The most common type of headphone jack socket. You can find these on mobiles, laptops, iPods, TVs, etc. Nokia & Apple are both big pushers of the socket type which has helps popularise them.

O2’s grip of the iPhone has ended today as Orange moves in and shapes-up to retail it too. (more…)

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 will come true, like last year’s.

This is thetechangel.com’s best tech predictions for 2009. (more…)

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. (more…)

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 a vulnerability in Adobe Flash which is currently being exploited in the wild. (more…)

Just received word from the people at Apple that the 3G iPhone is now available in the UK on Pay As You Go.

The much talked about phone, iPod and Internet “Communicator” (marking jargon meaning Internet & Email) is available from the Apple Store (more…)

A few tips to get an iPod working the way it should.

iPods are great, but as with just about everything electrical and mechanical, they do sometimes have a little tendency to go wrong. (more…)

Taskbar The bar in the Windows operating system that typically runs across the bottom of the screen, in the Apple operating system it runs accoss the top. In Windows it displays the Start button, any programs or windows that are active, plus tiny shortcut (also called the quick launch bar) icons as well, to save time.

It’s been a couple of years since I last did this, but it’s back – my tech predictions for 2008. 10 things which are most likely to happen in the next 12 months. By the way, this will hopefully be the last post I do for 2007.

Please do keep in mind, that I did write these back in November 2007 and that one or two have already started to come true. But I wasn’t to know.

So here goes:- (more…)

It is the eternal struggle of living in the twenty-first century and owning any thing electrical. It always needs a little MOT and an update. Sorry, but there is little I do can to solve that issue for you.

But, I would like to explain and sort out some digital urban legends I have heard over the years. (more…)