BRUCEB NEWS
China Has Not Hacked Your Office 365 Mailbox
Hackers have infiltrated tens of thousands of servers running Exchange mailboxes. It’s a huge cybersecurity event, rivaling the severity of the Solarwinds Russia hack. Before we get to the details, let’s put some of you at ease. Microsoft’s online Office 365 mailboxes...
MICROSOFT DEEPFISH
If you've ever looked at Engadget or Gizmodo, you know there are an overwhelming number of new products appearing all the time. Here's one that looks like it might be...
COMPARING PDFS
PDF has become the standard format for most documents exchanged in the business world, and it is increasingly used to exchange documents during negotiation or collaboration....
GOOGLE TEXT LINK ADS
Google announced a new advertising program last week and the reports focused on a new Google policy that doesn't affect us directly. (Briefly: Google sends money to advertisers...
PRINTING OUTLOOK MESSAGE HEADERS
Two clients reported problems printing e-mail messages from Outlook 2003 - the message headers weren't printing, the part that shows Date:, To:, From: and Subject. In each case,...
ZE FRANK & THE SHOW
Ze Frank has just finished a year of producing The Show, three-minute video monologues that appeared online five days a week. Slate, the Los Angeles Times, and others are writing...
BRUCEB ON VACATION
I'll be out of town from March 27-31. I'll be in an area with cell phone coverage, but you'll have to pardon me if I'm a little distracted or if it's hard for me to hear the...
NSL GAG ORDERS
On March 9 the Justice Department's inspector general revealed that the FBI has been systematically abusing its expanded power to issue "national security letters" and obtain...
OUTLOOK 2007 & SLOW PERFORMANCE
Just a quick followup to my whining that the Microsoft Office 2007 suite seemed unreasonably slow - here's an article specifically complaining about the performance of Outlook...
TIMESLIPS & VISTA FOLLOWUP
Timeslips has updated its web site with information about Vista compatibility - or more accurately, lack of compatibility. Other vendors are working out their Vista issues;...
ONECARE & THE PRESS
Just a brief followup about the damaging OneCare putdown delivered by Arno Edelman, business security manager for Microsoft Europe.According to Microsoft, it never...
MICROSOFT EXPRESSION
Back in ancient times - 4 or 5 years ago - many people tried their hands at learning a little HTML and creating a web site. Microsoft FrontPage wasn't easy to learn but other...
ONECARE UNDER FIRE
Windows Live OneCare is under attack from the media, and unfortunately the attacks are well-founded and worrisome.Last month a terrible, inexcusable bug was discovered in the new...
PROBLEMS WITH 1AND1
Yet another tale of woe.1and1.com is one of the largest web hosting companies in the world. They established themselves in Europe before making a big splashy entrance in the US a...
FILE SHARING CAUSES CANCER
If you are downloading music with file sharing programs, the RIAA believes you are a thief and a pirate and you should go to a federal prison.That's been true for a long time....
MORE PATCH THOUGHTS
I recently reformatted a hard drive and reinstalled Windows XP from scratch, using a CD for Windows that included Service Pack 2.The next step was to download the patches and...