BRUCEB NEWS
Virtual Reality Has No Future And It’s Mark Zuckerberg’s Fault
Luxuriate in the awfulness of the above picture. It's Mark Zuckerberg's avatar in virtual reality, taking a selfie in front of the Eiffel Tower and it's hard to be sure, maybe Sagrada Familia in Barcelona? Meta released the picture to promote the release of its VR...
Happy Mother’s Day!
My mother Helen Berls has friends all over the world. Maybe you’ve met someone like her. You’re on a cruise, or visiting somewhere exotic on a tour, or standing in line, or...
LastPass Is Hacked – But Don’t Panic!
If you are a LastPass user, you may be required to change your master password. You will be prompted by the program if that’s necessary - for example, you may see the red browser...
Changes Ahead – Microsoft Online Services Turns Into Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft is sending out email notices to subscribers about changes ahead for Microsoft Online Services, the service providing hosted Exchange mailboxes for many of my clients....
Using Google Tasks For A To Do List
SUMMARY Google Tasks is a simple, free way to keep a to do list. If you have a Gmail.com address, you can click here to see a more useful view of the Google Tasks list. You can...
Wolfgang’s Vault Now Playing Concert Videos
One of the interesting mysteries of our time is how Wolfgang’s Vault has been able to stream live performances by hundreds of artists for the last few years, in an era where...
Samsung Series 9 And The Power Of Elegance
The Samsung Series 9 combines elegant design, advanced engineering, and uncompromising peformance in a stylish ultralight, ultraslim premium laptop. It stands alone at the top of...
Why A Computer Is Like A Ballpoint Pen
Fountain pens overcame early technical limitations and began to be mass-produced in the 1870s. During the next few decades there was a steady stream of improvements, technical...
What I Use
I updated the “What I Use” page on the bruceb.com web site, where I describe the hardware, software, and web services running the enormous Bruceb Consulting empire. Why in the...
Dropbox Fixes Security Issue For Mobile Devices
Previously: Sync Files With Dropbox Dropbox For iPad, Android Dropbox, Androids, And Security Dropbox Updated To Version 1.0 Sharing Files With Dropbox Last summer I put Dropbox...
Fun New Game! Find The Missing Toolbar In Acrobat X
Fun for the whole family! Try to figure out where the toolbars are that appear and disappear in Adobe Acrobat X when you open a PDF file in your web browser! SUMMARY: When you...
Rules for Computer Safety 2011
These are the rules for being safe using a Windows computer in 2011. Memorize them, tape them to your refrigerator, pass them on to your friends! Install updates from Microsoft...
Microsoft Delivers A Great iPad App
The iPad was not the first tablet on the market. Microsoft was one of the first companies to deliver a tablet, with the first prototype demonstrated more than ten years ago. No...
Your Computer Will Restart Tonight
A large collection of patches and updates will be delivered tonight, Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month. Last month was a paltry bunch of updates, not really worth...
Google, Speech Recognition, And Android Phones
A fascinating article in Slate this morning about Google’s research in speech recognition. If you've got an Android phone, try this: Hit the microphone icon on the home screen,...
Enable Outlook 2010 Search And Indexing On Windows 7
I fixed a problem today with Outlook 2010 that has never come up before and won’t have any relevance to any of you. This description may help someone who finds it in a Google...