BRUCEB NEWS
The Mystery Of The Missing Password
When you try to log into a Windows PC, you may be missing the option to type in a password. See the screenshot above? Those three icons are for a fingerprint, PIN, or facial recognition. No password! There is a relatively new setting that is responsible. I’m going to...
Why A Computer Is Like A Ballpoint Pen
Fountain pens overcame early technical limitations and began to be mass-produced in the 1870s. During the next few decades there was a steady stream of improvements, technical...
What I Use
I updated the “What I Use” page on the bruceb.com web site, where I describe the hardware, software, and web services running the enormous Bruceb Consulting empire. Why in the...
Dropbox Fixes Security Issue For Mobile Devices
Previously: Sync Files With Dropbox Dropbox For iPad, Android Dropbox, Androids, And Security Dropbox Updated To Version 1.0 Sharing Files With Dropbox Last summer I put Dropbox...
Fun New Game! Find The Missing Toolbar In Acrobat X
Fun for the whole family! Try to figure out where the toolbars are that appear and disappear in Adobe Acrobat X when you open a PDF file in your web browser! SUMMARY: When you...
Rules for Computer Safety 2011
These are the rules for being safe using a Windows computer in 2011. Memorize them, tape them to your refrigerator, pass them on to your friends! Install updates from Microsoft...
Microsoft Delivers A Great iPad App
The iPad was not the first tablet on the market. Microsoft was one of the first companies to deliver a tablet, with the first prototype demonstrated more than ten years ago. No...
Your Computer Will Restart Tonight
A large collection of patches and updates will be delivered tonight, Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of the month. Last month was a paltry bunch of updates, not really worth...
Google, Speech Recognition, And Android Phones
A fascinating article in Slate this morning about Google’s research in speech recognition. If you've got an Android phone, try this: Hit the microphone icon on the home screen,...
Enable Outlook 2010 Search And Indexing On Windows 7
I fixed a problem today with Outlook 2010 that has never come up before and won’t have any relevance to any of you. This description may help someone who finds it in a Google...
Quickbooks And The Online Payments Annoyance
How are we supposed to use our computers without screaming? I installed an update for Quickbooks 2010 in March. Perfectly typical for Quickbooks - when I clicked on the icon to...
Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Xmarks
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10...
Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Internet Explorer 9
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10...
Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Many people are building imposing lists of bookmarked web...
Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates The latest and greatest versions of the three major Internet browsers have been released. Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Mozilla Firefox...
Little Microsoft Annoyances
My goal for you is simplicity. I want you to use wonderful tools that are easy to use and easy to keep up to date. Little things make me irritable. Here’s a story of a little...