BRUCEB NEWS
Chrome Gets Some Useful New Features
Chrome is the web browser used by 7.9 billion people, more or less, plus it’s starting to be adopted by schools on planets orbiting distant stars. Google does not make big changes to it because of the people who use Chrome, approximately all of them hate change. But...
Bruceb Backup Pro Now Available
I’m pleased to announce that Bruceb Backup Pro is now available for small offices that want maximum protection and fast crisis recovery. All of the details are now available...
Going Paperless: The Joy Of Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500 Scanners
Offices are stepping up their efforts to go paperless by scanning and recycling paper files and incoming documents. For years I have told clients that the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500...
Still More Free OneDrive Storage. Can Dropbox survive?
This week Microsoft announced huge increases in the amount of free online storage space with each OneDrive account, and sharply reduced prices again for additional space. Synced...
Bruceb Cloud Backup: Unlimited Storage Space, Unlimited Computers
Bruceb Cloud Backup offers monitored online backups for small businesses and home computers. I’m happy to announce a major upgrade that lowers costs and makes it easier to take...
Two New OneNote Tricks (And A Rise In The Corporate Hierarchy)
Microsoft has long believed that OneNote should be better known as one of its signature products. OneNote has been included with every version of Office 2010 and Office 2013, and...
Comcast Turning Homes Into Public WiFi Hotspots
Comcast customers can already connect to free WiFi on their laptops and phones in hundreds of thousands of locations across the country. Now Comcast is expanding its free WiFi...
The Return Of Cryptolocker
Cryptolocker is arguably the worst virus we have ever faced. It first appeared last fall and caused havoc, then left the news for a few months. It’s back. I’ve had two clients...
How To Buy Adobe Acrobat XI
Adobe Acrobat is almost as prevalent in businesses as Microsoft Office. Almost all office workers now outgrow the free Adobe Reader and need access to the full Acrobat program to...
An Overview Of Bruceb Backup Pro
Bruceb Backup Pro is intended to meet the challenge of business continuity with backups that are secure, redundant, and focused on disaster recovery. I’ll be offering Bruceb...
Meeting The Challenge Of Business Continuity
The challenge is clear: how can small and medium businesses maximize continuity and minimize disruption when a server fails? Business continuity encompasses planning and...
Monitor Your Google Rank With KnowMyRankings.com
KnowMyRankings.com is a simple and elegant tool for anyone who wants to know how their website ranks in Google searches. If your small business or law firm has a website and you...
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Is The First True Laptop/Tablet Hybrid
Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3 is the first device that can replace both a laptop and a tablet with a single hybrid that fits in both categories. It has a 12” screen and...
The Curse Of Downtime: A Story From Real Life
Servers fail without warning sometimes. This is what happened in a law office last month when the server failed. Each failure has its own story and the details of your story will...
The Curse Of Downtime: What Happens When Your Server Fails?
You don’t have a spare server in the closet. That’s really the important part. You’d have more options if you had two identical servers and kept one in the closet for...
The Curse Of Downtime: Backups Aren’t Always Sufficient Protection
We have reached a tipping point. If you’re working in a small business or law firm, you already know this at some level, but it deserves to be brought out into the open. This is...