BRUCEB NEWS
Are You Feeling Subscription Fatigue Yet?
There are a lot of video streaming services. During the years when cable TV ruled the earth, all of us complained about the pricing of the bundles pushed by the cable companies. "I just want to watch The Daily Show! How unfair that I have to pay for a bundle that also...
SPAM BLOCKING
Most Internet providers and web hosting companies have installed spam blocking software that can be turned on for your e-mail. The ISP software is likely to be conservative about...
RIAA TERRORISM
Today's San Francisco Chronicle has a front-page article about the details of the RIAA subpoenas - almost a thousand so far, seeking the identity of Kazaa users. The RIAA has...
SAVING THE INTERNET
Doc Searls, editor of The Linux Journal, has written an insightful article about the threat to the Internet and how to save it. He brings together the FCC media consolidation...
TICKETMASTER SPAM
Here's an article from the San Francisco Chronicle about Ticketmaster's invasions of your privacy. If you purchase a ticket online, the Ticketmaster "privacy policy" opens you up...
FREE HITCHHIKERS’ GUIDE
For the next couple of days, you can get The Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy from Microsoft's free book promotion. (See the news item below on July 4 for details.) Everyone...
MICROSOFT INSTANT MESSAGING
A few years ago, Microsoft introduced two programs with similar names and similar functions – Outlook and Outlook Express. The result was years of confusion and ill will by...
UPLOAD A FILE, GO TO PRISON
Here's an article about a new bill introduced by Howard Berman, a House representative funded by the entertainment industry, that would land a person in prison for five years and...
TALKING COMPUTERS
Speech recognition programs have been around for years and have made great strides recently. IBM, Dragon, and Lernout & Hauspie have all offered programs for dictating to a...
BROWSER WARS
Not long ago the conflict between Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator was covered in the newspapers, filled courtrooms, and inspired heated arguments. Now there's...
REAL LIFE – THE REVIEW
If you're a gamer, you might enjoy reading a review of the most accessible and widely accepted massively multiplayer online role-playing game to date - GameSpot's review of real...
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Bored? Go to the Google home page, type in “weapons of mass destruction” and click on “I’m Feeling Lucky.” (The page you’ll see has risen to be the number one search result on...
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN THE MOVIES
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen opened in the theatres yesterday. By most accounts it's a pretty awful movie, but that doesn't take away from an interesting thought. The...
MOVIE TRAILERS ONLINE
There's a huge library of files to download at Download.com. I just found out that it includes movie trailers for 50 or 60 new and upcoming movies at this Movie Trailers -...
AMAZING HONDA COMMERCIAL
You’ve just gotta see the Honda commercial airing in the UK. Here’s a page where you can view the commercial in your browser – Flash required. It’s about 4Mb total, so it may be...
ADOBE DEFECTS FROM APPLE
Adobe Systems announced a new version of Premiere, its high-end video-editing platform, but with one important change that bodes ill for Apple - the new Premiere will be...