BRUCEB NEWS
Windows Crashes, LogTransport2, And Privacy
Do you see this error window when you shut down or restart your Windows 10 computer? LogTransport2.exe – Application Error The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application. Sometimes the shutdown proceeds after a few...
PRINTING A LIST OF ATTACHMENTS TO AN E-MAIL MESSAGE
When you print a message from Outlook, the chances are that the printout will not include a list of the files attached to that message. This drives many people crazy. I went...
INTERNET EXPLORER SECURITY
The Press Democrat printed an alarming article today under an even more alarming headline: "Government suggests Web users avoid Internet Explorer." The article was picked up from...
RULES FOR SAFE COMPUTING
Every day I clean off adware, spyware, browser hijacking, viruses, Sasser worms, and other bad things. You are an unwilling participant in a war with spammers, virus writers,...
BACKUPS – JUST DO IT
The variety of bad things in the computer world - viruses, worms, adware/spyware, and the like - has me spooked. Computers are going down left and right. Done any backups lately?...
BUGMENOT
Here's a resource that might come in handy: http://www.bugmenot.com offers access to thousands of names and passwords for access to web sites that demand a "free" registration....
NO END TO BATTLE AGAINST SPAM
E-mail security firm MessageLabs reported this week that spam accounted for 76% of all e-mail traffic worldwide recently, and the level is rising. Filters are struggling to keep...
PRINTER ADVICE
If you're considering a printer, here's some advice from Vyomesh Joshi, general manager of HP's Imaging and Printer Group - someone in a position to give good advice. "If you are...
CELL PHONE NUMBER PORTABILITY
You're now able to retain your phone number when you switch cell phone providers. The FCC mandate went nationwide last week. Theoretically you can even move your landline number...
SONY DROPS DEVELOPMENT OF CLIE PDAs
Yesterday Sony unexpectedly announced that it was dropping development of its line of Clie handheld PDAs in the United States for the foreseeable future. It will continue to...
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
Windows XP Service Pack 2 is coming. It will be huge. Now is the time to start learning about it. Microsoft will spend $300 million marketing Service Pack 2. The marketing...
GO TO JAIL. GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL.
The RIAA and the government are collaborating against you, you pirate low-life swine. Yes, you - and you, and you. Look, they've tried to make it clear that this situation does...
DIZZYING ARRAY OF PRINTERS
I recently saw a study about the dilemma facing manufacturers of products sold in grocery stores - they don't want their product lineup to get stale, but consumers can be...
YAHOO MESSENGER
Yahoo released a new version of its instant messenger program today - same functions, but more cute smiley faces and cute games and not-so-cute advertising and screen clutter....
MORE APPLE-BASHING
It's well-known that Gateway has been struggling to stay alive. Gateway has lost money in 13 of the last 14 quarters, it has closed all its retail stores, it has cut its...
APPLE’S FUTURE IN MULTIMEDIA (CONTINUED)
A year ago I speculated that Apple would start to shift its emphasis away from the computer business and into consumer electronics. (Click here and scroll down to May 17, 2003.)...