Category Archives: Essential Information

Isn’t my music collection covered by home insurance?

Is your collection safe? (Music covers as seen in iTunes)

Back in 2007 I touched upon the subject of home insurance and whether or not the policy would cover an MP3 collection. I did some brief (but still quite in depth) research to see how things had changed since 2007, … Continue reading

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BT announces possible UK broadband disruption

This Friday, until next (18th) BT will be carrying out some upgrades to their network in the small hours. The maintenance windows are as follows:

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Live Mesh – Explanation & Video

Last year thetechangel.com installed a little known program on customers PCs to help with simple tasks such as remote assistance and syncing data between their various PCs.

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Patch Batch Tuesday – First for 2010

Microsoft today has released the first batch of patches for 2010. The petite group of updates is smaller than the usual feast for Windows users.

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Windows, IE, and Office are all up for Patch Batch Tuesday

Microsoft releases its largest security updates bundle, ever, today.

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Both Google Mail and Hotmail hit by Phishing attack

News has emerged this lunchtime that both Google Mail (also known as Gmail) and Hotmail email services have been stung by a phishing attack.

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Major Freeview & BT Vision Changes – A Must Read!

On 30th September 2009 all viewers with Freeview digital TV will need to retune their equipment in order to continue receiving their digital channels.

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Flash 10c Fix

An age old problem has resurfaced for Adobe Flash Player users this week.

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Microsoft offers-up patches to Internet Explorer attacks

Microsoft has released an emergency patch to protect Internet Explorer users from attack.

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Firefox Update for this Month

Late on Tuesday evening Mozilla, the creators of Firefox, released an update.

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