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A Nuanced Trip Down Memory Lane
If you're an old-timer like me, you probably have memories - maybe fond memories, maybe not - of Dragon Naturally Speaking, for many years the only dictation software for Windows that was even remotely useful. Dragon was quirky, buggy, and frustrating, but it also...
Scam Alert: Beware Of Chinese Domain Emails
If you get an email urging you to take fast action because your business domain name is about to be registered by someone in China, throw it away. It’s a scam. There has been a...
Should You Upgrade To Windows 10? The Verdict At Six Months
Windows 10 is exactly six months old. We are halfway through the period that Microsoft is making Windows 10 available as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8 computers. (No...
Explore Art Collections, Relive Historic Moments, And Visit World Wonders With Google Cultural Institute
Google is an advertising company. Roughly 95% of its revenue comes from displaying ads on web pages. But it spends large resources on projects that are genuinely good for the...
The Ultimate Guide To Configuring Windows 10
Upgraded a computer to Windows 10? Bought a new computer? This is the guide you need - tips and tricks for your Windows 10 computer to smooth out its rough edges and make the...
Simple Photo Editing From Adobe
We are awash in photos. Our phones take better photos every year, and it’s so easy now to snap a dozen pictures where we would have taken one in the past, trying to get a picture...
Rules For Computer Safety 2016
These are the rules for being safe using a Windows computer in 2016. We are required to be paranoid and vigilant. We run our businesses and manage our personal lives online, and...
Outlook Is The Best Mail & Calendar App For iOS
Chances are that you’re using the email and calendar apps that came with your iPhone or Android phone. They’re fine. No shame there. But you’re missing an app from Microsoft that...
R.I.P. David Bowie
In February 1976, I saw David Bowie perform at The Forum in Los Angeles. It is one of my most vivid memories from the 70s – white lighting on a stark black stage, Bowie in tuxedo...
Improved Monitoring And Patching With Bruceb Remote Management
Most Bruceb Consulting clients are protected by Bruceb Remote Management, the affordable service that monitors your computers and keeps them up to date. I’ve been working hard to...
The Best Laptop You Can Buy: Lenovo Updates The Thinkpad X1 Carbon For 2016
The huge electronics trade show CES is in progress in Las Vegas, with manufacturers showing off a dizzying array of new laptops and tablets for 2016, along with talking...
Another Way To Disable Windows 10 Upgrade Notices
Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela sat down for a remarkably frank interview on the Windows Weekly podcast a few days ago. One of the topics was the insistent push...
Season’s Greetings From Bruceb Consulting!
Happy holidays! Welcome to the end of 2015! I knew we’d make it. Take a deep breath. There’s no reason to feel the urge to throw a computer out the window for at least a couple...
The Last Windows 10 Tip Of The Year: How To Sign Out
It’s the end of the day. You’ve finished your work and you’re packing up. You can walk away as soon as you log off of the computer, which is running that new-fangled Windows 10...
Windows 10 Tip: Find A Lost Laptop
A new feature quietly appeared in the Windows 10 November update: you can have your laptop send its location every few hours to Microsoft. If your laptop is lost or stolen, you...
Why Are PDFs Opening In The Edge Browser? And Other Windows 10 Default Annoyances
Microsoft needed to execute flawlessly on a number of things for Windows 10 to be an inarguable success. High on the list were two things: making the upgrade process smooth and...