BRUCEB NEWS
Windows Search Is Broken And It’s Bing’s Fault
Microsoft is mucking around with Windows Search. It might be better someday, although it's not like anyone was screaming for changes. But hoo boy, is it obvious that the B team is working on Windows these days! Because Windows Search has been horribly broken for the...
POCKET PCs
Pocket PCs are far more appealing than Palm devices, but prices have been high on the few models that have been available. On Thursday, Microsoft is releasing a new version of...
COPYRIGHT POLICE SUE MUSIC CITY, KAZAA
Music City and Kazaa have been the most popular file sharing programs recently, taking Napster's place. The recording industry filed suit Friday in federal court in Los Angeles...
NOTEBOOK DEAL
I haven't laid hands on this notebook computer, but it sure looks like a sweet deal on a Toshiba notebook from Costco Online - $1399.99 buys a Pentium III 1.0 GHz processor,...
THE ONION: THE AMERICAN RESPONSE TO TERRORISM
The Onion has done its usual fine job of reporting on the WTC bombing and the American response. This article is a good place to start: U.S. Vows To Defeat Whoever It Is We're At...
PRIVACY
One of the pieces of legislation being reviewed to deal with terrorism would permit Internet surveillance without a court order. The scope of that surveillance was debated at a...
PRESS DEMOCRAT AND MICROSOFT-BASHING
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat has somebody working their Business section with an anti-Microsoft grudge. The paper has been more and more bold about printing articles bashing...
AMAZON OPENS TRAVEL STORE
Amazon has added a travel store, appearing as a new tab on Amazon's home page. It links services from Expedia and Hotwire (a discount agency), presented in an Amazon design and...
REAL NETWORKS INTRODUCES NEW MEDIA PLAYER
Real Networks is introducing a new product today that blends RealPlayer and RealJukebox into a single program - and starts a steady flow of money out of your pockets. This is the...
DVD ON A COMPUTER
So far there have been very few compelling reasons to put a DVD player into a computer. There's only three things you might do with it: You can watch movies. Your computer...
FUN THINGS TO DO WITH YOUR BROADBAND CONNECTION
You're probably wondering what to do with all the bandwidth that your cable or DSL line supplies. Well, how about watching a scene from Monty Python And The Holy Grail, created...
HAS EVERYTHING CHANGED?
There's an interesting perspective in this column by Michael Kinsley about whether we should automatically accept the notion that life in America has permanently changed for the...
CHEAP FLAT PANEL MONITORS
Prices are still dropping all over. Costco has two 17" flat panel monitors for $599.99, the Princeton LCD17 and the Sylvania L17. That's awfully tempting if you're short on...
MSN WEB-BASED E-MAIL WOES
MSN subscribers are being forced to use web-based e-mail, instead of the standard POP3 e-mail that was previously available. It's similar to Hotmail, although the default...
NO WINDOWS XP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UNTIL OCT 25
Most of the PC manufacturers have started to take orders for Windows XP systems targeted at home users. Dell is selling home systems from its web site with Windows XP Home...
INTERNET UNDER ATTACK
There's at least one nasty new worm attacking Windows 2000 Servers today, and as near as I can tell it's causing problems all over the Internet. Details are hazy, but apparently...