BRUCEB NEWS
New! Improved! Bruceb Favorites Gets A Glow-Up
I am inordinately proud of the Bruceb Favorites page, a lovingly curated directory of websites you already know how to reach. I’ve been maintaining it for nearly 30 years. In the last year it began to develop issues – slowing down a bit, occasional stumbles,…
ADOBE ACROBAT READER 6
Adobe released Acrobat 6 today, including a new version of the free Acrobat Reader. Download Acrobat Reader 6 here. Acrobat PDF format is starting to be used everywhere – you…
KAZAA SECURITY UPDATE
There will be an important update for Kazaa within the next 24 hours. They’ve identified a security vulnerability and they’re urging users to patch their systems quickly. Here’s…
MESSAGE FROM “SUPPORT@MICROSOFT.COM” CONTAINS A VIRUS
The latest virus making the rounds purports to arrive from “support@microsoft.com.” The file attachment contains a virus. It’s not from Microsoft. You…
SPAMMER TESTIMONY
Yesterday a notorious spammer testified in front of the Senate Commerce committee. Here’s the Washington Post article about his testimony. Ronald Scelson, an eighth-grade dropout…
HOW GATOR WORKS
Gator is one of the most widespread and obnoxious of the adware programs out there – sneaky programs that might be installed on your system even though you don’t quite know how…
WORDPERFECT 11
There’s a new release of WordPerfect, so I went through the Corel support newsgroups to get an idea of what people think. The reports are pretty good. It’s reasonably stable for…
ROB BLACK BACK ON THE AIR
The world became dreary and pointless when CNET Radio went off the air a few months ago. True geeks can get a fix by signing up to receive daily downloads of 25 minute newscasts,…
NEW DELL NOTEBOOK
Dell has just introduced another Latitude notebook, if you’re willing to pay extra to get less – less weight, that is. The Latitude D D400 is a full Centrino notebook, with…
APPLE’S FUTURE IN MULTIMEDIA
Apple’s new music downloading service, iTunes, reported two million downloads in its first 16 days of operation, a startling success. I continue to hope that it falls flat, for…
BROADBAND: ISDN
Part 6 in a series describing choices for Internet access in rural Sonoma County The last option for rural broadband access is expensive, but worth considering if you’re…
BROADBAND: FRAME RELAY & T-1
Part 5 in a series describing choices for Internet access in rural Sonoma County Where there’s a fat wallet, there’s a way to get broadband. T-1 lines are a longstanding way to…
BROADBAND: BROADLINK COMMUNICATIONS
Part 4 in a series describing choices for Internet access in rural Sonoma County There’s another oddball possibility for broadband access in rural Sonoma County. Broadlink…
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…