BRUCEB NEWS
Google Wants To Surround You With Invisible Assistants
Part 1: Ambient Computing - Buzzwords That Are Changing Your World You don't notice an automatic door when it opens. Google, Amazon, and Apple want to make it so natural to interact with their devices that you don't even notice that you're doing it. We'll be...
TAUZIN/DINGELL PASSES
According to the Center for Responsible Politics, the Bells - Qwest, BellSouth, SBC Communications and Verizon - have contributed about $19.4 million to congressional campaigns...
WHALE SONGS
Here's a web site where you can listen live to whales singing and talking, through a hydrophone suspended in the water off the coast of Maui. Best listening times are from 1-9am...
THE REGISTER COMES TO THE U.S.
The Register is one of the best online sites for tech news and gossip. It's one of my daily stops. The original site is based in Britain and has a fair amount of local news....
CONGRESS VOTES WEDNESDAY ON CRITICAL BILL
On Wednesday Congress will vote on a bill known as Tauzin/Dingell (after its sponsors). It would eliminate all the requirements on the four remaining Baby Bells to play fair with...
RECORD INDUSTRY ON THE DEFENSIVE
On Friday, the judge in the Napster case made it clear she was unhappy with the record industry for the way it has handled its own online music web sites. The labels have sought...
R.I.P. CHUCK JONES
Chuck Jones, legendary animation director and artist, best known for his work on the Looney Tunes cartoon series, died on Friday. Jones helped bring to life many of Warner Bros....
XO COMMUNICATIONS TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY
It was reported yesterday that XO Communications (the successor to Concentric Networks) expects to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy within two weeks. No information is available...
WIRELESS WOES
Wireless technology will explode this year. By Christmas the stores will be full of wireless accessories for computers and home networking, as well as specialized devices that...
WINDOWS XP AND FTP
Not many normal people have reason to use FTP, a long-standing Internet standard for transferring files. It used to require a dedicated program like FTP Voyager, with its own...
HIGH-TECH TOYS IN A SLUMP
Video games are surging (even the PC games sector is rebounding a bit), but other categories of high-tech toys are slumping. Intel put out some cool toys, but is now exiting the...
NEW STANDARD FOR RECORDABLE DVDS
Recordable DVDs are available right now, but it's a complete mess - DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and other "standards," using different media, playing on different machines. It's the same...
INTERNET EXPLORER SECURITY FIX
Microsoft has rolled up all the security fixes for Internet Explorer from the last few months and put them in a single download. This is a highly recommended update for everyone....
BRUCEB OUT OF OFFICE 2/11 – 2/15
I will be out of the office and out of touch from February 11 through February 15. I suggest that all my clients and friends stop using their computers until February 18th, when...
SECURITY: WINDOWS vs LINUX
As you probably read, Microsoft announced that it will focus on security rather than new features for the foreseeable future. According to one report, it has suspended all coding...
WINDOWS 2000 SECURITY UPDATE
Microsoft released a "Security Rollup Package" that provides a cumulative rollup of all security updates that have been offered since the release of Windows 2000 Service Pack 2...