BRUCEB NEWS
Windows 11: The View From 11,000 Feet
Microsoft will release Windows 11 later this year. It is an incremental upgrade to Windows 10, with a facelift so it looks nice and a few small changes that mostly appear to be for the better. I want to talk about Windows 11 a little bit – first to give you some...
MORE GOOGLE EARTH TRICKS
I mentioned a few days ago that the latest version of Google Earth includes "Google Sky," adding the ability to zoom through the universe viewing high-resolution photos of stars...
SONY ATRAC, R.I.P.
Sony is killing ATRAC, its proprietary format for music files. Here's a brief news article about today's death notice.This isn't important - no one every downloaded any files...
MORE COPYRIGHT CRAZINESS
The world of copyright protection is a mess, and each day brings new craziness. A Federal District Court judge granted a ruling for summary judgment against a family that had run...
ACER ACQUIRES GATEWAY
Acer, the third largest PC manufacturer globally, announced that it is acquiring Gateway and the eMachines brand purchased by Gateway a few years ago.I'm nostalgic about Gateway...
BRUCEB.COM FACELIFT
The award-winning bruceb.com web site has been given a much-needed facelift. If you find anything that isn't working correctly - dead links, buttons that pulse ominously, pages...
BRUCEB REMOTE SUPPORT
Providing support by phone is far more effective when the person at the other end can see your screen. I'm in a position now to work with your computer remotely at your request -...
GOOGLE NEWS
An interesting collection of news about Google projects today.As the new owner of YouTube, Google will introduce scrolling advertisements to YouTube videos today. They promise...
THE QUEST FOR FREE ONLINE COURT RULINGS
Another attempt is being made to bypass West and Lexis-Nexis and make court rulings available online for free - and it's coming from Sebastopol.Carl Malamud is an Internet...
VISTA & CONTENT PROTECTION FOLLOWUP
Vista's implementation of copyright protection for video does its job quietly and effectively. Early claims to the contrary are being debunked.Let's be clear....
HOTMAIL UPDATE & OUTLOOK CONNECTOR
There are new reasons to use Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail for your e-mail.Hotmail got a facelift a few months ago that made it speedy and attractive, but the interface will...
REDUNDANCY IS OUR FRIEND, AND SO IS REDUNDANCY
Very small businesses frequently depend on computer systems with several potential failure points, where a single failure can cause the network to go down for an uncomfortable...
PATCH TUESDAY – AUGUST
Microsoft will release nine security updates today, on its regular monthly schedule. If your computer is set to install updates automatically, then your computer will restart....
DROWNING IN PASSWORDS
There are more web services in our future, and your entrance to each of them will be controlled by a name and a password. If you don't already have some method of tracking your...
WINDOWS LIVE SKYDRIVE
Microsoft has opened Windows Live Skydrive for beta testing. (During development it was known as Windows Live Folders.) It's a place to store up to 500Mb of files online for...
WINDOWS VISTA SP1 PREVIEW
There's a frequently repeated piece of conventional wisdom: many businesses have delayed buying computers with Vista because they never purchase Microsoft's first release of an...