BRUCEB NEWS
Oh Happy Day! It’s The Grand Opening Of The New Bruceb.com Website!
Come in, so glad you could make it, let me take your coat, have a canape! We’ve worked so hard on the remodel and it would have been a shame if nobody came to see it. Is anyone with you? Maybe more people were walking behind you and they’re waiting outside. No? Ah,...
GOOGLE PURGE
The hard-working reporters at The Onion bring us news of the latest step in Google's expansion effort.Google has announced Google Purge, a far-reaching plan to destroy all the...
MICROSOFT PHISHING FILTER
If you use the MSN Search Toolbar, Microsoft has just released a beta of a Phishing Filter to protect against suspicious web sites masquerading as legitimate sites. The same...
QUICKBOOKS 2006 vs. MICROSOFT SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING
The stage is set for a showdown in the next few months.Intuit will release Quickbooks 2006 this fall with an extensive facelift, the first significant changes in the program in...
TREO 650 – NOTES FROM THE FIELD
I've used a Treo 650 for a few months now. The Treo 650 is one of the most popular devices combining cell phone and organizer functions, and all of the major cell carriers are...
GOOGLE TALK
Google has unveiled Google Talk, its own instant messenger program. There's no surprises in it. Here's an article summarizing the new service.If you have a microphone on your...
GOOGLE DESKTOP 2
Google has released an upgrade of its original desktop search program, with enough new features that it's essentially a different product. Here's the page for downloading Google...
MICROSOFT STUDENT 2006
Microsoft Student 2006 is on the shelves now for under a hundred dollars. Parents of middle-school and high school students should take a long look. Here are some notes to...
WINDOWS INTERNET EXPLORER 7
Microsoft will release Internet Explorer 7 in a few months. (If you're interested in marketing, you should note that the name has been subtly changed to "Windows Internet...
MOVING PICTURES FROM CAMERA TO COMPUTER
There are a thousand ways to transfer photos from your camera to a computer. None of them are wrong, but it's all too easy to get lost in a blur of unfamiliar programs fighting...
MICROSOFT UPDATE
Microsoft released a new batch of security updates for Windows and Internet Explorer yesterday. If you have Automatic Updates turned on and your computer is left on overnight,...
REMOTE ACCESS WITH MYWEBEXPC
More and more people are looking for remote access to their office computers to run programs or work on files from outside the office.Microsoft Small Business Server users have...
COMCAST PROBLEMS IN BAY AREA
Comcast is having trouble with Internet service in the Bay Area. Problems began on August 2 and became widespread enough that Comcast was forced to admit it yesterday. Here's a...
MICROSOFT SYNCTOY
Microsoft has released an interesting new utility named SyncToy - the "toy" part is because it's part of the PowerToy series of utilities, not because it's playful.SyncToy is an...
FIVE STARS FOR J RIVER MEDIA CENTER
CNet's Download.com gives J River Media Center 11 a five-star review. "Boasting an attractive interface and an extensive feature set, J River Media Center leads the pack of media...
LIFE IN HELL WITH SYMANTEC ANTIVIRUS
A brief recap. Norton Antivirus is still the easiest antivirus program to use and keep up to date. Symantec has tightened the screws on licensing and the program is getting more...