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...
APPLE iTUNES FOR WINDOWS
AppleInsider.com reported today that Apple will announce its iTunes software and music store for Windows on Thursday, October 16, ahead of schedule. It's been possible to make an...
BRUCEB WALLPAPER
Do your shopping early and avoid the crowds. And remember - this offer is NOT available in stores!
FREE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ALBUM
Adobe has released a new version of Photoshop Album, its software for organizing digital photos. (Click here for my description of the original program.) The new version adds a...
THE DMCA AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has produced a report summarizing the use and misuse of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in the last five years. The DMCA is being used by...
NAPSTER REBORN
Napster 2.0 will open for business next week, when Roxio releases a “public beta test version” of a new music downloading service. Roxio purchased the “Napster” name last year,...
SBC CUTS DSL PRICES AGAIN
SBC has reduced the price of its basic DSL service to $26.95 for new customers signing up online. The service requires a one-year commitment, with a prepayment penalty. That's...
MUSICMATCH DOWNLOADS
MusicMatch Jukebox is the most popular program available for playing and organizing mp3 music files. Personally, I find it confusing and difficult to use, but millions of people...
BUGGY SOFTWARE
Even though Windows XP is solid and stable, it's still possible to write bad programs - and sometimes it seems that buggy software is on the rise. The Register has an article...
DELL MOVES INTO HOME ELECTRONICS
Here's an interesting article about Dell's move into home entertainment. Dell is conservative and only goes into new areas that it intends to dominate, so expect a big marketing...
SONIC DSL SALE
Sonic is passing along reduced prices on DSL to match SBC's recent promotions. Basic DSL service is $34.95/month from Sonic - similar to SBC's price, but with none of the hassles...
HAVE YOU DONE A BACKUP LATELY?
Hard drives stop working sometimes. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens. Sometimes a system can’t be started because files are damaged that Windows relies on. That can be...
KAISER AND YOUR HEART
This has nothing to do with technology, but these statistics are too extraordinary to miss. Kaiser Permanente shed its poor reputation decades ago and is now well known for the...
AFFORDABLE COLOR LASERJETS
HP has an overlooked line of business color inkjet printers - here's the 1100 series, and here's the 2230 series, for example. There are more expensive models as well. They're...
ORSON SCOTT CARD ON MP3s
Popular SF/fantasy author Orson Scott Card has written a nice article deflating the recording industry rhetoric and explaining why mp3s are not necessarily to blame for the...
ANOTHER WINDOWS CRITICAL UPDATE
Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and install Critical Updates. There is another important security update. Another vulnerability has been discovered, very similar to the...