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A Nuanced Trip Down Memory Lane
If you're an old-timer like me, you probably have memories - maybe fond memories, maybe not - of Dragon Naturally Speaking, for many years the only dictation software for Windows that was even remotely useful. Dragon was quirky, buggy, and frustrating, but it also...
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I’ve prepared a list of computer safety tips for years. Over time, the advice to keep critical programs up to date has moved to the top spot on the list. You don’t have to spend...
Computer Safety 2010
Here’s an updated list of ways to be safe and secure with your computer. Install updates from Microsoft promptly. Look in the lower right corner for the gold shield (WinXP) or...
GROOVESHARK
Grooveshark is an online site for streaming music - a free service for finding artists and albums and listening to them on your computer. The albums have been uploaded by regular...
GOOGLE AND CHINA
The technical side of Google’s blowup in China is shaping up as an explosive story about technology and hacking. Keep an eye on this one! On Tuesday Google announced that it...
PREVIEW SPAM WITH EXCHANGE DEFENDER
Exchange Defender has a new tool for previewing quarantined messages. Exchange Defender is the service used by many businesses to quarantine spam and scan incoming and outgoing...
Access Online Files With Google Docs
Google announced today that you will soon be able to store any kind of file online in Google Docs, which until now has been basically limited to text and spreadsheets. Anyone...
Online Passwords And LastPass
Previously: Passwords: computer login Passwords: e-mail Passwords: Google Accounts & Windows Live ID Password: password managers LastPass will help you manage all of your...
Password Managers
Got a system yet? Today I just want you to step back and look at the scope of the problem. At the moment passwords are the only method of authentication in widespread use. There...
Passwords: Google Accounts And Windows Live ID
Previously: Passwords: computer login Passwords: e-mail Google and Microsoft have created single sign-on systems where a master password provides access to a broad range of free...
Passwords: E-Mail
Previously: Passwords: computer login Each of your e-mail addresses has a separate password – a particularly important one to keep in your records. If you use Outlook or Windows...
Our Password-Protected Lives
There is more frustration with passwords than almost any other part of our interactions with computers. Part of the frustration is the difficulty of remembering them, of course,...
MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS IS TOP PERFORMER
If you got a new Windows 7 computer for Xmas, I hope you thought about security before you spent too much time playing online. I know, it’s not very exciting, but it needs to be...
Happy Holidays From Bruceb Consulting
Happy holidays from all of us at Bruceb Consulting! All my best wishes for an abundance of happiness and good cheer! I’m looking forward to working with you in 2010 in a rapidly...
DELL INSPIRON MINI 10
Intel formally announced its new line of Atom N450 processors for netbooks, which will make the teensy computers powerful enough to be useful. In late January, Dell will be...
EASY ACCESS TO SKYDRIVE
Microsoft has 25Gb of free storage space waiting for you online. The Windows Live SkyDrive web site makes it easy to upload and download files. You can store files in folders...