Darren Straight's Blog

ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

Windows Vista will be released December 1st

Hey check this Windows Vista competition out, it’s a competition were you can try and guess the launch date of windows vista, I’ve included below a post from Thomas in which he posts his thoughts about the release date. Or November 30th. How do I know? Well, Microsoft EMEA has put up a website where you can guess the launch

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So when is Windows Live Expo launching then?

Here’s an interesting post I have just come across while looking at the Windows Live Expo Team Blog. A very common (and good) question that we have been asked quite a few times during our stay here in Las Vegas. The plain answer is that we’re not setting an exact date, but we’re waiting a little longer to make sure

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Windows OneCare Live Pricing and Licensing Details

It finally looks like we have some Windows OneCare Live Pricing and Licensing Details, what do you think of the pricing is it to expensive or just about right, considering what you get I myself think the price isn’t bad at all and having been on the beta I know Windows OneCare Live works very well! So leave your comments

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Sign up for the Yahoo! Publisher Network Beta Program

I got this email today! Dear Darren, Thank you for applying to participate in the Yahoo! Publisher Network beta program. We’re excited to let you know that your application has been accepted and you can now proceed with creating your account using the link below: [Link removed]  This link is your unique access key. It is non-transferable and may be

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Britain’s Top 10: Bendiest/Twistiest roads

Here’s an article from Msn which tell’s you Britan’s top 10 bendiest/twisted roads! Britain’s bendiest road exerts as much G-force on drivers as a rollercoaster or a racetrack according to scientific research. A one-mile stretch of the B3081 between Cann Common in Dorset and Tollard Royal in Wiltshire has been named the twistiest by Continental Tyres. Rather than test all

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New Kosmix Search Engine to Challenge Google

Kosmix the Search Engine as been around for a couple of months now, I my self tested it out a while back, but it’s is only now that it’s starting to get mentioned more around the Net, read more below. Two students that studied with Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford could end up being Google’s biggest challenger Larry

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Amazon Contextual Advertising

It appears that Amazon are planning to launch a contextual advertising network much like Google’s AdSense Amazon is apparently looking into the feasibility of starting their own ad network like Adsense. They’ve been contacting select members of their associates programs, including myself, asking if we’d like to be beta testers. The way they want the beta test to work is

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AJAX Design Patterns

Here’s another Ajax tutorial on the web this time from Snyke’s Blog. By now the entire World has heard about AJAX, even those who don’t care about Web-Development have seen the potential of this new technology. Everybody is tired of endless introductions on how cool AJAX is and those endless lists of good examples like Google Suggest, GMail and alike,

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7 simple steps to grow your fortune!

Here’s something that may be of use to you! Who doesn’t want to have more money? Most everyone it seems! Just look at their spending and borrowing habits. Clearly these people want to be poor. They think poor. They act poor. Their comfortable being poor. They’ve made the decision to value their lifestyle over and above their financial and personal