BRUCEB NEWS

Does Size Matter? It Does For Your Mouse Cursor
Does your mouse cursor disappear sometimes? How many times a day do you wiggle the mouse back and forth in frustration, trying to catch a glimpse of the pesky thing? It’s worse if you have dual monitors or an ultra-wide monitor – so much screen space to search! If you...
DILBERT ON TECH SUPPORT
WINDOWS LIVE FOLDERS
Microsoft is about to begin beta testing a new online service, Windows Live Folders. Similar services have been around for a while, but the screen shots make it look like...
I SHACKED UP WITH WINDOWS VISTA
Wonderful post from a blogger about his experiences using Vista instead of Windows XP or a Mac - well worth reading the whole thing."At least Vista has better habits than WinXP....
NEW “SANTA ROSA” NOTEBOOKS
Intel has unveiled a new motherboard chipset for notebooks, and the new generation of notebooks are just hitting the market. Here's an article with details about the "Santa Rosa"...
EXTRA LINE SPACES IN WORD
I don't use Microsoft Word all that often, so I've lost a deep knowledge of its features. I've never fully understood the paragraph formatting that inserts an extra line between...
WINDOWS LIVE HOTMAIL & OUTLOOK
Windows Live Hotmail got its official launch yesterday, and the announcement included a compelling detail: Microsoft will make a free connector available to sync Windows Live...
GRAPHICS IN OUTLOOK SIGNATURES
Formatted signatures in Outlook have been a persistent problem - here's my writeup about workarounds to make signatures arrive correctly using Outlook 2003.Here's a description...
MICROSOFT & YAHOO
The press is full of speculation that Microsoft and Yahoo are trying to strike a deal. The New York Post and the Wall Street Journal have both reported that discussions are going...
ZIP DECODE
Cool Internet site of the day: ZipDecode. A simple map of the United States with yellow dots on a gray background. Click on the map to activate it, then type in the first digit...
LinkedIn is the hot web site of 2007, getting lots of press and growing fast, fueled by a new infusion of investment capital and a big promotional push. Here's a few articles to...
iGOOGLE
Google has offered a personalized home page for years, but today it was relaunched with new features and the curious name "iGoogle." Curious because the letter "i" preceding a...
AOL FLATTERS YAHOO
Imitation is the sincerest form - you know the drill, right?America Online has just unveiled the new design for its home page, after years of development, feedback, and...
FREEWAY COLLAPSE – WEB RESOURCES
This article has a nice collection of links to online information about the Bay Area freeway collapse - newspaper articles, Google satellite images, suggestions for alternate...
EMAIL RANTING
The Wall Street Journal has a front-page story today following the path of an e-mail message by a 22-year old Kaiser employee criticizing the technology being rolled out by...
WINDOWS HOME SERVER FEATURES
I've mentioned Microsoft's upcoming Windows Home Server appliance before, but it bears repeating - this has the potential to define a new category of home appliance that will be...