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The Sweet Success Of SMelL
But enough about you. Let’s talk about what I’ve been doing lately. Have you noticed? Fewer Bruceb News articles. More articles than you might expect about virtual reality and augmented reality. What’s up? Funny you should ask.SMelLI’ve been fortunate to have good...
Microsoft Fix-It Center
Microsoft has started broad beta testing of Microsoft Fix It Center, an automated tool for fixing common problems with Windows. I don’t know that everyone will want to rush...
SEARCHING AND MARKING MULTIPLE WORDS IN A PDF
Law offices and small businesses are using Acrobat very aggressively to archive email folders and preserve business documents. Lawyers are more likely now to handle case...
Verizon – HTC Droid Incredible Confirmed
Click here to go to the official Verizon page for the newly-renamed “Droid Incredible.” Click the phone images above for a high-resolution look at the phone. Click here for the...
WINDOWS 7 SEARCHES – SEARCH TECHNIQUES
Previously: Windows 7 Searches – Small Business Windows 7 Searches – Libraries You’ve got a Windows 7 workstation in a small business or law firm. The network server is running...
MICROSOFT AND ADOBE PATCH TUESDAY
Your computers will likely restart tonight after Microsoft delivers the monthly crop of updates for Windows and Office. It’s a particularly busy month – eleven patches, five of...
WINDOWS 7 SEARCHES – LIBRARIES
Previously: Windows 7 Searches – Small Business When you click on Documents in the Start menu in Windows 7, your cursor arrives blinking in Libraries. I’ve been annoyed by that...
WINDOWS 7 SEARCHES – SMALL BUSINESS
If the right elements are in place, Windows 7 can be used for lightning-fast searches through shared folders in small businesses and law firms. There are a couple of tricks to...
TEMPTED BY SMARTPHONES
Here are a few sentences that stuck in my head about how the iPhone’s App Store helps convince some people that they want a smartphone. “[Y]ou might think 1,000 apps should be...
SMARTPHONE UPDATE
These are the first looks at screens from the HTC Incredible, a Verizon phone that will go on sale at Verizon stores and Best Buy on April 29. Verizon has not acknowledged the...
GOVERNMENT GOODIES
BROADBAND While high-visibility battles are fought over health care and regulation of financial institutions, there are equally important things happening at a lower level, as...
QUICKBOOKS 2010 PDF 64-BIT PROBLEMS
Last September I ran into the only serious issue I’ve had with the 64-bit version of Windows 7 – an error in Quickbooks 2008 using its PDF converter to create email messages with...
APRIL FOOLS 2010
If you want to kill some time today, TechCrunch has a list of this year’s April Fools jokes. You’ll be able to quickly discover why Google’s main search page has been renamed...
Powered By Pure Sine Waves!
I’ve got Pure Sine Waves! Woo hoo! If you had asked me last month, I would have bet heavily that I would never use the words “pure sine wave” in a sentence. And yet here I am,...
Right-Click Your Way To Happiness
I had to grin when I learned that a cool keyboard shortcut was literally right under my nose. Clicking on the right mouse button brings up context menus everywhere in Windows....
ONECARE REMINDER
This is for anyone who might have been procrastinating. Look down in the lower right corner for the icon for your security program. If you see the Windows Live OneCare icon...