BRUCEB NEWS
Bruceb News Continues On Hiatus Until The End Of 2020
I can’t wait until 2020 finally ends! You look puzzled – oh, I understand! A lot of people weren’t expecting the epilogue to 2020, which will continue for another week or so. Think of it as a hangover following a particularly unpleasant night of anger-drinking and...
THE SAD TALE OF AMICUS ATTORNEY
At one time, Amicus Attorney was the premier program for law office case management. In version 5, it had a quirky but easy to understand interface, and a lot of power to link...
CELL PHONES – WINDOWS MOBILE AND SERVER CERTIFICATES
There are now more than a hundred cell phones built on Windows Mobile, capable of syncing with Microsoft Outlook and handling e-mail, calendar and address book chores.Businesses...
NETWORK FILE INDEXING MISSING FROM VISTA (superseded 12/19/06)
EDIT: On December 19, Microsoft released an add-in to index files on network shares in Windows Vista. See this comment.ORIGINAL POST:Windows Vista cannot index files on a network...
VIRAL ADVERTISING
The folks responsible for promoting Windows Vista are trying hard to be hip - check out http://clearification.com. Microsoft is footing the bill for Demetri Martin, a Daily Show...
E-MAIL RETENTION AND THE NEW FEDERAL RULES
Changes in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have imposed new requirements for retention and production of electronic records in federal court litigation, especially e-mail....
WINDOWS VISTA & SECURITY VENDORS
You may have seen news coverage of complaints by Symantec, McAfee and others about security changes in Vista. Basically they complain that Vista's security is locked up so...
COMCAST INCREASES DOWNLOAD SPEEDS
Comcast cable Internet service is currently marketed at 6Mbps and 8Mbps download speeds - very speedy indeed compared to DSL service that typically runs 1.5Mbps or less. There...
EARTHLINK & MISSING E-MAIL
Remember Earthlink? It's still in business but not particularly relevant. (Companies providing dialup access became an anachronism when the telcos and cable companies shut them...
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 FOR SMALL BUSINESS
Microsoft Office 2007 will arrive on January 30 along with Windows Vista. My sense is that it will have a much different effect at large companies than in small...
SPAM IS BACK
You've probably noticed it, and here's a New York Times article to confirm it: after a respite for a year or two, the volume of spam has risen sharply in the last few months;...
WINDOWS DESKTOP SEARCH – VERSION CONFUSION
Windows Desktop Search is the invaluable technology from Microsoft that indexes Outlook folders and documents for lightning-fast searches - the same technology that underlies...
BABY BOOMER HEAVEN
The world is awash with music, but the latest offering is a slice of heaven for anyone growing up in the 60s and 70s. Wolfgangs Vault is run by Bill Sagan, an entrepreneur who...
WIDESCREEN MONITORS
Televisions are switching to widescreen displays, 16:9 aspect ratios like a movie screen instead of the more square 4:3 aspect ratio. Computer monitors are following the same...
VISTA RELEASE, PART 1
It was widely reported that Windows Vista was officially released today as the successor to Windows XP. Here's the New York Times story about the release, and here's some...
IPOD SKINS
There are several thousand accessories for iPod owners - here's one that would make a great stocking stuffer. Gelaskins makes particularly gorgeous skins, thin vinyl printed with...