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The $240 Question: Is Free AI Good Enough?
In the last article I ordered you to subscribe to a $20/month plan for ChatGPT or Google Gemini. I didn’t explain why and in hindsight I shouldn’t have phrased it as “Follow and obey me, you low-bandwidth peasantry.” That was rude. Let’s talk some more about that….
Dropbox Updated To Version 1.0
Dropbox is high on the list of essential utilities. It has been in an extended testing period but a few days ago the official ultra-stable Version 1.0 was released. I’ve written…
Microsoft Security Essentials Updated To Version 2
Microsoft has released version 2 of Microsoft Security Essentials, with some nice improvements and new features. It is visually almost unchanged; MSE continues to be almost…
Outlook People Pane And The Facebook Social Connector
Mark Zuckerberg is Time’s Person Of The Year. Every person on earth has a Facebook page. Most household pets have their own Facebook pages. On average, people in the US spend…
Ten Things To Know About Office 2010
If you’ve gotten a new computer, then you’ve probably been relying heavily on my list of the best new Windows 7 features, chock full of screen shots and background information to…
Big Patch Tuesday
Your computer will restart on Tuesday night, after getting a particularly large collection of updates for Windows and Office. Close any open programs or files but leave your…
Cross-Posting WordPress Posts To Facebook
This is more of a test post. Facebook has a feature in “Notes” intended to import blog posts into a Facebook stream. It’s terribly broken. My experience matches many other…
Bruceb Consulting Does Facebook
I’m starting to think this social networking stuff has a future, by gum. I’m joining the 21st century. Visit the official Bruceb Consulting Facebook page! Push the Like button!…
Disappearing Mapped Drives In Windows 7
Here’s a moderately geeky tip about how to fix a nagging problem when a mapped drive disappears during installation of a program from a shared folder on another computer on the…
Be Careful Setting Up Your Kindle Account!
Our online purchases and subscriptions and services are associated with accounts linked to an email address. Be careful when you set up accounts and make purchases! These are…
Expand The LastPass Toolbar
LastPass is the truly essential utility, a free tool to help you remember the passwords that fill our lives. Personally, I’ve got LastPass keeping track of a couple of hundred…
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…