BRUCEB NEWS
The Dangers Of Location Tracking
Having government and big companies track our locations is a horrific invasion of privacy. We can be sure that big companies will be careless with private information about us, allowing it to be misused by bad actors. The government will almost certainly weaponize it...
FLAT PANEL MONITOR PRICES ON THE RISE
According to this article, prices for flat panel LCD monitors were in free fall last year because of an oversupply of glass. The factories have caught up, demand is skyrocketing...
ONLINE SHOPPING
I went shopping for a new monitor tonight and wound up buying it from an unexpected source. After checking Amazon, Buy.com, CDW, Microwarehouse, Insight, and a few others, I...
APPLE’S NEW IMAC
Look, I've got nothing against Apple, really. I think it would be fine if they did some cool things. But I can't get around it - the new iMac is ugly as sin. The original iMac...
DAVE BARRY DOES WINDOWS
In case you missed it, here's Dave Barry's column today about life with Windows. "I bring this all up because now Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to...
AOL BLOCKS HARVARD E-MAILS
The volume of junk mail has increased in the last few months, and people ask me all the time why it can't just be blocked. Implementing a junk mail filter is a difficult problem,...
WINDOWS XP SECURITY HOLE MISREPRESENTED
The press has done a terrible job reporting on the Windows XP security vulnerability that turned up a few days ago. It was widely reported that any hacker with a modem could sit...
MUSICCITY STILL IN BUSINESS
MusicCity.com is under attack from the copyright police, and a court in the Netherlands ordered it to halt file swapping a couple of weeks ago. It's holding steady so far, and it...
HP PHOTOSMART 100
If you've got a digital camera, I've got a great accessory for you. This is my favorite Christmas present. The Hewlett Packard Photosmart 100 printer does only one thing: it...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
To my clients, my friends, and all who stop by: my warmest wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy new year! I hope you find a few high-tech toys in your stocking in the morning...
COPYRIGHT ANALYSIS
A fascinating article by Mike Godwin, attorney and fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology. His argument is that the real war is not between the copyright holders and...
MOVIE REVIEWS
If you're wondering whether Roger Ebert's tepid review of Lord Of The Rings is typical (it's not), or if everybody agrees that The Majestic is irredeemably sappy (they do),...
WINDOWS SECURITY UPDATE
Somebody discovered a way to sneak remotely into Windows computers under some circumstances (only in the laboratory so far, but some smart person will figure it out in the real...
TURTLE BEACH AUDIOTRON
An interesting toy for music buffs. If you've been a Napster or MusicCity or AudioGalaxy user, you've probably assembled a sizable library of music on your hard drive. The Turtle...
NETFLIX
If you get a DVD player for Christmas, make sure to look into Netflix for your DVD rentals. NetFlix sends rental DVDs by mail and lets you keep them for as long as you want for...
PARENTS – BOOK RECOMMENDATION
If you're giving a gift to a child between 5 and 12 years old, check to see if they've got a copy of The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle. When it turned up last year, it...