BRUCEB NEWS
The Great Compression: AI & Cybersecurity
There used to be a pause in the rhythm of digital security. A software bug was found; the vendor created and tested and released a patch; and businesses had a comfortable few weeks to install it before hackers figured out how to use the flaw. In between there was…
TIMESLIPS & VISTA COMPATIBILITY
Vista compatibility will be hit or miss for the next year. Some business-critical software won’t run on Windows Vista; I’ll be doing what I can to help businesses…
VISTA/XP COMPARISON
There’s no shortage of lists of Vista features but this is a particularly good one – with a minimum of fuss, the chart in the middle compares Windows Vista to Windows…
SMALL BUSINESS SERVER & IE7
Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 includes wonderful tools for remote access – Remote Web Workplace provides access to office desktop computers, and Outlook Web Access…
WINDOWS VISTA BASICS
Windows Vista is here. After using it for two months and studying hard, here are some of the conclusions I’ve reached. Windows Vista is a wonderful operating system. There…
QUICKBOOKS AND VISTA
Here’s the latest word from Intuit about running Quickbooks under Vista, and it’s not pretty. Quickbooks 2007 will run correctly, or so they say. There’s no…
ONECARE UPDATES
Version 1.5 of Windows Live OneCare began to be rolled out a couple of days ago. If you are currently using OneCare, you will be updated automatically. When the process goes…
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 – MORE CHALLENGES AHEAD
Windows Vista will present a learning curve and some frustration when it begins shipping next week, but I’m wondering whether the new version of Microsoft Office might take…
CRAPLETS
The first thing I do with any new computer is uninstall most of the applications bundled by the computer manufacturer. Microsoft reps at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show said…
IPHONE BACKLASH
It’s predictable that there would be a backlash after the rapturous reception of the iPhone in the first rush of media reports. Here’s an article that sums up the…
WINDOWS & DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
The dates for Daylight Savings Time are changing this year, as required by a law passed in 2005. It turns out your computer doesn’t yet know about that and is fully…
VISTA PARENTAL CONTROLS
Vista has many new features – so many that it will be difficult to decide which ones to call attention to. For home users and families, the built-in parental controls will…
VISTA DISCOUNT
Apparently Microsoft believed it wasn’t sufficiently confusing to offer four different versions of Windows Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate), with…
ONECARE & DEFENDER – CONFUSION AHEAD
The upcoming update to Windows Live OneCare version 1.5 is going to have one unexpected wrinkle – the kind that makes people feel confused and overwhelmed. It starts with a…
ONECARE & DEFENDER UPDATES
Windows Live OneCare users will receive an automatic update to version 1.5 at the end of January. Most changes are modest, but there will be more options for backups –…
ADOBE ACROBAT 8 PROFESSIONAL
PDFs have become the common language for shared documents in most businesses and law offices, but the frequent upgrades to Acrobat have been uncompelling, with a confusing…