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ICT Enthusiast and photographer.

By - Darren Straight

BCS Event – 28 July 2006 – Digital Forensics in Law Enforcement

Now I don’t normally blog about what events the BCS (British computer society) is holding as everybody else who probably already wants to attend BCS Events has probably already set themselves on the mailing list, but as this event looks quite interesting and  Non BCS members are welcome to attend, I thought I might as well blog about it! Friday 28th

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MSN Games Turns Ten

The year was 1996, and the Internet still had training wheels when Microsoft entered the realm of online games.  Originally known as The Village, the site began as a retail matchmaking destination for massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs).  But Microsoft quickly realized that a different kind of gamer was waiting to be cultivated the casual gamer who was interested in

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Windows Live Favorites V1 Released

Windows Live Favorites V1 was released last night out of Beta, with the following enhancements and features: Expanded Market Support Live Favorites is now available in 37 markets and 11 languages around the world. Live Favorites Bookmarklet Bookmark allows you to easily add websites to your Live Favorites account from with the click of a link! Live Favorites Messenger Tab

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New Windows Live.com page design is live!

Need I say anymore, go and check it out at http://www.live.com Update: Seems theres quite a few problems with the design IE6 is giving me an error on line 122 with the default content, and by looking at the source code it looks like line 122 is a piece of JavaScript which calls all the gadgets If you change the

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Amazon now sells groceries with Amazon Grocery Beta

Hey check out Amazon’s New Grocery Beta Stocked with more than 10,000 non-perishable items–and growing every day All items are eligible for free Super Saver Shipping and Amazon Prime Great everyday prices plus special offers on your favorite brands It’s just a they don’t currently offer perishable items such as milk, fresh meat, or peaches as I was thinking of