BRUCEB NEWS
Nothing Is Technology. Everything Is Technology.
I’ve been trying to figure out a role for Bruceb News in 2022. My life has changed - I’m working with Jim Rowson on our latest best-selling novel SMelL and I’m not doing much IT work any more, as planned. But I still devour tech news hungrily, scanning hundreds of...
The New York Times Explains Smartphones And E-Books
A few days ago the New York Times ran two articles that might be helpful to you if you feel like you’re adrift in the technology sea. A Guide to Deciphering the Language of...
Apple Patents The Wedge
It’s not a secret that the tech industry is being distorted by our imperfect patent system. Companies are being purchased to obtain their patent portfolios rather than, say,...
SSDs Are The Real Secret To Improved Notebook Performance
At Computex today, Intel is boasting about the improved performance of its Ivy Bridge chipset. PC vendors are falling all over themselves to get hundreds of new laptops on the...
Sonic.Net Recognized For Best Privacy Policy
The Electronic Frontier Foundation published its annual study of the privacy polices of top Internet companies and awarded four stars to one and only one company: Sonic.Net,...
Windows Past And Future
Previously: Say Goodbye To Windows XP What Happens If Windows 8 Fails? Windows 8 And Post-PC Computing Windows 8 And The Metro UI Looking backwards: Windows XP Microsoft is...
Flame Malware And Information Warfare
Security researchers at Kaspersky Labs announced Monday that they had identified a complex collection of malware that has been living on hundreds of Windows computers at least...
Say Goodbye To Windows XP
Many small businesses are clinging to ancient Windows XP computers in the belief that they are saving money by putting off the cost of replacing them. Typically the old computers...
Ultrabook Update And Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon
Intel’s Ivy Bridge chipsets will be available in new Ultrabooks very soon. There are persistent rumors that the first ones will be on the market after an announcement on June 5...
Amazon Web Services
Amazon is a diverse company. Its financial reports do not break down its revenues into detailed categories but it’s obvious that it has a vast retailing presence in media,...
Office Web Apps And Formatting
Previously: The Future Of Microsoft Office On Tablets And Online The Future Of Microsoft Online With Office Web Apps Microsoft Office Web Apps can be used to view and edit Office...
The Future Of Microsoft Office Online With Office Web Apps
Previously: The Future Of Microsoft Office On Tablets And Online OFFICE WEB APPS Two years ago Microsoft introduced Office Web Apps, online versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint...
The Future Of Microsoft Office On Tablets And Online
Microsoft Office has an overwhelming global presence in businesses large and small. Estimates range from “81% of companies” to “holding steady at 94 percent for years”. Google...
Emergency Flash Update
It was another busy week for updating your computers. Microsoft released updates for Windows, Office, Silverlight and .NET Framework on its regular monthly schedule. Adobe was...
Office 365 And Spam
TAKEAWAY Office 365 delivers all incoming messages to your mailbox. It does not hold messages in a spam quarantine. [05/09/12 Update below] DETAILS Microsoft does thorough spam...
OneNote 2010 Recycle Bin (And Other Cool OneNote Tricks)
Every time I write about Microsoft OneNote, it seems appropriate to introduce it to people who aren’t yet familiar with it. I’ll repeat the overview from my previous articles...