BRUCEB NEWS
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…
RIAA SUES USENET.COM
The first rule of Usenet is, you don’t talk about Usenet. Careful observation of that rule has allowed Internet newsgroups to avoid getting involved in the entertainment…
TOP 100 BLOGS
Looking through blogs (“web logs”) occupies most of my web-surfing time these days. Everybody has heard the term but some people aren’t sure what a blog is or…
LOGMEIN FREE
LogMeIn Free is a completely free service that gives you remote access to your home or office computer, any time, from anywhere. Remote access services run software on your home…
OUTLOOK 2007 CALENDAR PRINTING ASSISTANT
There’s a remarkable world of applications designed to work with Microsoft Office. In fact, there’s probably more programs included under the “Office”…
THE COST OF E-DISCOVERY
Electronic discovery – production of electronic data in litigation – is increasingly common, and often difficult and expensive. Amendments to the Federal Rules of…
E-MAIL CONVERSATIONS
Google Mail sorts e-mail messages into “conversations” – basically, all the messages with the same subject line are stacked on top of each other. If a new…
STARTUP PROGRAMS
When your computer starts to slow down, the traditional response is to look for programs and processes that start automatically and bog the system down. One of my first clues…
MORE VISTA UPDATES
There are updates to Windows Vista that improve its performance and reliability. The improvements make a top-notch operating system even better. So why is there a strong…
RESIZE IMAGES WITH RSIZR
Here’s new technology for manipulating photos that’s very cool – you’ll enjoy watching the demo even if you don’t have a clue what’s going on…
GIGABIT NETWORKING
Network equipment connected with cables has gotten a speed increase to 1Gb, 1000Mbps – ten times faster than the 100Mbps that was standard for years. All of your…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…