLOGY
By the close of the 2008 Olympic Games, NBC will have broadcast 2,900 hours of live coverage - more than the total number of US television hours for all previous summer Olympic...
FAKE FLASH UPDATE – SPYWARE ALERT!
There is a massive spam attack underway masquerading as messages from CNN.com. The first set of messages had links to the "Top 10 Headlines" and "Top 10 Videos"; now there are...
SECURITY EXHAUSTION
DROWNING IN JAVA
There are frequent updates for Java, the technology used by many web sites to make interesting things happen in your browser. You've probably seen the Java update bubble popping...