BRUCEB NEWS
The Most Exciting New Phone Of 2021 (Plus Google’s Pixel 6)
This was an exciting week for technology, filled with announcements of new devices. Given the supply chain problems this fall, I hope you’ve already got your order in for the one new phone that really stood out. Demand will be high. Yup, the picture shows the Fisher...
Location, Location, Location
The new little device in your pocket knows where you are – and that’s the next thing that’s going to change the world. Location will be the most important thing that happens in...
MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON TRICKS
By this time you’ve probably learned all the cool keyboard and mouse tricks for your new Windows 7 computer, right? You’ve been using Ctrl-X (Cut), Ctrl-C (Copy), and Ctrl-V...
KEEPING UP WITH SMARTPHONES
Back in the old days – say, six months ago – buying a smartphone meant signing up with AT&T for an iPhone (and sighing at AT&T’s shortcomings), or settling for something...
More Dell Computers For Small Business
I’m not going to mention every product announcement that comes along, but Dell has introduced some small business laptops and desktops that look particularly appealing. The Dell...
SECURITY POSTSCRIPT
Take a minute to make sure your security software is running. If you’ve switched to Microsoft Security Essentials, look for the reassuring checkmark down by the clock. Two people...
MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS UPGRADE
Microsoft has rolled out a minor upgrade to its free security program, Microsoft Security Essentials. A few days ago I began running into computers with an MSE icon by the clock...
iPAD ASPECT RATIO
UPDATE 03/12: Okay, move along, nothing to see here. A commenter pointed out there are two versions of the iPad commercial on YouTube, identical except for the shape of the iPad....
OFFICE 2010 TECHNOLOGY GUARANTEE
Microsoft Office 2010 will be available to consumers on June 15. There are new features focused on increasing the integration with online file storage and collaboration – plus a...
Dell Latitude 13
Dell has added the Latitude 13 to its business notebook lineup, with a design that is identical in virtually every respect to the Vostro V13 introduced in December. The...
BRUCEB ON VACATION 03/04-03/07
Look, you don’t think I enjoy this, do you? The constant grind of shuffling from airport to airport, renting cars and climbing on shuttle buses, desperately drinking coffee to...
Information Literacy Postscript
(Thanks to haha.nu!)
Information Literacy
Technology has left everyone feeling a bit adrift. Everyone fears that they don’t have basic skills that other people seem to have mastered – whether it’s finding files on a...
TALES OF WOE: HARDWARE DEPT.
When you tell me about certain kinds of computer problems, I sometimes begin weeping uncontrollably, or excuse myself from the room for a few minutes while I gobble down powerful...
GROOVESHARK – MALWARE WARNING
Be careful out there! I went to Grooveshark tonight to listen to some music. (Here’s what I wrote about Grooveshark recently. For obvious reasons, I’m not going to link directly...
Confidential Folders In Small Business Networks
Here’s a procedure for people working in a very small business that don’t want to call me for every routine task. Very small businesses frequently have a single folder for all...