BRUCEB NEWS
Tech Companies Are Too Big (And They’ll Probably Stay That Way)
They’re too damn big! Admit it, that’s your gut feeling about the five giant tech companies - Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft. It’s a constant refrain in the news, and it’s starting to be an assumption in our conversations. They need to be cut down to size!...
PHOTO SHARING ON SKYDRIVE
For many people, Windows Live Photo Gallery is the best program for displaying, tagging, and doing light editing of photos. It’s free, attractive, and helps you do simple photo...
TIDAL WAVE OF MALWARE
I cleaned up two malware-infested computers yesterday. Both of them had up-to-date antivirus software and responsible owners who had installed all critical Windows updates. The...
MORE READING ABOUT LOCATION
Article in today’s New York Times, “Digitally, Location Is Where It’s At”: To someone not in their 20s whose location generally isn’t that interesting to others — that would be...
Location, Location, Location
The new little device in your pocket knows where you are – and that’s the next thing that’s going to change the world. Location will be the most important thing that happens in...
MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON TRICKS
By this time you’ve probably learned all the cool keyboard and mouse tricks for your new Windows 7 computer, right? You’ve been using Ctrl-X (Cut), Ctrl-C (Copy), and Ctrl-V...
KEEPING UP WITH SMARTPHONES
Back in the old days – say, six months ago – buying a smartphone meant signing up with AT&T for an iPhone (and sighing at AT&T’s shortcomings), or settling for something...
More Dell Computers For Small Business
I’m not going to mention every product announcement that comes along, but Dell has introduced some small business laptops and desktops that look particularly appealing. The Dell...
SECURITY POSTSCRIPT
Take a minute to make sure your security software is running. If you’ve switched to Microsoft Security Essentials, look for the reassuring checkmark down by the clock. Two people...
MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS UPGRADE
Microsoft has rolled out a minor upgrade to its free security program, Microsoft Security Essentials. A few days ago I began running into computers with an MSE icon by the clock...
iPAD ASPECT RATIO
UPDATE 03/12: Okay, move along, nothing to see here. A commenter pointed out there are two versions of the iPad commercial on YouTube, identical except for the shape of the iPad....
OFFICE 2010 TECHNOLOGY GUARANTEE
Microsoft Office 2010 will be available to consumers on June 15. There are new features focused on increasing the integration with online file storage and collaboration – plus a...
Dell Latitude 13
Dell has added the Latitude 13 to its business notebook lineup, with a design that is identical in virtually every respect to the Vostro V13 introduced in December. The...
BRUCEB ON VACATION 03/04-03/07
Look, you don’t think I enjoy this, do you? The constant grind of shuffling from airport to airport, renting cars and climbing on shuttle buses, desperately drinking coffee to...
Information Literacy Postscript
(Thanks to haha.nu!)
Information Literacy
Technology has left everyone feeling a bit adrift. Everyone fears that they don’t have basic skills that other people seem to have mastered – whether it’s finding files on a...