Tag Archives: Security
Norton 360 Version 3 – Out Now! Plus, Good News for Existing Users
The third version of Norton 360 is now available for everyone and anyone. A vast array for fixes, improvements and all new features have been added, many of which follow on from the design around Norton 2009 packages.
Cookies – What are they and shall I delete them?
Cookies are used on masses of websites for lots of different things. The simple definition of a cookie was covered in Words of the week, earlier this week. Some customers occasionally ask should they delete or remove cookies as their … Continue reading
OpenOffice version 3.0 – here we go…
It’s been available for download for a while, but I have not had the time to post that OpenOffice version 3 is out. Many thetechangel.com customers use the software as a free alternative to Microsoft Office, and many, many improvements … Continue reading
Patch Batch Tuesday – The First of 2009
Microsoft has now released software updates for Windows as part of this months (first of 2009) Patch Batch Tuesday. There is only one update available which is considered essential for a majority of users.
2008 Predictions: A review of the year
In very late 2007, thetechangel.com released a series of predictions that could have happened in 2008. Here is full review of what was got right, and what (sadly) was wrong.
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
21 Updates for Apple OS-X
Apple has released a major set of security updates for the latest OS-X Mac operating system – 21 patches in all. The main reason why users should be downloading and installing the update is because one of the patches fixes … Continue reading
Visa gives the humble credit card a touch of the 21st Century
Shopping online for various items, whether it be the weekly shop, buying books, holidays or just ordering up Sky TV in time for Christmas is becoming a fairly regular day-to-day practice. At the heart of this is the payments using … Continue reading
Firefox – 12 updates – 6 are critical
Mozilla (makers of Firefox) have released a series of updates for both Firefox v2 and v3. The updates are all security related, and fix a dozen security flows. Half of the updates are flagged a critical.
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
