BRUCEB NEWS
The Great Russia Hack 3: The Solarwinds Story
If you’ve been following along, then you know that Russian hackers slipped malware into Solarwinds updates that went out to 18,000 corporate customers and government agencies last year. I hear you saying, whoa, slow down, cowboy! The hackers “slipped malware” into the...
BLOGS & TUMBLR
Many people feel left out by the world of blogs, unsure how to find blogs to read and completely adrift about how to start writing one.Want to read some blogs? You could do worse...
KODAK PRINTERS & REALITY
Kodak announced its new line of photo printers with bold promises - here's my writeup about an exciting world where photos could be printed for half the cost of materials...
AMICUS V SUPPORT ENDING
Law office alert: According to this blog, Gavel & Gown will be ending technical support for Amicus Attorney version V on June 1, 2007.That creates a business-critical problem for...
OFFICE 2007 MOMENTS
The "ribbons" in Microsoft Word 2007 and Excel 2007 are better organized than the menus and toolbars in Office 2003, but I'm also going through odd moments of confusion or...
GOOGLE ANNOUNCES FREE WIRELESS BROADBAND
A potentially world-changing announcement from Google today - the launch of Google TiSP, a free in-home wireless broadband service that delivers online connectivity via users'...
MICROSOFT DEEPFISH
If you've ever looked at Engadget or Gizmodo, you know there are an overwhelming number of new products appearing all the time. Here's one that looks like it might be...
COMPARING PDFS
PDF has become the standard format for most documents exchanged in the business world, and it is increasingly used to exchange documents during negotiation or collaboration....
GOOGLE TEXT LINK ADS
Google announced a new advertising program last week and the reports focused on a new Google policy that doesn't affect us directly. (Briefly: Google sends money to advertisers...
PRINTING OUTLOOK MESSAGE HEADERS
Two clients reported problems printing e-mail messages from Outlook 2003 - the message headers weren't printing, the part that shows Date:, To:, From: and Subject. In each case,...
ZE FRANK & THE SHOW
Ze Frank has just finished a year of producing The Show, three-minute video monologues that appeared online five days a week. Slate, the Los Angeles Times, and others are writing...
BRUCEB ON VACATION
I'll be out of town from March 27-31. I'll be in an area with cell phone coverage, but you'll have to pardon me if I'm a little distracted or if it's hard for me to hear the...
NSL GAG ORDERS
On March 9 the Justice Department's inspector general revealed that the FBI has been systematically abusing its expanded power to issue "national security letters" and obtain...
OUTLOOK 2007 & SLOW PERFORMANCE
Just a quick followup to my whining that the Microsoft Office 2007 suite seemed unreasonably slow - here's an article specifically complaining about the performance of Outlook...
TIMESLIPS & VISTA FOLLOWUP
Timeslips has updated its web site with information about Vista compatibility - or more accurately, lack of compatibility. Other vendors are working out their Vista issues;...
ONECARE & THE PRESS
Just a brief followup about the damaging OneCare putdown delivered by Arno Edelman, business security manager for Microsoft Europe.According to Microsoft, it never...