Just a quick, but important, note to say that there is an update for Adobe Reader that contains an important security fixes. (more…)

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 has done so to. (more…)

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 Blogberry now has on average 3 posts a week. (more…)

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 with the more you join and socialise on the network. (more…)

Cigarette:
A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a fool at the other. (more…)

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 the town of Whitehaven in Cumbria will become the first place in Britain to have its analogue TV signals turned off. First off will be BBC Two, and by November 14th, all of the five terrestrial broadcasts will not be able to be received. (more…)

Someone asked me the following last week:-

“I have two AntiVirus programs running on my PC, but which is the better, and why is my computer so slow? Also one of them is asking me to renew the subscription, but should I upgrade to the most recent edition, or just continue to renew the subscription?” (more…)

U.S. Rep. John Haller (R-PA) introduces a bill that will allocate (classified) dollars over the next (classified) years to defend against an (classified). Who says ‘democracy does not work?’, such an opinion is (classified).

Hopefully most of us are living in the 21st Century, even if we have been dragged into it kicking and screaming. And whilst it’s not a crime to own vinyl disks (it’s actually still pretty cool for those of you who are wondering), we do seem to take little care of one of the digital wonders of the past century and the next. (more…)

If telemarketing calls are a problem for you, fear not, theopenworldtechnician.com is here to help. If you click here and head over to the knowledge section of the site, you can get yourself off most of the telemarketing lists. It does work, because I have tried it. It costs nothing, but five minutes of your time (and up to 28 days to take effect), but it does help. (more…)