BRUCEB NEWS
5G Will Be Important, But Not In 2020 (Despite What The Ads Say)
We are about to be assaulted. An overwhelming advertising blitz will begin in earnest in 2020, trying to convince you that you should upgrade your phone and your mobile service contract to 5G now now now. Maybe you’ve already begun to see advertising by phone...
AFTER NAPSTER
Napster is gone. Its death may be more or less protracted, but it's all over. There will now be a period of confusion - most of you will be well served by waiting until the dust...
BRUCEB WEB SITE 2.0
Hope you like the new look for the web site! Let me know if any links are broken!
SLAMMING JUDGE JACKSON
If you're following the Microsoft hearings, the best part was the obvious distaste shown the by appellate panel for Judge Jackson's outrageous anti-Microsoft ravings in the...
DIRECPC TWO-WAY SATELLITE ACCESS
DirecPC is the satellite Internet service offered by Hughes. It's been frustrating up to now because it requires a dialup connection for your outgoing traffic. A two-way,...
WEB LOGS
This is an interesting experiment for the bruceb news page! It's constructed using Blogger.com, one of the most popular resources for creating an online journal. Here's an...
GINGER UNWRAPPED
Ginger, the much-hyped device invented by Dean Kamen, apparently is a two-wheeled scooter-like device that will run nearly emission-free using a hydrogen-based engine.Here's an...
GATEWAY FINANCIAL WOES
While Dell continues to be a strong company and a great choice when you're in the market for a new system, Gateway has been floundering. Although I was an early Gateway booster,...
INTEL NETWORK CARD
Network cards for notebooks can be frustrating. Typically they either require a dongle (a separate short length of wire with connectors on it that everybody loses) or a pop-out...
WHY MICROSOFT SHOULDN’T BE BROKEN UP
As we head into the arguments in the Court of Appeals, here's a good article that presents the case for leaving Microsoft alone. A sample: "STATED SIMPLY: Consumers want...
WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL TIPS
If you're using Windows 2000 Professional, take a look at this quick list of 10 tips put together by ComputerWorld. There's bound to be a couple of things that will come in...
NEW VERSION OF MICROSOFT OFFICE SOON
Microsoft Office XP will arrive in a few months, the successor to MS Office 2000. Not much information on new features, but the company believes it's an important new release,...
GRAPHICS PRIMER
I know lots of people who are finding that working with images on a computer is hard and mysterious. It's taken me years to get grounded - and all that experience has mostly...
CHEAP STUFF
Prices on computer products have fallen so fast that it can be frustrating - it's hard to throw things away, yet the numbers sometimes require it. Want a good example? How about...
NAPSTER DAYS ARE NUMBERED
Even if Napster survives the court case, it won't be fun for much longer. In addition to its plans for paid subscriptions, Napster now plans to add a "protection layer" to .mp3...
FINDLAW ACQUIRED BY WEST
If you've been using Findlaw for its wealth of law-related resources (including free California cases and codes), then you may be interested to learn that West Group has agreed...