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The Covid Vaccines Started With A Teddy Bear Stuffed With Money
On January 10, 2020, Chinese scientists posted online the genetic sequence of a then-unidentified virus isolated from 41 hospitalized patients in Wuhan. Two days later a team of scientists at Moderna had programmed the RNA sequences that became the Moderna Covid-19...
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...
BRUCEB NEWS IS MOVING
The world-famous bruceb news page is moving! Update your favorites list, change your RSS reader, tell your friends, and notify the post office - the new address for daily...
FIRST LOOK AT OFFICE WEB APPLICATIONS
Microsoft introduced a limited public look at Office Web Applications this week – a “Tech Preview” for a small group of testers of versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint...
SMARTPHONE FOLLOWUP
Little did I know that Google would add a new syncing feature right after my article about smartphones on Monday.Google is now using its implementation of ActiveSync to sync...
MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIALS
Microsoft will soon release Microsoft Security Essentials, free antivirus and anti-malware software for computers running Windows 7, Vista, or Windows XP. It is simple to...