Monthly Archives: March 2009
Firefox Gets Critical Update Treatment
Mozilla (makers of Firefox) have released a couple of updates for Firefox v3. The updates are security related and are both flagged a critical.
Word of the Week: Botnet
Botnet is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or bots, that run autonomously and automatically. The term is often associated with malicious software but it can also refer to the network of computers using distributed computing software.
Clocks change for BST
It’s the last Sunday of March tomorrow and that means that British Summer Time (BST) begins tomorrow. This means your clocks should go forward an hour, meaning you loose an hour’s sleep if you feel like it.
New Danger Appears for Interent Users
Breaking news this lunchtime that IT professionals is Australia have learnt of a new botnet that is capable of controlling routers and broadband modems.
Second Live Mesh Software Update in March
A second software update has been released for Live Mesh as of 24th March 2009. The update contains numerous bug fixes and new features.
Word of the Week: ‘Enter’ key
‘Enter’ key: The Enter key is found on the right-hand side of the keyboard. In most cases the key has the text written on it – either ‘Enter’ or ‘Return’ and then an arrow that starts on the right, goes … Continue reading
Troubleshooting Windows Media Sharing Service
A few weeks back I had the most irritating issue on my PC (yes thetechangel.com does have technical problems too!).
What is the ‘enter’ and the ‘return’ key?
One of the most misinterpreted functions of the keyboard that I come across on a day-to-day basis is the difference between the ‘return’ key and the ‘enter’ key.
Word of the Week: DRM
DRM: DRM stands for ‘Digital Rights Management’ which is used for protecting files from being used by all users (everybody and anyone) and limited its use to only selected users. DRM is often used on major music stores to make … Continue reading
Last week… (updated)
Last week I am sorry to say was a total write off because of catching a bug. Those customers who sent emails, or called, I will be catching-up with later today (Monday 16th March 2009).
