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Security Tip: Turn On Office 365 Two Factor Authentication
This is an action item. It’s not theoretical. This is not an article to file away in the special folder that you use for Bruceb News articles, the ones you’ve given cute names like Deleted Items. If you have an Office 365 mailbox, secure it with two-factor...
LICENSE TIP FOR WINDOWS UPGRADES
When I upgraded my office computer to Windows 7, I installed a new hard drive and left the original hard drive in the case as a second drive. That’s the easiest way to make sure...
THE GOOD ENOUGH REVOLUTION
Wired Magazine has delivered more insightful articles in the last couple of years than any other magazine, offline or online. Take a few minutes to read a fascinating piece in...
BING SEARCH TIPS
Microsoft’s new search engine Bing is an interesting alternative to Google. In my experience, search results with Bing are at least equivalent to Google and frequently better in...
FUJITSU SCANSNAP S1500
Fujitsu introduced a new compact office scanner, the ScanSnap S1500, a few months ago. It’s inexpensive for what it does ($450 or less), and quite fast – 20 pages per minute for...
MICROSOFT – FUN WITH PHOTOSHOP
Here’s a comparison of a picture that was used on Microsoft’s US web site and the same picture on Microsoft’s Polish web site. Microsoft is taking some well-deserved heat today...
HANDS-ON WITH WINDOWS 7
I got a copy of Windows 7 last week through one of Microsoft’s partner programs. On Saturday I had a lovely day converting my primary office computer from Vista to Windows 7....
URBAN & RURAL AT&T
Two articles about AT&T that tell you everything you need to know about cell phone carriers and their concern for those of us outside the big cities. Coverage just...
NORTHGATE KEYBOARDS
In the 1990s, Northgate Omnikey keyboards had a special place in the hearts of early computer users. They were solid and heavy and durable and the keys took just the right amount...
SORT ITEMS BY GIVEN YOMI
This has no significance. I just love the the phrase “Sort Items by Given Yomi.” I was talking to a client about sorting contacts in Outlook. You know that contacts can be...
THE WORLD IS FLAT
An interesting trend – our computers are going flat. As display resolutions increased, Microsoft and program designers were able to get more details into icons and toolbars....
RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR COMPUTERS
I wish we could count on the software and hardware vendors to play fair and treat us well, but it's not happening. We have to take responsibility for our computers. When Windows...
MALWAREBYTES
Computers are dropping like flies. I’ve seen too many dead and dying computers taken down by malware in the last few weeks. Almost all of the bad stuff lately is a variation on...
FOLLOWUP
Gadgets and services are flooding onto the market so quickly! It’s easy to find a “review” of a new product that recites its features from a press release. It’s much harder to...
OUTLOOK MAIL FORWARDING
If you use Outlook, you might want to send a copy of each incoming message to a different email address. Some people forward messages to a GMail or Windows Live address when they...
WINDOWS 7 UPGRADES
There was some confusion when I wrote about Windows 7 upgrades a couple of months ago, so let me try to be completely clear about how you should plan to get Windows 7 later this...