Jan 21, 2013 | Google, IE, Internet, software, Windows tips
You can type web searches into the address bar of your browser and get the same results as if you had typed them directly into Google. This is an old trick but it’s not well known – and it’s incredibly useful. I type search terms into my browser all day, without the...
Oct 22, 2012 | IE, Internet, Microsoft, Outlook, software, Surface, tablet, Windows7, Windows8
Windows 8 is a mobile OS that includes a rich desktop environment as one – and only one – of its features. Windows 8 is NOT an updated version of Windows 7 that happens to include some mobile apps. When the Windows 8 Start Screen appears, the desktop is one...
Sep 30, 2012 | IE, Internet, Outlook, security, spam
Here’s a simple tip that might help you avoid an encounter with the bad guys trying to break into your computer. There has been a sharp increase in the number of malicious email messages with links that lead to poisoned web sites. The messages might appear to be from...
Apr 3, 2012 | bruceb, Internet
https://www.bruceb.com/favorites My loyal friends and clients know that I am inordinately proud of the Bruceb Favorites page. I want to show it off to all the new subscribers to the Bruceb News mailing list. The Bruceb Favorites page is a simple directory of obvious...
Jan 19, 2012 | computers, Internet, security, Vista, Windows7, WinXP
These are the rules for being safe using a Windows computer in 2012. Memorize them, forward them to your friends, post them on Facebook, alert the troops, sound the alarm, and walk from door to door passing them out to your neighbors! If a web site brings something up...
Jan 10, 2012 | DRM, Internet, law, Politics
Noted science fiction author and Boing Boing curator Cory Doctorow delivered an important speech last month in London, explaining why attempts by copyright owners to lock down computers and web sites inevitably lead to surveillance and censorship, and how the...
