Tag Archives: Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer – Major Security Issue – A Real ‘MUST’ Update

A major security flaw has been detected in Internet Explorer and Microsoft will be rushing out an emergency fix today. The flaw has been flagged as critical and is currently being exploited by hackers out in the wild. MS (Microsoft) … Continue reading

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Patch Batch Tuesday – The Last One of 2008

This week see’s the final round of patches for Windows users in 2008. Six are flagged as ‘critical’ and two others are rated ‘important’. The updates are available for download on 9th December.

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Adobe Flash Player 10 Fix for Vista & XP

An old problem has resurfaced this week, one which has really proven to irritate users the world over. In fact, the most popular article on the Blogberry is my Adobe Flash 9 fix from back in 2007, and it is … Continue reading

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Windows Live Mail – Requirements and more info before you switch

Someone emailed me about Windows Live Mail because they were interested in migrating away from Outlook Express and onto Windows Live Mail (a very much recommended idea).

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Norton 360 – get an upgrade to version 2 for free

Further to the posting a few weeks back, users who have Norton 360 installed can also get a free upgrade to version 2. Users who currently have a working version of 360 version 1 installed are eligible for the upgrade.

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Patch Batch Tuesday – 12 fixes for all

Microsoft has released 12 fixes this morning, seven of which are flagged as “critical”, in the usual monthly edition of regular updates on a Tuesday.

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Adobe Reader 9 is in the wild, and available for download now, and it’s good!

Version 9 of Adobe’s Acrobat Reader has been released into the wild. Plenty of websites and small business use the software to reader, share documents with other users, or in thetechangel.com’s case – send out invoices. This version (v9) is … Continue reading

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Word of the Week: Browser

Browser: A program used for viewing pages on the Internet. The most widely used is Microsoft’s Windows Internet Explorer and Firefox.

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Patches for all – Patch Batch Tuesday

Microsoft has been hard at work this month in preparation for the release (now available for all) of 10 patches for Windows Users. On Tuesday, in the June edition of updates, the software giant flagged three critical updates, three important … Continue reading

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Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is here – details and how to…

Late last Tuesday night, GMT time, Microsoft met its self imposed deadline and has started shipping the hotly anticipated Windows Service Pack 1 for Vista. It’s mostly bug fixes and performance tweaks, but the sheer volume of ‘em is something to behold. … Continue reading

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