BRUCEB NEWS
Outlook’s Slow Road To Syncing Signatures
At some point, possibly during our lifetimes, the Outlook desktop program for Windows will begin syncing email signatures through the cloud from one computer to another. This will be a wonderful thing that will alleviate one small pain point in setting up new...
PARENTAL-CONTROL SOFTWARE
PC Magazine just ran a short review of parental-control software that can block Internet sites with inappropriate content when kids are surfing. The magazine liked Cybersitter...
EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES
Your new computer probably includes USB 2.0 ports – physically identical to USB 1.1 ports, but capable of transferring data at much higher speeds. One interesting way to use them...
GOOGLE TOOLBAR 2.0
The Google toolbar is one of the only utilities I allow on my computers. It’s so handy that I’m willing to let it take up a bit of valuable screen real estate. Google will be...
EARTHLINK TOTAL ACCESS
Earthlink is promoting a software bundle called “Total Access.” It includes features that sound tempting – including a popup blocker, something more and more people are looking...
APPLE’S CLAIM TO HAVE THE “WORLD’S FASTEST PERSONAL COMPUTER”
Perhaps you saw the mainstream press breathlessly reporting Apple’s announcement that its upcoming Power Mac G5 system would be the “world’s fastest personal computer,” based on...
RECORDING INDUSTRY TERRORISM
When last seen, the RIAA had been told by a federal court judge in Los Angeles that it could not shut down Grokster and Morpheus by suing the programs’ creators, since they...
MICROSOFT TAKES ON GOOGLE
Microsoft is taking the first steps towards its own search engine, currently using the name MSNBot. It will appear first as a competitor to Google, but Microsoft’s vision...
ICANN, VERISIGN, AND AMERICAN CONTROL OF THE “WORLD WIDE” WEB
ICANN was intended to be an autonomous, independent body charged with making decisions about the World Wide Web, particularly concerning registration of domain names. Its main...
NEW COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT MADNESS
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said at a hearing on Tuesday that he would favor legislation authorizing copyright holders to engage in...
WIRELESS SPEEDUP
You may not have realized that there are several different flavors of wireless equipment. Most consumer and small business wireless components used the 802.11b standard, capable...
AMERICA’S TWO BOOK MARKETS
Hillary Clinton’s memoirs had the highest opening day sales in the history of nonfiction. The fifth Harry Potter book will undoubtedly have the biggest launch ever for a work of...
HP DESKJET PRINTER MAKEOVER
HP spent a billion dollars recently to do a complete makeover of its Deskjet printer lineup – redesigning the entire line from scratch to ensure that HP continued to hold onto...
THE WIRELESS WORLD
The rollout of wireless is going faster than I would have thought possible. Prices have kept dropping – a Linksys wireless access point/router costs only $79 now. And I’m finding...
ALIENWARE
Alienware is a relatively small PC manufacturer that’s on a roll lately. They hand-assemble PCs and tune them for performance with high-end components, then put them in very...
TERMINATOR 2: MAXIMUM HARDWARE
There’s yet another release of Terminator 2 on DVD, the “T2: Extreme DVD” in a cool embossed metal box. One of the features you’ll see advertised is an ultra-high resolution...