BRUCEB NEWS
Facebook Goes Meta
Facebook changed its name to “Meta.” Been reading the tech news? You’ve probably seen all kinds of speculation about the reasons for the name change. Most journalists figure that Facebook is just looking for a distraction from its problems. And it has problems!...
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...
Hands-On With The Dell Vostro V13
Once my wife saw my Dell Vostro V13, it didn’t take long before we had two Vostro V13s. The Vostro V13 is an ultrathin notebook with a 13” 1366x768 nonglare screen and a...
MORE HACKING ATTACKS
The Wall Street Journal reports today: “Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in...
WINDOWS PHONE 7 SERIES
If you read gadget sites like Engadget or Gizmodo, then you already know that the world changed today when Microsoft unveiled the “Windows Phone 7 Series,” the next generation of...
BRUCEB ON VACATION 02/15-02/19
Technology is moving faster than ever before. Businesses are replacing aging computers and servers at a rapid pace. People are getting mobile devices that will improve their...
THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF LIVE MESH
Live Mesh is Microsoft’s program for syncing folders between multiple computers and online storage, making your files available to you wherever you are. I think Live Mesh is...
MICROSOFT FLOUNDERS
Windows 7 is a staggering achievement. Microsoft delivered exactly the right product at the right time and will completely dominate desktop computing for the foreseeable future....
Sync Files With Dropbox
If you use more than one computer regularly, then you understand the need for an easy way to access some of the same files from each of your computers. I want to add Dropbox to...
Who Will Buy The Apple iPad?
Who’s going to buy an Apple iPad? Well, not you or me, anyway - not this version, not at $600-800. It’s not going to revolutionize anything, it’s not going to replace netbooks,...
Jungle Disk For Groups
Previously: Jungle Disk Online Backups Jungle Disk File Syncing Jungle Disk has two more levels of service for businesses: the Workgroup Edition, $4/user per month for teams of...
JUNGLE DISK FILE SYNCING
Previously: Jungle Disk Online Backups For an extra dollar each month, Jungle Disk Desktop Edition adds features to help you share files between multiple computers. There are two...
JUNGLE DISK ONLINE BACKUPS
I’ve been hesitant to recommend online backups after some early poor experiences, but recently Jungle Disk introduced an upgrade to their online backup programs that is very...
BLOG SPAM
When I moved the bruceb news page to WordPress and opened it up to comments, there was an unexpected side effect: blog spam. There’s a space at the bottom of each post for...