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A Legion Of Horribles
Today’s sermon concerns Cormac McCarthy, our greatest living author. McCarthy is extraordinarily reclusive; he lives in New Mexico, to the best of anyone's knowledge, and he has given one and only one interview during his long career. He doesn’t do book tours or...
Batteries Are Improving (Really!)
Good news! Batteries are improving rapidly. It might be hard to believe on the days when the low battery alert flashes too soon but the improvements are quite real and there is...
New From Apple: The Nice But Underwhelming iPhone 5 (And An iCloud Outage)
Apple dominates the news today but perhaps not the way it was hoping: an underwhelming introduction of the iPhone 5 at the press conference yesterday, and some dissatisfaction...
Happy Fifteenth Anniversary To Bruceb.com And Bruceb News!
On September 11, 1997, I registered the domain name “bruceb.com.” I’ve been providing computer support for thirty years, ever since I got my first Kaypro II in 1982 and began...
Amazon Will Begin Collecting California Sales Tax On September 15
Amazon will begin collecting sales tax on California purchases on September 15. If you’ve been thinking about doing some online shopping, you can save money by placing the order...
Amazon’s New Kindles Take On The iPad
Amazon unveiled an array of new Kindles at its press conference today, from a $69 basic Kindle (a reduced price on last year’s model), all the way up to a high end tablet that...
Using The Typewriter Tool In Acrobat X
Adobe made significant changes to the user interface of Acrobat X, the current version of the widely-used program for creating and sharing professional-level PDF files. Like many...
Windows 8 Tablet/Notebook Mash-ups
Manufacturers are showing off upcoming Windows 8 devices for the first time at a trade show in Berlin this week. In a couple of months you’re going to be walking down store...
Sixty Days Of Technology
Get some popcorn, keep a grip on your wallet, and settle down. The action is about to begin. There are big changes coming up in the world of mobile devices, and the thrilling...
Outlook Archives: Litigation Hold And Third-Party Archiving
Previously: Outlook Archives: AutoArchiving And Archive.PST Files Outlook Archives: Office 365 Personal Archives (And The Devil In The Details) There are two other things to...
Outlook Archives: Office 365 Personal Archives (And The Devil In The Details)
Previously: Outlook Archives: AutoArchiving And Archive.PST Files In this article: information about Office 365 personal archives; the detail that might keep you from setting up...
Outlook Archives: AutoArchiving And Archive.PST Files
If you’re in a small business using Outlook, your mailbox has probably been growing exponentially for years. Your gut instinct is to keep everything forever but Outlook is...
Just Another Week In Technology
The pace is picking up as we head into full-blown techno-craziness this fall. WINDOWS 8 This morning the shipping version of Windows 8 became available to Microsoft TechNet and...
Business-Focused Notebooks And Tablets From Lenovo
Lenovo is stepping to the front of the pack with new laptops and tablets that look just right for small businesses. The Lenovo lineup of Ultrabooks, thin and light notebooks, is...
Share Plans And Mobile Broadband Devices
Verizon and AT&T are both offering new share plans that allow all of the family devices to share unlimited calls, unlimited texting, and a pool of data that can be used by up...
The Evolution Of Skydrive
Microsoft’s vision for Skydrive is starting to come into focus. Microsoft is integrating Skydrive deeply into its entire ecosystem, across its entire product line, until it will...