BRUCEB NEWS
Nothing Is Technology. Everything Is Technology.
I’ve been trying to figure out a role for Bruceb News in 2022. My life has changed - I’m working with Jim Rowson on our latest best-selling novel SMelL and I’m not doing much IT work any more, as planned. But I still devour tech news hungrily, scanning hundreds of...
New Notebooks For The Holidays
Dell has released the Dell Vostro V130, pictured at left, a slightly updated version of the lovable, ultralight Vostro V13. A 13.3” screen, 3 1/2 pounds, vanishingly thin, and...
Search Tools In Outlook 2010
I keep finding new things to like about Outlook 2010, which got a major overhaul this year and now features the ribbon bars that appeared in the other Office programs in Office...
Holiday Shopping And Free Shipping With Amazon Prime
I love shopping at Amazon. What can I tell you? I’m high-tech but shallow. If you haven’t looked into the Amazon Prime program, now is the time to consider it, before you start...
R.I.P. Drive Extender
Drive Extender deserves another mention before it heads into the graveyard of failed technology. If you’ve been reading along, you know that Drive Extender was the promising...
Looking Forward: Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
Previously: The Future Of Small Office Technology History Lesson, Part 1: Small Business Server History Lesson, Part 2: Windows Home Server Looking Forward: Small Business Server...
Looking Forward: Small Business Server 2011 Standard
Previously: The Future Of Small Office Technology History Lesson, Part 1: Small Business Server History Lesson, Part 2: Windows Home Server Let’s see if we can keep the big...
Give A Kindle Book As A Gift
Just in time for the holidays, Amazon has made it easy to give a Kindle book as a gift. You can purchase a Kindle book and have it delivered to the email address associated with...
History Lesson, Part 2: Windows Home Server
Previously: The Future Of Small Office Technology History Lesson, Part 1: Small Business Server Some of Microsoft’s best technology has been overlooked for three years, hobbled...
History Lesson, Part 1: Small Business Server
Previously: The Future Of Small Office Technology It’s hard to remember how much of an impact Small Business Server had on small offices when Microsoft released the first version...
The Future Of Small Office Technology
Over the past few weeks, Microsoft has laid out the technology that will power small offices for the foreseeable future. When these are on the market (likely within the next 3-6...
Patch Tuesday And Flash Update
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday has come and gone this week with a very small number of patches for Office programs and nothing at all for Windows. Most of your computers restarted...
Searching All Mail In Outlook
One of the most powerful tools you can add to Outlook is a search folder that allows you to search through all of your messages with a single click. I wrote about Michael...
Malware Disguised As Microsoft Security Essentials
The security team at Microsoft recently published a particularly scary report about a new breed of malware that disguises itself by imitating Microsoft Security Essentials. Take...
Techniques To Avoid Outlook Slowdowns
Previously: Understanding Outlook Slowdowns If you were following along, you know that Outlook mailboxes run by Exchange Server can slow down if there are too many items in “core...
Understanding Outlook Slowdowns
These are important guidelines for Outlook users with mailboxes run by Exchange Server. I will be discussing this with my clients that have busy mailboxes! Reduce the number of...