BRUCEB NEWS
Statement To The Analy High School Speech & Debate Team
From: Nate BerlsTo: Team MembersDate: Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 4:29 PMSubject: STATEMENT TO THE ANALY HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM We are witnessing the largest civil rights movement in history. 50 states and 18 countries. You are living through it now, and you might...
WINDOWS LITE
The nine states challenging Microsoft in the antitrust case are pressing for access to Windows source code so they can demonstrate that certain Windows features can be removed...
U.S. GOVERNMENT WEB SITE
The U.S. government has reworked www.firstgov.gov. It's meant to be the entry point for all web resources related to the federal government, as well as providing links to state...
TAUZIN/DINGELL PASSES
According to the Center for Responsible Politics, the Bells - Qwest, BellSouth, SBC Communications and Verizon - have contributed about $19.4 million to congressional campaigns...
WHALE SONGS
Here's a web site where you can listen live to whales singing and talking, through a hydrophone suspended in the water off the coast of Maui. Best listening times are from 1-9am...
THE REGISTER COMES TO THE U.S.
The Register is one of the best online sites for tech news and gossip. It's one of my daily stops. The original site is based in Britain and has a fair amount of local news....
CONGRESS VOTES WEDNESDAY ON CRITICAL BILL
On Wednesday Congress will vote on a bill known as Tauzin/Dingell (after its sponsors). It would eliminate all the requirements on the four remaining Baby Bells to play fair with...
RECORD INDUSTRY ON THE DEFENSIVE
On Friday, the judge in the Napster case made it clear she was unhappy with the record industry for the way it has handled its own online music web sites. The labels have sought...
R.I.P. CHUCK JONES
Chuck Jones, legendary animation director and artist, best known for his work on the Looney Tunes cartoon series, died on Friday. Jones helped bring to life many of Warner Bros....
XO COMMUNICATIONS TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY
It was reported yesterday that XO Communications (the successor to Concentric Networks) expects to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy within two weeks. No information is available...
WIRELESS WOES
Wireless technology will explode this year. By Christmas the stores will be full of wireless accessories for computers and home networking, as well as specialized devices that...
WINDOWS XP AND FTP
Not many normal people have reason to use FTP, a long-standing Internet standard for transferring files. It used to require a dedicated program like FTP Voyager, with its own...
HIGH-TECH TOYS IN A SLUMP
Video games are surging (even the PC games sector is rebounding a bit), but other categories of high-tech toys are slumping. Intel put out some cool toys, but is now exiting the...
NEW STANDARD FOR RECORDABLE DVDS
Recordable DVDs are available right now, but it's a complete mess - DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and other "standards," using different media, playing on different machines. It's the same...
INTERNET EXPLORER SECURITY FIX
Microsoft has rolled up all the security fixes for Internet Explorer from the last few months and put them in a single download. This is a highly recommended update for everyone....
BRUCEB OUT OF OFFICE 2/11 – 2/15
I will be out of the office and out of touch from February 11 through February 15. I suggest that all my clients and friends stop using their computers until February 18th, when...