BRUCEB NEWS
Predicting The Election, With Hope And Laser Bears
There is a wall between today and Inauguration Day. No one can guess what is on the other side of that wall. When I imagine peeking over the wall on the good days, it is a place of healing. Birds are chirping. We are looking at each other with less suspicion, daring...
DELL SUPPORT INFO RE SERVICE PACK 2
If you're looking for information about Windows XP Service Pack 2, before or after you install it, Dell has an SP2 page with a wealth of information, clearly presented and full...
QUICKBOOKS SIMPLE START
Intuit will release Quickbooks Simple Start next week, a simplified $100 version of Quickbooks aimed at sole proprietors and very small businesses currently keeping paper...
DON’T INSTALL CRAP ON YOUR COMPUTER
You can still screw up your computer after you install Windows XP Service Pack 2. Web sites might ask permission to install "ActiveX Controls" or other kinds of programs....
MICROSOFT .JPG PATCH
Microsoft released a critical update yesterday for an intriguing problem. Microsoft discovered a flaw in the way various Microsoft operating systems and programs process .JPG...
ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS
Not everyone would have predicted it a few years ago, but digital cameras have become a matter-of-fact item in many homes. Normal, non-tech people have learned to unload pictures...
APPLE VS. APPLE
An interesting lawsuit may be nearing settlement soon. Baby boomers with long memories will recall that the Beatles' record label was "Apple Records," and their company was...
PRICE DROPS ON MEMORY DEVICES
Prices are down and capacities are up on memory cards and devices. Here's some random examples from a sale at Buy.com tonight: - 1Gb Compact Flash card for $82. It was impossible...
SHAREAZA FILE SHARING
The program getting the best word of mouth right now in the P2P world is Shareaza - available through the Shareaza home page, or here at Download.com. Kazaa and eDonkey are...
TECHNICAL DETAILS ABOUT SERVICE PACK 2
Most of the changes in Windows XP Service Pack 2 are under the hood. If you're a network administrator, an IT professional, or just an interested computer user who can tolerate...
SYMANTEC AND WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
Symantec is dragging its feet about allowing its programs to communicate with the new Windows Security Center - resulting in the balloon in the lower right corner of the screen...
INTERNET PORN AND JOB TERMINATION
Here's an interesting article about how the flotsam and jetsam that accumulates on computers can be used as a reason to terminate an employee. Your computer has several places...
CASSETTES TO CDs
The kind of service that you knew somebody had to offer - www.cassettes2cds.com converts old cassettes into audio CDs or .mp3 files. Presumably there's a company somewhere...
MICROSOFT ENTERS ONLINE MUSIC MARKET
Today's quiz: I'll describe a familiar scenario. You decide if it's ancient history or current news. Apple sells devices manufactured by Apple, running software designed by...
LASER MOUSE
Most of you have switched over to an optical mouse - no more gunk clogging up the ball, no more jerking the mouse hard to force the cursor to move, right? By now you've found out...
SPAM CONFUSES ME
Outlook 2003 does a remarkable job of filtering spam. (Make sure you get the latest updates from Office Update.) It's no surprise that the spammers are trying to get messages...