BRUCEB NEWS
Location Tracking Could Help Combat Covid-19 – But At What Cost?
Health authorities could track your location and use the data to monitor and model the spread of Covid-19. It would help researchers learn how long the virus survives on a surface, what percentage of the population is asymptomatic, and where to target medical...
APPLE’S NEW IMAC
Look, I've got nothing against Apple, really. I think it would be fine if they did some cool things. But I can't get around it - the new iMac is ugly as sin. The original iMac...
DAVE BARRY DOES WINDOWS
In case you missed it, here's Dave Barry's column today about life with Windows. "I bring this all up because now Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to...
AOL BLOCKS HARVARD E-MAILS
The volume of junk mail has increased in the last few months, and people ask me all the time why it can't just be blocked. Implementing a junk mail filter is a difficult problem,...
WINDOWS XP SECURITY HOLE MISREPRESENTED
The press has done a terrible job reporting on the Windows XP security vulnerability that turned up a few days ago. It was widely reported that any hacker with a modem could sit...
MUSICCITY STILL IN BUSINESS
MusicCity.com is under attack from the copyright police, and a court in the Netherlands ordered it to halt file swapping a couple of weeks ago. It's holding steady so far, and it...
HP PHOTOSMART 100
If you've got a digital camera, I've got a great accessory for you. This is my favorite Christmas present. The Hewlett Packard Photosmart 100 printer does only one thing: it...
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
To my clients, my friends, and all who stop by: my warmest wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy new year! I hope you find a few high-tech toys in your stocking in the morning...
COPYRIGHT ANALYSIS
A fascinating article by Mike Godwin, attorney and fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology. His argument is that the real war is not between the copyright holders and...
MOVIE REVIEWS
If you're wondering whether Roger Ebert's tepid review of Lord Of The Rings is typical (it's not), or if everybody agrees that The Majestic is irredeemably sappy (they do),...
WINDOWS SECURITY UPDATE
Somebody discovered a way to sneak remotely into Windows computers under some circumstances (only in the laboratory so far, but some smart person will figure it out in the real...
TURTLE BEACH AUDIOTRON
An interesting toy for music buffs. If you've been a Napster or MusicCity or AudioGalaxy user, you've probably assembled a sizable library of music on your hard drive. The Turtle...
NETFLIX
If you get a DVD player for Christmas, make sure to look into Netflix for your DVD rentals. NetFlix sends rental DVDs by mail and lets you keep them for as long as you want for...
PARENTS – BOOK RECOMMENDATION
If you're giving a gift to a child between 5 and 12 years old, check to see if they've got a copy of The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle. When it turned up last year, it...
NORTON ANTIVIRUS & E-MAIL SCANNING
By default, Norton Antivirus 2002 scans outgoing e-mail for viruses. I've become unhappy with the way it handles that outgoing mail scan. It typically takes 10-30 seconds before...
AOL AND BROADBAND
Click here for a video of AOL Time Warner COO Robert Pittman delivering the keynote address at Internet World. He lists the ways AOL can profit by offering broadband services to...