BRUCEB NEWS
Internet Mobs: GameStop, The Trump Insurrection, And Boaty McBoatface
In the 1990s we built a global communications network. The Internet revolutionized retailing and entertainment, changed how we get news, transformed our social lives, blah blah blah, you know all that, pizza delivery will never be the same, got it. There’s another...
NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE
As always, there's new technology that's becoming commonplace even though we hadn't really noticed it yet. Let's start with network-attached storage - "NAS."Our appetite for...
BRUCEB NEWS – TENTH ANNIVERSARY
I am proud - and a bit freaked out - to celebrate the tenth anniversary of bruceb news. Here's the first page in the archives, going all the way back to the introduction of...
VISTA ULTIMATE EMBARRASSMENT
Vista Ultimate has become an embarrassment to Microsoft, a wasted opportunity of a chance to showcase Vista's best features.The expensive upgrade to Vista Ultimate offered two...
APPLE BACKLASH
Apple's rollout of the iPhone and updated iPod line generated impressive buzz, giving the impression that Apple is an unstoppable force. At the same time, though, Apple's efforts...
ADOBE UPDATES PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS
Adobe released Photoshop Elements 6 and Premiere Elements 4 today, giving a facelift to its programs aimed at consumers for image and video editing. They can be purchased...
HALO 3 LAUNCHES
Halo 3 will be released for the XBox 360 on Tuesday. I know, you don't play games, but this is one of those cultural events that are worth knowing about to keep from feeling old...
COSTCO DEAL ON ONECARE
Costco doesn't always have great deals on software any more, but occasionally something turns up. If for some reason you haven't bought your copy of Windows Live OneCare yet, you...
MS OFFICE 2003 SERVICE PACK 3
Microsoft has released Service Pack 3 for Office 2003. It will be included in the Automatic Update system at some point in the next few weeks, but I don't expect it to be...
APPLE LOCKDOWN
It's hard to make the stereotypes fit.Microsoft is reviled as the big monopoly. I don't want to suggest that Microsoft is a huggable teddy bear, but it's worth noting that much...
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
There are a remarkable number of keyboard shortcuts built into Windows and most programs. If you prefer to keep your hands on the keyboard whenever possible, you can get all the...
MICROSOFT OFFICE “ULTIMATE STEAL”
Here's an odd promotion from Microsoft: for the next few months, college students can buy the most complete version of Office 2007 for $59. The Office Ultimate 2007 suite...
THE ART OF OFFICE
It's fun to browse for a few minutes over at The Art Of Office - a collection of files contributed by artists and businesspeople, all created with Word, Excel, or Powerpoint. The...
ACROBAT & PDF CLONES
Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional is highly polished software for creating PDFs from scanned documents or onscreen files, and it adds the ability to use PDFs for other purposes,...
QUICKBOOKS & VISTA REDUX
At the beginning of the year, Intuit claimed that Quickbooks 2007 was ready to be run on Windows Vista.That was an overstatement. Quickbooks 2007 can be made to work on Vista,...
AT&T TARNISHES iPHONE
Apple had to know that signing a deal with AT&T would lead to disgruntled customers. By definition, any customer of AT&T is an unhappy customer, right?It started when the first...