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…)

Last week we looked at simple playlists in iTunes, this week, we are looking at Smart Playlists. The playlists that automatically generate and update themselves. It may sound complex, but they are really easy to create, and really practical. (more…)

Playlists are great ways of having selected tracks to play at any given time. For example, you could have a playlist for the car with all your favourite sing along tunes, and other set of tracks for when you go to the gym. These are known as playlists, in a nut shell! (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…)

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…)

Whilst browsing my collection of 3831 songs on my iPod, 300 of which are paid for downloads, the rest is from the CD collection, I got to wondering: what do insurance companies do in the case of digital downloads? What happens if your computer is destroyed by flooding, fire, children, etc? (more…)

In case you have been on the International Space Station since January of this year, Apple’s much hyped iPhone started selling in the States on Friday. Whilst users in Europe have to wait until at least the 3rd quarter of 2007 to get their hands on it, it looks like (according to rumours the world over) Orange may well be awarded the European contract. (more…)

For those of you who have Windows Vista and an iPod, this is a fix your really should take-up.

Microsoft and Apple have clubbed together to release a fix for users worldwide and it works with the latest version of Apple’s iTunes software to correct an issue that caused some iPods to become corrupted when ejecting them using Windows Explorer or the “Safely Remove Hardware” function in the System Tray.

The fix can be found here. Of course only users with genuine installations of Vista can download it, and finally a mandatory restart after the install is required.

Hi All. In the weekend just gone, I have been trying out the final release for Windows Vista. There are 3 versions for the average Joe to use, and two versions for Businesses and Enterprisers respectively. I chose Windows Ultimate (the most expensive). First and for most – what an improvement it is! (more…)