BRUCEB NEWS
Isaac Asimov Tried To Warn Us
Isaac Asimov published the novella “The Mule” in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in 1945. A few years later it became the second half of Foundation and Empire, the second book of the Foundation trilogy. Asimov’s Foundation books are among the most celebrated…
Outages Happen
On August 10, the main data center for Exchange Defender suffered a catastrophic power failure. Clients using the spam filtering service had their incoming and outgoing mail…
Microsoft’s Missing Small Business Servers
In April, with little fanfare, Microsoft released three new server products to manufacturing and to the hardware vendors: Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Windows Home…
The Reality Of Switching From A PC To A Mac
Don’t underestimate how much you’ve learned about using Windows. Over the years I’ve been asked the same question frequently: “Should I switch to a Mac?” Not very much has…
Opt Out Of Being Used For LinkedIn Advertisements
[ Addendum 08/13 : after a day of harsh criticism, LinkedIn yanked the photos and names from their ads. There is still a checkmark that you might want to uncheck but it doesn’t…
Dell Upgrades Specs For New Ultralight Vostro V131
Dell has upgraded the specs for the new Vostro V131, the latest version of its standout ultra-thin, ultra-light 13.3” notebook. The styling is very similar to the Vostro V130…
GoDaddy, Slow WordPress Hosting, And Sexist Hunters
I have a story about web hosting. When you visit brucebnews.com, all the pages pop into place instantly. Do a search or click on a link and you’ll see the result right away….
Bruceb.com 2.0 And Shameless Self-Promotion
Exactly twenty years ago the World Wide Web opened to the public. Yesterday, crack web site designer Andrew Berls finished work on the refresh of www.bruceb.com. Those things…
Lynda.com And The Joy Of Online Training
Lynda.com is a learning and training site with video tutorials to teach software skills. It has courses at all levels, from novice to expert, and it covers a wide variety of…
Bruceb Consulting Web Site Update Arrives Next Week
If all goes well, you’ll see Bruceb.com and Brucebnews.com wearing shiny new clothes next week after being redesigned top to bottom by Andrew Berls, who has been slaving away for…
Solid State Drives – The Future Of High Performance Computers
The little device in the picture – about the size of a deck of playing cards, less than half as thick – is an Intel 160Gb solid state hard drive. It has given me a more…
Online Marketing With Google AdWords And Facebook For Business
The rules for online marketing change every day. Something simple, like having a web site that ranks high in Google’s search results, is turning into something barely…
How To Turn Off Accessibility Features In Adobe Acrobat
Every time I opened a PDF file in Acrobat, a window would appear to notify me that I was reading an Untagged Document that had to be prepared for reading out loud. Every time….
Gorilla Glass And Your Phone
You jangle your keys in your pocket next to your Motorola phone and the screen isn’t scratched. You drop your iPhone and the glass doesn’t break. You jab with an icepick over and…
Google+ And The Dimming Of Facebook
Google+ represents Google’s boldest step yet into the social networking space, with a direct shot across Facebook’s bow. After several failed social network projects (Buzz,…
Google News Badges And The Decline Of Western Civilization
When I opened Google News today, I was greeted by this screen, asking me to “collect private badges for [my] favorite topics”: Here’s the way it was described in the Google Blog:…