BRUCEB NEWS
Should You “Sign In With Facebook”?
It seems like everyone is using the sign-in screen that invites you to “Sign in with Facebook” to a website that is not Facebook. Facebook and Google turn up most often but you might also see the option to sign in with Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Instagram, or others....
SPEAKING OF UPDATES
Your computer should restart tonight after installing this month’s critical updates for Windows and Office. It’s a particularly large batch of updates and some of them are for...
SPECIAL OFFER – PC TUNEUPS
I’m happy to announce a new service available to anyone looking for some help maintaining a Windows XP or Vista PC – office users, home users, my clients, your parents, anyone...
EMBEDDING GOOGLE READER IN OUTLOOK
If the idea of following blogs in an RSS feed reader is tempting and your life is spent in Outlook, you might want to consider combining the two. Outlook has an RSS reader built...
WALTER MOSSBERG ON WINDOWS 7
Influential (and frequently cranky) tech columnist Walter Mossberg weighed in on Windows 7 today in the Wall Street Journal. His article is typical of the media blitz that you...
WINDOWS 7 PRESENTATION MODE
Here’s an example of a Windows 7 feature that has two interesting characteristics. It’s increasingly common for a laptop to be hooked up to a projector for a presentation – a...
PHONE EXPLOSION
This week it’s all phones, all the time. On Tuesday, Microsoft formally presented Windows Mobile 6.5 to the world. It’s a lightly modified version of the Windows Mobile software...
BROKEN BLOGGER
Blogger is a free service for setting up and hosting blogs. It was one of the earliest web-publishing services and it remains very popular. The bruceb news page has been hosted...
BRUCEB NEWS: IT’S BACK
It’s as if I never left, isn’t it? This is a more formal test of the email system. The test a few minutes ago was a bit of a mistake, but let’s not dwell on the past, shall we?...
READING BLOGS
There’s an easy way for you to keep up with web sites you visit regularly. If you’re not using some kind of a news reader or feed reader to keep up with blogs, news sites, and...
THE GOOGLE BIZ KIT SCAM
Desperation leads to scams. Here’s one that turned up today after an investigation by my loyal staff. The “Google Biz Kit” has been around for a while, promising money for...
HP DATA VAULT FOLLOWUP
Philip Churchill’s WHS blog has more details on the HP Data Vault, built on Windows Home Server. There are some fuzzy screen shots in the HP white paper showing that HP’s...
HP & Windows Home Server For Business
Devices built on Windows Home Server can be perfect for backups and file sharing in small business networks. Here’s more information about what it means to use Windows Home...
MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS NOW AVAILABLE
Microsoft Security Essentials, free antivirus and anti-malware security software from Microsoft, is now available from the MSE web site. Click here for the Microsoft press...
THE FUTURE OF OFFICE WEB APPLICATIONS
Previously: First Look At Office Web Applications The Future Of Microsoft Online Files Let’s see if we can put it all together. This is informed speculation about the way things...
THE FUTURE OF MICROSOFT ONLINE FILES
Microsoft has several overlapping, confusing services. It’s no surprise that most of you have not started to store files online or share online folders. Here’s a very brief...