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Tech Predictions for 2009

This year’s tech predictions for 2009 are here! And what a list of likely things to happen in the next 12 months it will be. There is no telling what will be happening this year, but hopefully most of them … Continue reading

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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.

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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

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How to Troubleshoot a Sky+ box & Upgrade the Firmware

Whilst out and about seeing customers last week, one of them asked me why they couldn’t get their Sky+ box to record programs. My immediate thought was that the software was either not the latest version, or it was faulty, and … Continue reading

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The Clocks Have Gone Back

The clocks have gone back an hour this morning which officially means we are going into Winter (boo-hoo!), so don’t forget you should knock you watches and other devices back too.

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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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Instant Messenger and the Status Mystery – Solved

Last week a customer got in touch, in a right panic, as Skype was telling them “Busy, do not disturb”. They naturally asked “why is Skype busy, and why is it busy?” (For those of you who already know where … Continue reading

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Word of the Week: VOIP

VOIP or Voice Over Internet Protocal is basically a phone call that is made using the Internet rather than the conventional telephone network. A now popular example of VOIP technology is Skype.

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It’s that time of the month – Patch Batch Tuesday

This month four “important” patches and fixes are available for download and installation from Microsoft for Windows.

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Humax PVR-9200 update – series link included

Some very good news this morning for Freeview users, who have a Humax PVR Freeview decoder. A software update is available this week*, that contains lots of essential updates, but one key, new feature – series links.

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