BRUCEB NEWS
Windows 11: The View From 11,000 Feet
Microsoft will release Windows 11 later this year. It is an incremental upgrade to Windows 10, with a facelift so it looks nice and a few small changes that mostly appear to be for the better. I want to talk about Windows 11 a little bit – first to give you some...
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...
BAN THE CHECK
I started to install an update to Java tonight. (Java is up to version 6, update 15. Sometimes it feels like Java updates are issued two or three times a day. It’s okay to...
NETFLIX FFFT ZZZT
Another glimpse behind the scenes, this time by a reporter who was allowed to visit a Netflix distribution center. If you subscribe to the DVD-rental service, the Netflix...
HARDWARE CHANGES AHEAD
When Windows 7 arrives in a few months, it will be accompanied by new hardware that is just now coming into focus. You might find yourself buying more computers than you expect...
Amazon Love
It seems appropriate to say something nice about online shopping, after last week’s rant about Buy.com. I buy everything from Amazon.com. That’s why I have the Amazon search box...
Buy.Com And “Customer Loyalty”
This is a cautionary tale to make you careful online shoppers. It strikes close to home for me because it involves Buy.com, a favorite of mine at one time, but the scam is also...
COMCAST POSTSCRIPT
Ace consultant Brian Dent of CompuDent Systems points out an interesting corollary to the speed increases from Comcast: Just one caveat I’ve run into. A lot of the existing...
COMCAST SPEED INCREASE
Comcast Internet subscribers in the North Bay are getting a free speed increase, and some new choices for even faster Internet connections. Here’s today’s press release. The...
iPHONES AND CARRIERS
I ran across an interesting article about the effect Apple is having on the wireless business. The conventional wisdom has been that AT&T and Verizon are abusing their market...