Category Archives: General
Technology Predictions for 2008
It’s been a couple of years since I last did this, but it’s back – my tech predictions for 2008. 10 things which are most likely to happen in the next 12 months. By the way, this will hopefully be … Continue reading
Change your smoke alarm batteries, and some good advice
This week, I am focusing on something a little different from the usual technology. But all the same, it is a technology that saves lives – smoke alarms. A smoke alarm is the easiest way to alert you to the … Continue reading
It’s all change for 2008
Dear Customers and Blogberry readers, Christmas and the New Year are rapidly coming up, and I thought that it would be a useful opportunity to let you know about a few developments that I have planned for the new year … Continue reading
Don’t just get stamps this Christmas, get Smart Stamps
Getting stamps can be a real bore sometimes. But, this Christmas, why not save yourself a whole load of bother when sending out Christmas Cards (going to the post office – need I say more?)?
Scheduled maintenance on Thursday 8th November 2007
My service provider has informed me that they are doing server upgrades on the morning of Thursday 8th November 2007, which will affect the Blogberry, but not the rest of theopenworldtechnician.com They tell me that this upgrade to offer improved … Continue reading
Time to change those clocks
Whilst it is the weekend, I did want to post this earlier in the week. The clocks are going back one hour this weekend, so this officially means we are entering Winter, so don’t forget to check that your PC … Continue reading
The Blogberry is 1 today!
The good news this morning, and I am sure many people marked this in their calendars, the Blogberry is celebrating its first birthday. Over 130 articles (posts) have been written since the original back on Thursday, October 26th, 2006. The … Continue reading
Facebook users are making themselves more likely to be a victim of identity theft
With the ever increasing numbers of people signing up to Facebook, and I have noticed that more of my senior customers are getting Facebook accounts, not just ‘the young ones’. But, there is also a correlation in identity theft to … Continue reading
More changes ahead for Freeview, and the beginning of the end
This week’s hot topic will most certainly be (come the end of it anyway, unless something major happens) will be the beginning of the end of analogue broadcasts for TV viewers. Tomorrow at 2 in the morning, TV viewers in … Continue reading
What to do when your Internet / broadband stops working
It’s frustrating when broadband stops working for any number of reasons. But there are some things you can do to make the process a little bit lighter, and hopefully meaning that you don’t have to call a call centre in … Continue reading
