BRUCEB NEWS
Claude Mythos & Cyber Apocalypse
Last week Google said a criminal hacking group launched a zero day cyberattack created by AI. It’s the first known example of a zero day bug being put to malicious use by hackers enabled chiefly by AI, according to Google and researchers contacted by The New York…
THE END OF WINDOWS XP
Windows XP will stop being sold by computer manufacturers (Dell, HP, and the rest) on June 30, 2008. Too many people have been writing too much nonsense about Windows Vista,…
THE ART OF THIN
An effective ad from Lenovo to demonstrate that the Thinkpad X300 compares favorably to the MacBook Air.
ONENOTE FOR LAWYERS
Here’s a short article from the ABA’s Law Practice magazine noting the many ways that Microsoft OneNote 2007 can be used by lawyers for everything from trial…
VISTA SP1 SUPPORT
If you have any difficulty installing Vista Service Pack 1 or dealing with problems after installation, Microsoft is offering unlimited installation and compatibility support…
VISTA SP1 & SEARCH
Searching in Vista quickly becomes second nature. Clicking the Start button and typing the name of a program brings it up immediately – no need to hunt through the long…
APPLE UPDATES: SAFARI INVASION
A client asked me about an update window that had popped up so I sat down in front of “Apple Updates” and stared at the three programs listed –…
WINDOWS VISTA SERVICE PACK 1 RELEASED
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is available today through Windows Update. Here’s the announcement of the general release of SP1, and here’s a technical note about a…
WINDOWS HOME SERVER DATA CORRUPTION
The products developed using Microsoft’s Windows Home Server software do a number of extremely useful things – backups, remote access, file and photo sharing, and…
R.I.P. PC MAGAZINE
I can’t let the moment pass without acknowledging the loss of a dear friend. Magazines were a crucial source of information in the primitive days before the Internet. PC…
TALES OF WOE: SOFTWARE DEPT.
My office computer is a powerful Dell tower, with an Nvidia video card and too much software. I choose software carefully, but I use a lot of programs and there is an…
TALES OF WOE: HARDWARE DEPT.
My stick doesn’t work. The Dell Latitude D630 is my favorite laptop, just the right combination of light weight and computing power and screen size, with nothing left out…
FOLDERSHARE UPGRADE
FolderShare, Microsoft’s invaluable free utility for syncing and sharing folders among multiple computers, has gotten a long overdue upgrade. Foldershare starts with a free…
SONIC & SATELLITE SERVICE
Sonoma County’s broadband coverage is spotty. Comcast and AT&T are not doing anything to expand cable and DSL service to new areas. There are too many areas with no…
IPHONE & EXCHANGE
Apple announced today that it has licensed ActiveSync technology from Microsoft, allowing the iPhone to sync mail, contacts, and calendars with Exchange Server. Apple also…
VISTA FEATURE: SPEECH RECOGNITION
Microsoft has been researching speech recognition for more than fifteen years. It has released enterprise products like Speech Server for telephony systems, and built rudimentary…