BRUCEB NEWS
The Great Russia Hack 3: The Solarwinds Story
If you’ve been following along, then you know that Russian hackers slipped malware into Solarwinds updates that went out to 18,000 corporate customers and government agencies last year. I hear you saying, whoa, slow down, cowboy! The hackers “slipped malware” into the...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I'll be back in 2007. Happy new year and best wishes to all!Windows Vista is right around the corner, and the press is heating up - it's full of flaws! No one wants it! A hacker...
THE IE7 MENU BAR
The team developing Internet Explorer 7 tried to maximize the screen space available for web pages by shrinking or removing some familiar parts of IE6. The missing menu bar has...
QUICKBOOKS, IE7 AND COMPUTER SECURITY
Intuit has finally released updates for various versions of Quickbooks to make them more or less compatible with Internet Explorer 7. Here's the IE7 compatibility chart, with...
NETWORK FILE INDEXING ADDED TO VISTA
My first impression was that the Vista developers had left Vista in a crippled state, unable to index shared network folders, but apparently they were just running late. Today...
FIX FOR SLOW IE7 PHISHING FILTER
A few people have complained that Internet browsing was slow or erratic after installing Internet Explorer 7. I haven't been able to find a pattern to explain that - no...
THE SAD TALE OF AMICUS ATTORNEY
At one time, Amicus Attorney was the premier program for law office case management. In version 5, it had a quirky but easy to understand interface, and a lot of power to link...
CELL PHONES – WINDOWS MOBILE AND SERVER CERTIFICATES
There are now more than a hundred cell phones built on Windows Mobile, capable of syncing with Microsoft Outlook and handling e-mail, calendar and address book chores.Businesses...
NETWORK FILE INDEXING MISSING FROM VISTA (superseded 12/19/06)
EDIT: On December 19, Microsoft released an add-in to index files on network shares in Windows Vista. See this comment.ORIGINAL POST:Windows Vista cannot index files on a network...
VIRAL ADVERTISING
The folks responsible for promoting Windows Vista are trying hard to be hip - check out http://clearification.com. Microsoft is footing the bill for Demetri Martin, a Daily Show...
E-MAIL RETENTION AND THE NEW FEDERAL RULES
Changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have imposed new requirements for retention and production of electronic records in federal court litigation, especially e-mail....
WINDOWS VISTA & SECURITY VENDORS
You may have seen news coverage of complaints by Symantec, McAfee and others about security changes in Vista. Basically they complain that Vista's security is locked up so...
COMCAST INCREASES DOWNLOAD SPEEDS
Comcast cable Internet service is currently marketed at 6Mbps and 8Mbps download speeds - very speedy indeed compared to DSL service that typically runs 1.5Mbps or less. There...
EARTHLINK & MISSING E-MAIL
Remember Earthlink? It's still in business but not particularly relevant. (Companies providing dialup access became an anachronism when the telcos and cable companies shut them...
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 FOR SMALL BUSINESS
Microsoft Office 2007 will arrive on January 30 along with Windows Vista. My sense is that it will have a much different effect at large companies than in small...
SPAM IS BACK
You've probably noticed it, and here's a New York Times article to confirm it: after a respite for a year or two, the volume of spam has risen sharply in the last few months;...