BRUCEB NEWS
The Three E’s Of Security
Educate. Encourage. Enforce. It’s all about security. That’s today’s job for a small business IT consultant. There’s been a consistent curve to technology adoption over the years: enterprises build their businesses around giant-sized technology-based processes, then...
INTERNET SAFETY TIP
Here’s a tip in case you find yourself staring at a suspicious window. Most malware is installed on a computer these days by luring you to a poisoned web site that brings up a...
DANGEROUS TIMES
When our first child was a year old, we had a childproofing company come to our house and give us a presentation about the threats that might endanger our baby. By the time it...
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BREAKFAST WITH BRUCEB & MIKE COOK
On Friday morning, March 27, from 7:30-9:00am, join Mike Cook and me at the French Garden restaurant in Sebastopol for continental breakfast and some bits of wisdom about...
WINDOWS XP SLOWDOWNS
Why are our computers running so slowly? I began to notice it about six months ago. Everyone with a 3-5 year old Windows XP computer was complaining that their computers were...
NEVERENDING WIRELESS WOES
I have shared a bit of wisdom with many of you when we’ve talked about setting up 802.11 wireless networks: People who depend on wireless networks call me about connection...
WORD 2007 CRASH
Some random troubleshooting notes. I don’t know why Word 2007 got cranky. My poor computer is working hard these days as I load it up with programs and services, so maybe it was...
ACROBAT SECURITY UPDATES
Adobe has now released all of the updates to fix the security vulnerability reported last month. Here’s my original post about the need for these fixes. On my systems I had to...
THE HUNT FOR CONFICKER
Don’t miss the fascinating article in the New York Times today about the worldwide hunt for the authors of malicious software named “Conficker.” An extraordinary...
INTERNET EXPLORER 8
At 9am PDT on Thursday, March 19, Microsoft is scheduled to release Internet Explorer 8, with a number of new features and under-the-hood security improvements. I’ll let you know...
SENDING LARGE FILES WITH ACROBAT.COM
Adobe’s online service Acrobat.com has been available for almost a year as a place to store files and collaborate. I wrote some notes about it last summer. Now Adobe has...
BACKUPS – ONLINE BACKUPS
Previously:BACKUPS – INTRODUCTIONBACKUPS – DATA vs. DRIVE IMAGEBACKUPS – EXTERNAL HARD DRIVESBACKUPS – SOFTWARE FOR DATA BACKUPS There are dozens of services to help you back up...
ACROBAT SECURITY PATCHES
If your computer has Adobe Acrobat 9 or Acrobat Reader 9, you should have already installed an update to version 9.1, issued last week. Open the program and click on Help / About...
GRANDCENTRAL BLOSSOMS INTO GOOGLE VOICE
After years of uncertainty, Google announced Google Voice yesterday, the expanded version of its phone service GrandCentral. As a GrandCentral subscriber, I’ll be upgraded to the...
BACKUPS – SOFTWARE FOR DATA BACKUPS
Previously:BACKUPS – INTRODUCTIONBACKUPS – DATA vs. DRIVE IMAGEBACKUPS – EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES I’ll mention a few ways that you can make a backup copy of your important files, but...