BRUCEB NEWS
Start: The Microsoft Intervention Continues
Ah, Microsoft, thanks for coming back. I know you’re probably feeling a little vulnerable. Here’s a tissue. Let’s continue our session. I assume my article about problematic changes in Windows 11 is rocketing around Microsoft mailboxes this week. Tears are being shed....
THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF LIVE MESH
Live Mesh is Microsoft’s program for syncing folders between multiple computers and online storage, making your files available to you wherever you are. I think Live Mesh is...
MICROSOFT FLOUNDERS
Windows 7 is a staggering achievement. Microsoft delivered exactly the right product at the right time and will completely dominate desktop computing for the foreseeable future....
Sync Files With Dropbox
If you use more than one computer regularly, then you understand the need for an easy way to access some of the same files from each of your computers. I want to add Dropbox to...
Who Will Buy The Apple iPad?
Who’s going to buy an Apple iPad? Well, not you or me, anyway - not this version, not at $600-800. It’s not going to revolutionize anything, it’s not going to replace netbooks,...
Jungle Disk For Groups
Previously: Jungle Disk Online Backups Jungle Disk File Syncing Jungle Disk has two more levels of service for businesses: the Workgroup Edition, $4/user per month for teams of...
JUNGLE DISK FILE SYNCING
Previously: Jungle Disk Online Backups For an extra dollar each month, Jungle Disk Desktop Edition adds features to help you share files between multiple computers. There are two...
JUNGLE DISK ONLINE BACKUPS
I’ve been hesitant to recommend online backups after some early poor experiences, but recently Jungle Disk introduced an upgrade to their online backup programs that is very...
BLOG SPAM
When I moved the bruceb news page to WordPress and opened it up to comments, there was an unexpected side effect: blog spam. There’s a space at the bottom of each post for...
MICROSOFT ONLINE SERVICES OUTAGE FOLLOWUP
[Thursday January 28, 2010 – sent to MOS subscribers at 9:07pm] Dear Customer: Microsoft Online Services strives to provide exceptional service for all of our customers. On...
Wobbles With Microsoft Online Services
Some problems today with Microsoft Online Services, which leaves me feeling unsettled about it. Microsoft has made a serious commitment to moving Exchange customers to hosted...
ADOBE PDF PREVIEW HANDLER 64-BIT FIX
There’s finally a solution to a bug that Adobe has allowed to stand unpatched for far too long. This only applies to a few of you but you’ll be glad to see it if you’ve been one...
SOLID COLOR DELAY
Here’s a weird bug in Windows 7. I haven’t run into it myself but I love oddball glitches like this. (My favorite continues to be the discovery that Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony...
WINDOWS SNAP AND DUAL MONITORS
Windows Snap is one of the best new features in Windows 7. Here’s my original post describing how it works. On a single monitor, you can display two windows side by side with a...
Firefox 3.6
Mozilla has released Firefox version 3.6, with increased security, faster display of web pages and Javascript, and some new features for add-ins and themes. Here’s a description...
SEARCHING FOR GODMODE IN WINDOWS 7
There have been countless blog posts about the GodMode Windows 7 trick. If you create a new folder – on your desktop, say – named GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C},...