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…
WORD REDACTION TOOL
There have been several embarrassing incidents recently in which information was learned from electronic documents because they were not adequately secured. In some cases, the…
NEW DELL WIDESCREEN NOTEBOOKS
Dell will roll out new business notebooks today, the Latitude D620 and D820, with two interesting features. Here’s an article about the rollout. First, they will have…
WINDOWS LIVE ONECARE UPDATE
If you’re using Windows Live OneCare, it was recently updated to include protection against spyware as well as viruses. Here’s info from the Windows Live OneCare team…
WINDOWS DESKTOP SEARCH
Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows Desktop Search, its program for indexing files and Outlook folders for lightning-fast searches. Here’s the home page…
PLAYSTATION 3 DELAY
Sony confirmed today that the Playstation 3 will not appear until November – a potentially disastrous setback for Sony’s struggling electronics division. Sony is…
WINDOWS LIVE
Later this year, Microsoft will roll out Windows Vista, the successor to Windows XP, as well as Office 2007, a dizzying array of familiar and unfamiliar business applications….
AOL OFFERS REMOTE ACCESS
America Online appears to be offering a useful service – words I have not spoken often in the last ten or fifteen years. For $6.95 per month, AOL’s new service…
WINDOWS LIVE SEARCH
Microsoft unveiled its latest Internet search page, yet another attempt to unseat Google. The “Windows Live” name is being attached to many web-based Microsoft…
MYSPACE.COM AND INTERNET SAFETY
MySpace.com is the largest community of teens and twenty-somethings in history. There’s roughly sixty million registered users. Its growth rate is mind boggling. It’s…
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007
Microsoft announced product details and pricing for the various versions of Microsoft Office 2007, due later this year. Here’s a summary of the various products. The theme…
NEW PROCESSORS AHEAD
Pentium processors have gotten faster but the underlying architecture has been reasonably consistent for most consumer and small business computers for many years. Changes are…
WINDOWS DEFENDER – SUCCESSOR TO MICROSOFT ANTISPYWARE
Microsoft has released an updated version of its antispyware program, with a new name – Windows Defender. Here’s the Windows Defender web site and here’s an…
BRUCEB VACATION
I’ll be out of town during the week of February 13. Oh, come on, don’t cry. Everything will be fine. I should be available by cell phone for emergencies, and I expect…
REAL ESTATE FOR VOYEURS
Zillow.com launched its beta web site a few days ago, offering free access to real estate information that has been hard to come by until now. (It’s been added to the…
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT WINDOWS ONECARE
Here’s an article about the official Microsoft announcement of Windows OneCare, which will be available in final form in June. The $49.99 license will permit the program to…