Tag Archives: Upgrade

How to make sure you’re running the latest version of OpenOffice

For those who use the brilliant freebie software OpenOffice, it has been noticed over the years that the various updates, security fixes, and improvements do seem to have been missed out upon by many users. Well, here is a how … Continue reading

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thetechangel.com gets a little upgrade – see what’s new now!

Over the past few days and weeks, change has been afoot around these parts! Some practical upgrades, new features and new looks have been added. Where to begin?

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Get a free upgrade of your Norton package – it’s time to move on up!

Norton 2006 users can now get a free upgrade from their 2006 or 2007 version to 2008. The upgrade will cost users absolutely nothing, and their existing subscription will still work with the new software package.

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Microsoft updates Office 2004 & 2008 for Mac

Microsoft has released some pretty important updates for Mac users who use their Office products. The updates revolve around some key patches, stability and performance fixes, and a compatibility pack for the Open XML document format.

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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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Firefox 3 is on the way – not long now!

June 17th (tomorrow – this Tuesday) is the release date for Firefox version 3, Mozilla has confirmed. Usual notable things about this

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Time to check your broadband price V’s speed

The broadband market is to say the least…very competitive. And, that’s a good thing for the consumer. But, once people have broadband, they not only tend to stick to the broadband package they have, but also continue to pay the … Continue reading

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Is an imposter reading your email messages?

Someone asked me last week a very good question: “I think someone is reading my emails. How can this be and what can I do about it?”

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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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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

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