BRUCEB NEWS
OneDrive Is The Best Way To Back Up Your Files
OneDrive has become Microsoft’s preferred way to back up your files. OneDrive has improved! It is a safe and effective way to store your files online, access them from multiple devices, and recover them after a ransomware attack.TL;DROnce you’ve identified the correct...
REDUNDANCY IS OUR FRIEND, AND SO IS REDUNDANCY
Very small businesses frequently depend on computer systems with several potential failure points, where a single failure can cause the network to go down for an uncomfortable...
PATCH TUESDAY – AUGUST
Microsoft will release nine security updates today, on its regular monthly schedule. If your computer is set to install updates automatically, then your computer will restart....
DROWNING IN PASSWORDS
There are more web services in our future, and your entrance to each of them will be controlled by a name and a password. If you don't already have some method of tracking your...
WINDOWS LIVE SKYDRIVE
Microsoft has opened Windows Live Skydrive for beta testing. (During development it was known as Windows Live Folders.) It's a place to store up to 500Mb of files online for...
WINDOWS VISTA SP1 PREVIEW
There's a frequently repeated piece of conventional wisdom: many businesses have delayed buying computers with Vista because they never purchase Microsoft's first release of an...
GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS & ADVERTISING
Solicitations arrive constantly in my mailbox offering to help move bruceb.com to the top of search engine results (where it so clearly belongs). It is easy to become confused...
WIRELESS HEADACHES
The Wall Street Journal wrote an article last month about wireless networks, expressing a sentiment many of you have probably felt - namely, they're a pain in the neck. It...
DELL & VISTA
In the last couple of weeks I've set up several Dell Optiplex computers running Windows Vista from Dell's small business division. Dell has seriously cut back on preinstalled...
ONLINE FILE HOSTING & SHARING
Slowly but surely the world is migrating away from software running on your computer to services hosted online. The only divisions at Microsoft that are profitable rely on sales...
OS STATISTICS
As you can imagine, different people interpret these statistics differently. I've seen articles in the last few days that reach dramatically different conclusions. You decide...
GOOGLE AND WIRELESS BROADBAND
In 2009, new frequencies will become available in the US for handling voice and data. The frequencies are currently being used for analog television, but the FCC decided years...
VERIZON BROADBAND FOR THE HOME
Broadband coverage is stalled. If you don't have access already to DSL service or cable Internet service, there's no reason to think it will be available tomorrow, or next year,...
USING SKYPE
Skype is well-known free software for making phone calls from your computer. Most people use it to make calls to other Skype users - always free, anywhere in the world. Calls are...
NOISE CANCELING HEADPHONES
I had my first experience with noise canceling headphones on airplanes and was impressed by how effectively they cut down the effects of jet lag and made the flights more...
BRUCEB RETURNS
A pleasure to be back! I assume you turned off your computers while I was gone; feel free to turn them back on again now.I apologize if anyone sent me an e-mail message and got a...