BRUCEB NEWS
The Next Generation Of Virtual Reality
I’m writing this at a contemporary teak desk in front of floor to ceiling windows overlooking a lake surrounded by forested mountains. My laptop screen is displayed on a monitor a few feet away with a 60” screen, crisp and bright. The keyboard of the Macbook Air is...
New Laptops From Lenovo And Dell–The Fall Season Begins
Dell and Lenovo have released details of new business laptops that take advantage of the latest advances in Intel’s Haswell chipsets to increase speed, reduce weight, and extend...
iPhone Fingerprint Reader And Mobile Security
It’s widely expected that Apple will add a fingerprint reader to the next iPhone, scheduled to be announced on September 10. If the rumors are right, your thumb will unlock the...
Changing The Calendar (And Other Outlook Tricks)
I made a trivial change to Outlook that made me so happy I have to share it with you. Like many of you, I use Outlook’s calendar to view one week at a time. It shows work...
How To View Contact Cards In Outlook 2013
Many things in technology are easy once someone shows you how to do them. I have “D’oh!” moments just as often as you do. Here’s one I just figured out about Outlook Contacts....
Google’s Tone-Deaf Comments On Security And Privacy
Since the early days, Google has proclaimed that one of its core values is: “Don’t be evil.” Faith in that slogan is being tested as Google matures into a corporate behemoth. Its...
Amazing! Oxy-Iso Glasses Help With Red-Green Colorblindness
(UPDATE: There's updated and more accurate information in this 2024 article. In 2013 I used the word "cure" but that's not the right term. Read the 2024 article for a clearer...
Bruceb News Hits A Milestone, Despite Popular Demand
If your Internet connection feels a little slow, it’s probably because the Bruceb News site is sucking up the world’s bandwidth to accommodate well-wishers, gawkers, and...
Office 365 Availability Exceeds 99.9%
Microsoft assembled some numbers to show that Office 365 has had almost no downtime for the last year. For four quarters in a row, the Office 365 services (hosted Exchange email,...
Skydrive Keeps Getting Better! (Except For The Pesky Name Problem)
The Service Soon Not To Be Known As Skydrive got some nice updates recently – along with a court decision that gives Microsoft yet another nasty branding problem. The good news...
Office 365 And Outlook “Trying To Connect”
Microsoft has been upgrading Office 365 subscribers to new servers during 2013, with improved webmail and a completely overhauled dashboard for users and the latest versions of...
New Tool For Bruceb Remote Management Subscribers
There’s a new little icon in the lower right corner of the screen for Bruceb Remote Management subscribers. Most of my clients’ computers are running the Bruceb Remote Management...
Microsoft Releases Office Mobile For Android Phones
Microsoft released Office Mobile for Android phones this week, with versions of Word, Excel and Powerpoint optimized for small screens. Here’s where you can download it from the...
How To Stay On The Desktop On A Windows 8 Computer
Windows 8 features a Start screen in place of the familiar Start menu, and many of its apps are designed with a new full-screen presentation best suited for laptops and tablets....
How To Restore Files With Bruceb Cloud Backup
Bruceb Cloud Backup provides secure online backups to Amazon S3’s global server network. One of its most useful features is the ability to restore previous versions of files when...
Haswell And The Next Generation Of Intel Processors
In the twenty-year history of personal computing, there has always been a reason to wait a few months to buy the Next Big Thing. So let me tell you about the Next Big Thing, but...