BRUCEB NEWS
A Cautionary Tale About Always-Connected Computers
This is a fun and interesting story that ends with me so angry that I want to feed my laptop into a wood chipper. Fair warning: to get there, you have to read a bit more about ARM processors and Intel processors. Yuck! I know, right? But this story is WAY easier than...
SPAM CONFUSES ME
Outlook 2003 does a remarkable job of filtering spam. (Make sure you get the latest updates from Office Update.) It's no surprise that the spammers are trying to get messages...
UNPATCHED PCs COMPROMISED IN 20 MINUTES
Researchers at the Internet Storm Center hooked PCs to the Internet without the various security patches and updates released by Microsoft over the last three years. The...
THE DEATH OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY (continued)
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that the developers of peer-to-peer software are not liable for copyright infringement committed by users of the software. In a...
INTERNET BROWSING WITH OPERA
Perhaps you recall the furor a few weeks ago when a couple of new holes were discovered in Internet Explorer, causing security experts to squeal in dismay about its weaknesses. A...
SYMANTEC & MICROSOFT SQUABBLE ABOUT SERVICE PACK 2
Norton Antivirus does not report its status to the new Windows Security Center, causing people to get an alarming bubble onscreen saying their computer "might be at risk," when...
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 UPDATE
Microsoft will begin delivered Service Pack 2 to XP Home Edition users with Automatic Update turned on in a few days, but it has delayed delivery to XP Professional users until...
CRAIGSLIST
Craigslist.com is getting a lot of good word-of-mouth lately - I've been hearing my clients talk about it as their preferred site for job listings, personal ads and dating,...
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 INFO
I put together a page with basic information about Windows XP Service Pack 2 - links to some of the reports and reviews and information about why it's important and how to get...
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 APPROACHES
Articles are starting to appear in the mainstream media about the imminent release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 - due to be released either today or three weeks from now,...
NEW VERSION OF WINDOWS UPDATE & NEW CRITICAL UPDATES
There are new Critical Updates from Microsoft today that fix the exploit used by the "Download.Ject" trojan, the one that generated all the news articles last month. It replaces...
GOOGLE ZEITGEIST
While I was looking at toolbars, I stumbled on Google Zeitgeist, an interesting place to look around for a few minutes. It's on the Google Toolbar - click on the Google logo on...
MSN vs. GOOGLE
Microsoft is rolling out services to challenge Google. I'm underwhelmed by every single bit of it so far. Yesterday's presentation, described in this article, summarizes some of...
OUTLOOK SEARCHES
I've been using X1 to do lightning-fast searches through e-mail and contacts in Outlook, and files on my computer and on the network. A new version will be released next week...
OFFICE 2003 SERVICE PACK 1
If you're using Microsoft Office 2003 - especially Outlook 2003 - head over to the Office Update web site and install the suggested updates. You'll get an update for the Outlook...
BITTORRENT TAKES OVER PEER-TO-PEER
BitTorrent is responsible for more than half of the file sharing traffic now, according to a recent study. Threats by the record companies against Kazaa users were effective at...