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...
THE WIRELESS WORLD
An interesting sign of things to come. I fired up the laptop today at a lovely bed & breakfast in Mendocino and an open wireless network popped up. In ten seconds I was...
NEW COURT DECISION: FILE SHARING PROGRAMS ARE LEGAL
A federal court judge in Los Angeles handed down a decision about file sharing that actually makes sense for a change. Judge Wilson ruled that the parent companies of Morpheus...
THE TWO TOWERS ON DVD
The Two Towers will be released on DVD in two editions, as with The Fellowship of the Ring. On August 26, the theatrical release will be available on DVD – but the one you really...
WINDOWS XP UPDATE BUG
It’s not clear how widespread this problem is, but there are reports that a Critical Update posted by Microsoft last week can cause Windows XP systems to slow down dramatically....
80-20 RETRIEVER
I have a lot of information stored in my Outlook folders. Maybe you’re in the same position – dozens of subfolders, or 5,000 messages in your Inbox that you plan to organize as...
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2003
Microsoft has quietly set the stage for a revolutionary change in pricing for Microsoft Office for individuals and small businesses. Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) has...
UNDERSTANDING THE CENTRINO
Intel is doing an all-out media blitz to establish “Centrino” as a brand name that you know and love. Hey, it worked with “Pentium.” Here’s an article that cuts through the...
SECURITY UPDATE
You might have seen the latest article about the lack of security in Microsoft products. It was picked up widely by the mainstream newspapers. According to a study by Forrester...
HOME MEDIA CENTERS
There’s an exploding market for home media centers. I can’t cover all the new equipment, but maybe this will help. I have a huge digital music library on my computers, which I...
COREL DEATH WATCH
Microsoft bailed out of its investment in Corel a few days ago. Now Corel has announced that it is soliciting takeover bids. Its stock price has been trading at the cash value of...
TOP TEN DYING GAME GENRES
If you’re a long-time gamer, you might get a nostalgic kick out of an article over at Gamespy listing ten types of PC and video games that are dead or dying. Number one, of...
REBUILDING SERVERS
When my server crashed, it looked like an easy problem. Seventy-two hours later, my eyes are bleary, my fingers are bleeding – but everything is up and running. In the end,...
CISCO BUYING LINKSYS
Linksys equipment has become ubiquitous in homes and small businesses. Its inexpensive routers and wireless equipment are stacked to the ceiling in any store that sells computer...
SLATE – TODAY’S PAPERS
Every day the online magazine Slate presents a wonderful selection of articles on politics, news, and culture. It’s one of my daily stops. One of its best features is Today’s...
SBC YAHOO DSL
If you get a letter suggesting that you must “upgrade” your SBC DSL to “SBC Yahoo DSL,” burn it. It’s a fraud. Here’s some history to explain why. For a brief moment last year,...