BRUCEB NEWS
Apple & The Future Of Personal Computing
Anyone who tries to predict the future is a fool. We can’t predict what will happen next month, much less next year or five years from now.So I’m going to make a prediction.In the next five years, Apple will come to dominate personal computing in much the same way...
BROADBAND: ATG
Part 3 in a series describing choices for Internet access in rural Sonoma County I’ve painted a dismal picture for folks looking for broadband in the country. Cable and DSL may...
DOOM III ON XBOX
Microsoft has been losing money on the Xbox, and it hasn’t made much headway against the Playstation for market share. In part the reason has been a lack of high-quality games...
BROADBAND: SATELLITE
Part 2 in a series describing choices for Internet access in rural Sonoma County Almost everyone can get satellite Internet access – access to the southern sky and some expensive...
EVEN THE CUSTOM TOILET PAPER?
Alas! The iLoo is a hoax (see my item on May 8). Microsoft’s computer-equipped, Internet-ready portable toilet is a benign prank by the British MSN division, which probably...
BROADBAND: DSL & CABLE
Part 1 in a series describing choices for Internet access in rural Sonoma County If you live in an area where you can get either DSL or cable Internet access, you should. Nobody...
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ALBUM
I use Microsoft Digital Image Pro for virtually all my photo editing and graphics projects. It does a better job of combining ease of use with powerful editing tools than...
MICROSOFT TESTS THE ILOO
A news item that’s absolutely serious. I can’t think of any jokes that would do justice to this concept. You’ve just gotta love the technology world. Microsoft’s MSN division in...
SPAM
I’m sure it takes creativity for the spammers to come up with new ways to force their messages through the spam filters. An increasing number of spam messages are sent with...
NEW VERSION OF MEDIA JUKEBOX
In the background I’m downloading the new version of Media Jukebox, renamed Media Center 9. Here’s the page with all the details. Media Jukebox has long been my favorite program...
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 9
Microsoft introduced Windows Media Player 9 a few months ago. It’s got a better interface and much improved technology for streaming audio and video – far better than RealPlayer...
APPLE MUSIC SERVICE: HYPE AND REALITY
The press is gushing about Apple’s new iTunes service, hailing it as the first appealing online service for downloading music. Articles hailed it as "revolutionary"...
PHONE BOOK SEARCHES ON GOOGLE
Google has added a new service that will make you go, hmm. Do a Google search for your home phone number. Type in the number like this: 707-xxx-xxxx. If the number is listed in...
CENTRINO NOTEBOOKS
Make sure you’re up to speed on the Centrino notebooks. Within a year it’s likely that they will completely dominate the notebook market and you’d regret having bought anything...
THE WIRELESS WORLD
An interesting sign of things to come. I fired up the laptop today at a lovely bed & breakfast in Mendocino and an open wireless network popped up. In ten seconds I was...
NEW COURT DECISION: FILE SHARING PROGRAMS ARE LEGAL
A federal court judge in Los Angeles handed down a decision about file sharing that actually makes sense for a change. Judge Wilson ruled that the parent companies of Morpheus...